Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for launching the Nagpur-Pune Vande Bharat train, saying it will increase the connectivity of Vidarbha with Pune. It will be the longest-distance train among all Vande Bharat trains in India till now, Fadnavis told reporters. The train will cover the distance of…
New Delhi: It’s that time of the year when speculation is rife about the impending ODI future of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, but if one goes by the decision makers in the Indian cricket board, there is no tearing hurry to take an immediate call on two maestros. With the Bangladesh series scheduled in…
New Delhi: Shubman Gill is all but confirmed to make his T20I return, with India’s Test captain likely to be picked in the squad for the upcoming Asia Cup, starting September 9 in the UAE. In his first assignment as captain, Gill excelled with the bat, scoring 754 runs to help India draw the five-match…
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday accused the BJP of “creating hurdles” for the bill increasing reservations for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, and backward classes to 67 per cent in Telangana from becoming a law, and asked why else would presidential assent be held up for it for over four months. Congress general secretary in…
Mumbai: Congress leader Anant Gadgil has asked if the BJP government will ever recommend a spokesperson from his party as a High Court or Supreme Court judge. A controversy broke out recently with reports of the Supreme Court collegium recommending lawyer and former BJP spokesperson Aarti Sathe for appointment as a judge of the Bombay…
Chennai: Describing the recent military skirmish between India and Pakistan as ‘playing a game of chess’, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday said the Indian forces were not aware of what Pakistan’s ‘next move’, and called it a ‘greyzone’, which means that one may not go for ‘conventional operations’. What the…
Nagpur: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said the countries that are indulging in `dadagiri’ (bullying) in today’s world can do so because they are economically strong and have technology. Speaking at the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) here, he also stressed the need to increase India’s exports and reduce imports. “If the rate…
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s poll body chief on Saturday said general elections would be held in the first week of February 2026, but ensuring it in a free, fair, and impartial manner remained a major challenge. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin, however, said the exact date would be disclosed two months before the schedule was…
Nagpur: Seventeen workers were injured, including three critically, after a slab of an under-construction gate of the Mahalaxmi Jagadamba Devasthan in Koradi in Nagpur collapsed on Saturday, officials said. The incident took place at 8 pm, they said. “Seventeen workers were injured, three of whom are critical. They have been hospitalised. Rescue operations were launched…
The controversy over the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to conduct a special voter list revision — and the Opposition’s loud protests against it — has prompted me to pen these thoughts. What strikes me as astonishing is the contradiction in the Opposition’s position. On the one hand, the Congress and its allies accuse the EC…
