Dubai: Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was on Thursday named in India’s Test squad for the home series against the West Indies, while Devdutt Padikkal replaced Karun Nair, who could not deliver fully on what was “expected” of him in the opportunities offered so far. While announcing the 15-member squad at the Indian team hotel here,…
Baharaich (UP): Forty girls aged between nine and 14 years were found confined inside a toilet of an unregistered madrassa here during an inspection, officials said on Thursday. Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Payagpur Ashwini Kumar Pandey told PTI that the district administration received repeated complaints regarding the functioning of an illegal madrassa inside a three-storey…
New Delhi: Female students of Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management, Delhi, were allegedly forced to visit the quarter of self-styled godman Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati late at night, and one of them was even forced to change her name, the FIR filed against him read. The FIR was filed after the management of the institute…
Greater Noida: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the reforms in GST will continue and the tax burden on citizens will further ease as the economy gains more strength. Modi emphasised that the nation currently possesses strong willpower for reforms, backed by democratic and political stability, along with policy predictability. Earlier this month, India…
Kolkata: West Bengal’s BJP unit has turned Durga Puja into its newest political weapon, blending faith, spectacle and strategy to counter the TMC’s “anti-Bengali” charge and script a cultural counter-offensive ahead of the 2026 assembly polls. From dispatching over a hundred leaders to other states to woo diaspora Bengalis, to reviving its once showpiece puja…
New Delhi: A day after launching ‘Ati Pichhda Nyay Sankalp’, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday asserted that no matter how many “lies and distractions” the BJP may perpetrate, the Mahagathbandhan is determined to ensure full rights for the extremely backward, Dalit, tribal, minority, and backward communities. Gandhi on Wednesday reached out to the numerically…
MS Shanker The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) is once again in the news—this time over controversies surrounding the selection of state women’s cricket teams ahead of major upcoming tournaments. Allegations of opaque practices, arbitrary decision-making, and even hints of a “pay-to-play” culture have raised serious concerns about transparency and integrity in the process. One practice…
New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday hosted a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Forum for India–Pacific Islands Cooperation, reaffirming a “people-centric” agenda emphasising health, technology and capacity building. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly here. “Delighted to host the…
Bhubaneshwar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Odisha on September 27, during which he will flag off the Amrit Bharat Express connecting Berhampur with Udhna in Gujarat’s Surat district via video conferencing and unveil railway projects worth over Rs 1,700 crore, official sources said on Wednesday. They said Modi will also address a public meeting…
New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan’s tenure has been extended up to May next year, the defence ministry announced on Wednesday, days before the end of his current stint. Gen Chauhan, 64, has been serving as the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) as well as secretary helming the department of military affairs…
