Kanpur: Ravindra Jadeja on Monday became the seventh Indian to take 300 Test wickets when he dismissed Khaled Mahmud in the second game against Bangladesh here. Jadeja had Mahmud caught and bowled to bring an end to Bangladesh’s first innings on day four. Bangladesh were bowled out for 233 shortly after lunch. The other Indian…
Chennai: In a veiled attack targeting the ruling DMK over the elevation of Udhayanidhi Stalin as Deputy Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai has alleged that the ‘sun shines for the privileged few.’ In a post on ‘X’, Annamalai said: “The Sun shines for the privileged few & an eclipse for the rest…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday took strong note of former CJI Ranjan Gogoi being made a party to a PIL and seeking of an in-house inquiry against him for dismissing a plea earlier related to a service dispute. “How can you file a PIL with a judge as a respondent? There has to…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday termed Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a public meeting in Jammu and Kashmir as “absolutely distasteful and disgraceful”. Shah said that Kharge unnecessarily dragged the prime minister into his personal health matters by saying that he would die only after…
Beijing: The manufacturing sector in China fell into contraction territory in September, the latest survey from Caixin revealed on Monday with a manufacturing PMI score of 49.3. That’s down from 50.4 in August, and it slips beneath the boom-or-bust line of 50 that separates expansion from contraction. Incoming new orders for Chinese manufactured goods declined…
New Delhi: Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty, star of films such as Mrigayaa, Surakshaa, Disco Dancer, and Dance Dance, was on Monday named recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the government’s highest recognition in the field of cinema. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw made the announcement on X. “Mithun Da’s remarkable cinematic journey inspires generations! Honoured…
Tel Aviv: Israel on Sunday carried out multiple airstrikes targeting Houthi rebels in Yemen and launched a fresh barrage against the Hezbollah group in Lebanon, which is still reeling from a series of deadly blows to its command structure as well as the killing of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Lebanon’s health ministry said that airstrikes near…
Kolkata: Junior medics from various government hospitals in West Bengal, along with members of the public, participated in torch rallies across the city on Sunday, demanding justice for the murdered doctor of R G Kar Hospital and calling for improved security at their workplaces. The demonstrations took place a day before the Supreme Court is…
Kathmandu: The death toll from rain-triggered floods and landslides across Nepal climbed to 170, with 42 others missing on Sunday, officials said. Large swathes of eastern and central Nepal have been inundated since Friday, with flash floods reported in parts of the country. According to police, 170 people have been killed so far due to…
Our Political Desk Chennai: In the ever-evolving landscape of Indian politics, the persistence of dynastic rule—or “parivarwad”—continues to cast a long shadow over the opposition. While the ruling BJP-headed NDA government consistently works to educate the electorate about the dangers of family-based politics, these efforts appear to have fallen on deaf ears. Meanwhile, opposition parties…
