Gros Islet (Saint Lucia): Skipper Rohit Sharma played an innings to remember as India marched into the semifinals of the T20 World Cup with a 24-run win over Australia in their last Super Eights fixture here on Monday. Rohit combined brute force with elegance in his 92 off 41 balls as India amassed 205 for…
New Delhi: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has appealed to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to transfer 2,450 acres of defence land to the Telangana Government for widening roads and other civic infrastructure projects in Hyderabad. The Chief Minister met with Rajnath Singh in Delhi on Monday. During the meeting, the Chief Minister highlighted that 2,462…
Vijayawada: A delegation of Telugu film producers called on Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan here on Monday to discuss the issues plaguing the industry. Film producer A Aravind noted that Kalyan, who is also an actor, promised to look into the issues raised by them. “Kalyan assured that he will talk to CM…
Chennai: The ruling DMK on Monday accused the main opposition AIADMK and BJP of trying to ‘politicise’ the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy to get ‘political mileage’ and said Chief Minister MK Stalin would visit Kallakurichi. Listing the steps taken by the state government over the hooch deaths, DMK organisation secretary, R S Bharathi said his party…
New Delhi: The BJP on Monday said it will launch a nationwide programme on the 1975 Emergency to “expose” the Congress’ “authoritarianism” and its disregard for the Constitution. BJP president JP Nadda will address the main event, titled “Dark Days of Democracy”, at its headquarters on Tuesday, the party’s chief spokesperson Anil Baluni said in a…
Bengaluru: A court here on Monday remanded former MP Prajwal Revanna, who was arrested on charges of rape and sexual abuse against several women, to 14 days judicial custody. As his custody under the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the cases, ended on Monday, he was produced before the court, which remanded him…
Thiruvananthapuram: Nearly a year after the State Assembly unanimously passed a resolution urging the Centre to amend the Constitution and change the state’s name from ‘Kerala’ to ‘Keralam’, the Assembly passed the resolution again on Monday with minor corrections. The revised resolution was needed after the Centre returned the earlier one, highlighting the need for…
New Delhi: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has reviewed the progress of the advanced version of the Automatic Train Protection System (ATP) Kavach 4.0 at the Rail Bhawan here, officials said on Monday. Kavach 3.2 version is being installed on approved high-density routes, the railway officials said, adding that upgrading and installation of the latest version…
Gangtok: The Indian army on Monday said the force has constructed a foot suspension bridge in less than 48 hours to reconnect the border villages in the northern part of Sikkim, which have been affected by heavy rain and landslides leading to the death of six people earlier this month. A suspension bridge has its…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and members of his Council of Ministers, including Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah, took the oath as members of the 18th Lok Sabha as its first session began on Monday. Modi returned to power for his third consecutive term in office earlier this month. He and his Council of…
