New Delhi: Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has come out in defence of the embattled Gautam Gambhir, saying the head coach can only prepare the team and it is the players who have to deliver on the field. Gambhir has come in for some scathing criticism following the massive 408-run loss to South Africa in…
Dhaka: A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to 21 years imprisonment and her two children to five years each over alleged irregularities in allocation of plots under a government housing project after their trial in absentia. Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 handed down the sentences to 78-year-old Hasina, her son Sajib…
Beijing/Hong Kong: The death toll in a deadly fire in multiple high-rise towers in Hong Kong has risen to 44 with 279 people still missing, Chinese official media reports said on Thursday. Three men have been arrested for suspected manslaughter in the fire that broke out in Wang Fuk Court on Wednesday, Hong Kong Police…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday exuded confidence in organising “grand and historic” Commonwealth Games in 2030 after Ahmedabad was formally awarded the hosting rights for the prestigious sports event. Deputy CM and Sports Minister Harsh Sanghavi termed the award of hosting rights a historic moment for Indian sports. “A moment of immense…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged on Wednesday that in the name of SIR, the BJP is creating a voter list to its liking by removing backwards, Dalits, the deprived, and the poor from it, and claimed that the Election Commission (EC) is responsible for this “murder of democracy”. Gandhi’s remarks came over a…
Kolkata: The Election Commission has reported that nearly 26 lakh voters’ names in West Bengal’s current electoral rolls do not match the voter list of 2002, an official said on Wednesday. The discrepancy emerged after the state’s latest voter list was compared with the lists prepared across different states between 2002 and 2006 during the…
New Delhi: A bust of Babasaheb Ambedkar was unveiled at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi described as a “fitting tribute” to the architect of India’s Constitution. “It is a matter of immense pride that today, on Constitution Day, a bust of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was unveiled at the UNESCO Headquarters…
(………Continued) How “Mob-Lynching” Worked Against Dr. Neeraj Kumar Dr. Neeraj Kumar was appointed as an Assistant Professor on ad-hoc basis on 14.07.2003 at NIPER Mohali. His services were later regularized for five years on contract, effective 29.07.2003, via order dated 22.07.2004. He successfully completed this term on 28.07.2008 and became entitled to consideration for a…
Remembering Hanumant Singh In the annals of Indian cricket, few figures embodied aristocratic grace and sporting excellence quite like Hanumant Singh. A prince by birth and a batsman by calling, he brought to the cricket field the same elegance and dignity that defined his royal lineage. Though his international career spanned just 14 Test matches,…
I was overwhelmed to read today’s beautiful tribute to Bollywood star Dharmendra—the pain of Hindi cinema—who passed away on 24 November, this time for real, unlike the recent false alarm that upset his family. His family handled the funeral with quiet dignity, completing the rites swiftly in the presence of close relatives, friends, and colleagues…
