Online Sports Desk Former Indian cricketer Ambati Rayudu has said that even captain Shubman Gill, who is the top-ranked ODI batter currently, found it difficult to bat on the Eden Park track, but ace batter Virat Kohli showed no signs of duress, as he smacked a 51-ball 74 to lead India’s chase in the first…
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) on Wednesday said that the BJP has succeeded in executing its “Operation Lotus” in Kashmir by “pushing out” Srinagar Lok Sabha MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi from the NC. Mehdi on Tuesday resigned from the NC as well as the Lok Sabha. “With a heavy heart, not with joy, because he…
Raipur: A special court in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur on Wednesday granted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) eight-day custody of Saurabh Chandrakar, the alleged kingpin of the Rs 6,000-crore Mahadev online betting app scam. Chandrakar, who was recently extradited from Oman, was sent to a two-day CBI transit remand on Monday as the agency wanted…
New Delhi: In a major overhaul of the Agnipath scheme, the government on Wednesday announced that Agniveers set to exit the military at the end of their four-year tenure will be given an additional two-year extension period and subsequently offered permanent recruitment, subject to meeting specific eligibility criteria and individual consent. The decision was announced…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has registered an FIR against senior Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan for sharing a digitally manipulated video of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that purportedly contained remarks hostile to India, officials said. The case was registered at the Special Cell Police Station following cyber patrolling on November 3, when police noticed…
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he was willing to accept the results of the mid-term elections, where Democrats posted significant gains, flipping key Senate and gubernatorial races. “I am absolutely willing to accept those results,” Trump said in an interview with The New York Times on Tuesday night as results trickled in. Democrats…
Auckland: India captain Shubman Gill and batting stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma met rugby legend Keven Mealamu before the start of the first ODI against New Zealand here on Wednesday and were presented with personalised jerseys by the All Blacks great. Mealamu, who made 132 appearances for New Zealand’s national rugby team, is among…
Pune: A constable, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, rammed his car into the gate of Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar’s bungalow, following which he was detained, officials said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday evening at the commissioner’s official residence in the Cantonment area. “The constable was allegedly under the influence of…
Guwahati: The prime accused in the Guwahati hotel firing incident that had claimed five lives was killed in police firing in Assam’s Sivasagar district on Wednesday while he was allegedly trying to escape from custody, a senior officer said. The encounter took place in the Gaurisagar area while he was being brought to Sivasagar in…
The real malice behind a decade of administrative decay Special Correspondent The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) does not suffer from a shortage of cricketing talent, capable administrators or judicial intervention. What it has suffered from, for well over a decade, is something far more damaging: an entrenched class of self-serving office-bearers and club power-brokers who…
