New Delhi: The quartet of shooter Manu Bhaker, chess world champion D Gukesh, men’s hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh, and para-athlete Praveen Kumar were on Thursday named recipients of this year’s Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award — the country’s highest sporting honour. The 22-year-old Bhaker became independent India’s first athlete to win two medals in…
Sydney: India’s skipper Rohit Sharma has reportedly decided to “opt-out” of the fifth and final Test against Australia, scheduled to begin on Friday, according to multiple media reports. Sources cited by ANI and IANS, said the Indian skipper informed head coach Gautam Gambhir and chief selector Ajit Agarkar of his decision, prioritizing the ‘best-team first’ approach. Both Gambhir…
As the clock ticked toward President-elect Donald Trump taking over the reins on January 20, a troubling pattern emerged—an uptick in Islamic terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. From today’s attack in New Orleans to previous incidents like the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando and the Manhattan bombings, this surge raises critical questions: Is it a…
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the state government cannot scrap power purchase agreements with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) without obtaining solid proof of bribery allegations. The Chief Minister’s comments assume significance in the backdrop of Adani being indicted by the US Department of Justice over his role in…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday took exception to the “scurrilous and unfounded allegations” made against judges in a plea against the conferment of senior designations to lawyers. “How many judges can you name whose offsprings have been designated as senior counsel?” a bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan asked…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the Border Security Force of letting infiltrators from Bangladesh enter India and charged the BSF with trying to destabilise the state. Stating that she could sense a “blueprint of the central government behind this attitude of the BSF”, Banerjee also accused a section of district…
Mangaluru (Karnataka): Union Minister for Renewable Energy Prahlad Joshi urged people on Thursday not to be dependent on the governments for freebies, but to produce their own solar power. Joshi attended a consultative meeting with the consumers, electricity supply company (ESCOM) officials, and people’s representatives to discuss Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana here on Thursday….
Jaipur: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by three men after she stepped out of her house to use the toilet in Rajasthan’s Deeg district, police said on Thursday. According to the complaint lodged at Kaman police station by the victim’s mother, the girl was abducted by three neighbours, armed with a gun,…
Dhaka: A Chattogram court on Thursday denied bail to former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das during a hearing held amid tight security, news agency ANI reported, citing Bangladeshi media. Das had earlier been arrested from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area of Dhaka in connection with a sedition case, among other charges, filed in Chattogram…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a slew of development measures, including 1,675 flats for the residents of JJ clusters and two urban redevelopment projects in the city on Friday. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in a statement said that Modi will visit the newly-constructed flats for the dwellers of Jhuggi Jhopri (JJ)…
