The Border-Gavaskar Trophy test series against Australia, beginning Friday, could feel like a swan song for several Indian stalwarts, including skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. India must win all three matches to keep their hopes alive for World Test Championship qualification. Adding to the challenge, media reports suggest some former Australian players have advised…
After a slow start to polling, voter turnout in Maharashtra began to pick up, reaching 45.53 % by 3 pm. Meanwhile, Jharkhand witnessed a comparatively higher voter turnout, recording 61.47 % during the same period. The polling for Maharashtra’s 288 assembly seats and 38 assembly seats in the second and final phase of Jharkhand is…
Jaipur: Hindi film ‘The Sabarmati Report’, based on the 2002 Godhra train burning incident in Gujarat, has been made tax free in Rajasthan, Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma said on Wednesday. Rajasthan follows three other BJP-ruled states — Haryana, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh — in giving the tax-free status to the Vikrant Massey-starrer film, which released…
Ranchi: In the first six hours of the second and final phase of polling in Jharkhand, nearly 48 per cent of around 1.23 crore voters exercised their franchise on Wednesday in 38 assembly constituencies, officials said. Polling began at 7 AM in 14,218 booths across 12 districts and will continue till 5 PM. However, polling…
Mumbai: A voter turnout of 32.18 per cent was recorded till 1 pm on Wednesday in Maharashtra, where polling is underway in all 288 assembly constituencies, election officials said. Polling began at 7 am in the state assembly elections, where the ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is vying to retain power and the Maha Vikas Aghadi…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday expressed confidence that the Mahayuti government will get a thumping majority as people will vote for development and work done by his dispensation. Shinde, who heads the ruling Shiv Sena and seeking his re-election from the Kopri-Pachpakhadi assembly constituency in Thane, was talking to reporters after casting…
Georgetown (Guyana): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Guyana on Wednesday — the first visit by an Indian head of the state in more than 50 years — said his visit “will deepen the friendship between our nations.” In an unprecedented gesture, Modi was received at the airport by Guyana President Irfan Ali, his…
Mumbai: Actors Akshay Kumar, Rajkummar Rao, Shubha Khote, filmmaker Farhan Akhtar and other Bollywood personalities stepped out early Wednesday morning to vote for the Maharashtra Assembly Elections. Voting began in all 288 assembly seats in the state at 7 am and will end at 6 pm. “The best thing is that the arrangements are good…
Ranchi: Polling for 38 assembly seats in the second and final phase of Jharkhand elections commenced on Wednesday, amid tight security arrangements, officials said. Voting began at 7 AM in 14,218 booths across 12 districts and will continue till 5 PM. However, polling in 31 booths will end at 4 PM though people standing in…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged voters in Maharashtra to participate in the polls with full enthusiasm and enhance the splendour of the festival of democracy. In a post on X, he appealed to the women and young voters to poll in large numbers. He made a similar appeal to the voters…
