Dubai: Tilak Varma, the sinewy left-hander from the city of Nizams, produced a heady cocktail of chutzpah and discretion to guide India to their ninth Asia Cup title, following a five-wicket win over arch-rivals Pakistan in a thrilling final here on Sunday. Needing 10 off the last over, Tilak deposited the controversial trouble monger Haris…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday likened the India-Pakistan final in the Asia Cup to Operation Sindoor, and said the outcome remained the same and India won. He said on X, “Operation Sindoor on the games field. Outcome is the same – India wins! Congrats to our cricketers.” India had named its military…
The election of a new BCCI body is being hailed as a fresh dawn for Indian cricket. But if it is truly a dawn, then why must Telangana continue to remain in darkness? For decades, four crore people of this state have been denied their rightful place in Indian cricket. As Secretary of the Telangana…
Pandu, humble by nature and ever obedient to his elder brother Dhritarashtra, lent him support in wealth and power. Under Dhritarashtra’s reign, a hundred Ashvamedha sacrifices were performed, with boundless charities to Brahmins and scholars, so that his fame spread in all directions. Yet it was Pandu who shone in the hearts of citizens, vassal…
Dubai: India beat Pakistan by five wickets in a thriller of a final to win their ninth Asia Cup title. In a match that went right down to the last over, Tilak Varma finished unbeaten on 69 off 53 balls while Rinku Singh hit the winning runs with a four off the only ball he…
Hyderabad: Kondareddypally, the native village of Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, has become South India’s “first fully solar-powered village,” under the state government’s green energy mission. Spread across Vangoor mandal in Nagarkurnool district, the project covers 514 houses and 11 government buildings, an official release said on Sunday. Currently, 480 houses are powered by…
Patna: Vice President C P Radhakrishnan on Sunday asserted it was the concept of “dharma” that kept the country united, despite its people speaking “different languages”. He remarked in his address during the valedictory function here of Unmesha International Literature Festival, organised by Sahitya Akademi in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Culture. “One dignitary…
Mumbai: Former Delhi captain Mithun Manhas was on Sunday elected president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) here. Manhas, 45, became the 37th president of the Board, as he succeeded Roger Binny, who resigned last month after turning 70. The former all-rounder, who featured in…
Hyderabad: After floodwater in the Musi river receded, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Sunday intensified post-rain cleaning, desilting, and sanitation works in surrounding localities. The GHMC said its field teams were working round the clock in bastis and vulnerable colonies to restore normalcy and safeguard public health. “Roads, inner lanes, and bastis near…
