Chennai: Kolkata Knight Riders Captain Ajinkya Rahane has been fined Rs 12 lakh for maintaining a slow over-rate during their IPL match against Chennai Super Kings here. Last-placed Kolkata Knight Riders extended their winless run this season as they went down by 32 runs to CSK here on Tuesday. “Kolkata Knight Riders Captain Ajinkya Rahane…
Chandigarh: A bus carrying devotees overturned in Punjab’s Fatehgarh Sahib while returning from Anandpur Sahib, killing six and injuring 21 others, police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred near Himmatpura on Morinda-Chunni road area in Bassi Pathana at around 10 pm on Tuesday when the devotees — all residents of Main Majri in Fatehgarh Sahib…
Tuticorn (Tamil Nadu): DMK MP Kanimozhi has flayed AIADMK chief Edappadi K. Palaniswami over his stance on the delimitation exercise and said he appeared to have no concern about the number of Lok Sabha seats for Tamil Nadu being reduced. Alleging that the AIADMK general secretary supported the Centre’s decision to reduce the Lok Sabha…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted people on the occasion of Rongali Bihu, Vishu and Poila Boishakh, being celebrated in Assam, Kerala, and West Bengal respectively, and hoped that the festivals would prevail the spirit of happiness and brotherhood. Modi also said that many festivals and celebrations have been observed across various…
Washington: India’s economy is projected to grow at a steady 6.5 percent in 2027, maintaining its position as the fastest-growing major economy, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday, even as escalating tensions in West Asia weigh on the global outlook. The multilateral lender noted that India’s growth forecast for 2026 has been revised upward…
Haridwar: The Ardh Kumbh Mela, scheduled to be held in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar in 2027, will feature a total of 10 major bathing festivals, including three ‘amrit’ (royal) baths, the mela administration announced on Tuesday. While declaring the dates for the Ardh Kumbh baths, Mela Officer Sonika Singh stated that during the four-month-long mela — spanning…
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump dialled Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to discuss the West Asia crisis and the need to keep the Strait of Hormuz “open and secure” even as US envoy Sergio Gor said India and the US are expected to seal certain “big-ticket” deals soon, including in the energy sector….
Bhubaneshwar/Baripada: Over 100 students fell ill and one of them, a Class 5 student, died on Tuesday, two days after having a meal at a government-run tribal residential school in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, following which Chief Minister Mohan Charan Mahi ordered a probe, officials said. Officials said the students of the Kakabandha Ashram School complained…
Chennai: Kolkata Knight Riders’ IPL season just went from bad to worse with Chennai Super Kings demolishing them by 32 runs on a tricky surface, exposing head coach Abhishek Nayar’s poor planning and skipper Ajinkya Rahane’s archaic approach here on Tuesday. On a two-paced track, CSK, after a blazing powerplay that fetched them 72 runs,…
New Delhi: Lok Sabha seats will be increased to a maximum of 850 from the current 543 to “operationalise” the women’s reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise to be carried out on the basis of last published census. According to the draft Constitution amendment bill, which will be introduced and…
