Ahmedabad: India fired on all cylinders in what was supposed to be war minus the shooting, blowing away arch-rivals Pakistan by seven wickets in a World Cup face-off that ended in a damp squib after causing unbridled hysteria and logistical hassles. In what is seen as the pinnacle of cricket by fans in the subcontinent,…
Chennai: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday demanded the immediate implementation of the Women’s Reservation Bill, allowing quota for women in legislative bodies, saying women have “no more time to waste.”. She was speaking at the Women’s Rights Conference organised by the DMK here. Today, there was much talk of empowerment as every political party…
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday said no issue can be viewed in isolation, particularly in an interconnected world, even as the G20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit (P20) saw leaders raising the West Asia conflict and other geo-political issues. In his closing statement at the P20 Summit, Birla noted that some members mentioned significant…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said he has written a new Garba song over the last few days and will share it with people during Navratri. Modi also thanked artistes Dhvani Bhanushali and Tanishk Bagchi and the team of Jjust Music for the musical rendition of another Garba song that he had penned…
Ahmedabad: As the bus crossed Usmanpura, a popular soft-drink brand’s electronic glow-sign board announced the temperature in an innovative manner — Ahmedabad City: 35 degrees. Motera: 37 degrees. By 11 am on Saturday, all roads led to the Narendra Modi Stadium for the World Cup’s most-awaited clash — India versus Pakistan. The entire city seemed to…
New Delhi: The launch of a passenger ferry service from Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam to Kankesanthurai, near Jaffna, in Sri Lanka is a “truly big step” for boosting people-to-people ties between the two countries, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday. In his remarks at a virtual ceremony on the launch of the ferry service,…
Hyderabad: Expressing deep sorrow over the alleged suicide of a woman job aspirant here, Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday sought a report from the Chief Secretary, DGP and secretary of state Public Service Commission within 48 hours on the incident. The Governor extended her condolences to the bereaved family of Pravallika (23), who was…
Ahmedabad: India won the toss and elected to bowl against Pakistan in the World Cup match here on Saturday. Indian captain Rohit Sharma said Shubman Gill, who missed the first two matches because of dengue, will play in place of Ishan Kishan. “Gill is back in place of Ishan. Unfortunate for Ishan to miss out,…
Washington: President Joe Biden has said Palestinian militant group Hamas, which attacked Israel and killed over 1,000 people, is worse than al-Qaeda, the terrorist group behind the 9/11 attacks, as he reaffirmed that the US stands with the Jewish state. At least 27 American citizens have died and 14 remain unaccounted for as a result of…
United Nations: Israel’s ultimatum that over one million people in northern Gaza should relocate within 24 hours is “extremely dangerous” and “simply not possible”, UN chief Antonio Guterres has said, asserting that “even wars have rules.” UN officials in Gaza on Thursday were informed by their liaison officers in the Israeli military that the entire…
