New Delhi: Former India opener Gautam Gambhir was on Tuesday interviewed by the BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) for the national team’s head coach position. The interview took place over a zoom call with both Gambhir and Malhotra attending it virtually. “Yes, Gambhir appeared for the interview with the CAC. One round of discussions happened…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for maintaining “silence” on the NEET exam issue and asserted that his party is committed to strongly raising the voice of the youth from the streets to the Parliament for ensuring strong policies against paper leaks. The former Congress president…
Chitradurga (Karnataka): A BJP Karnataka unit delegation, led by its state President B Y Vijayendra, on Tuesday met the family of Renukaswamy, in whose murder case Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa is an accused, and urged the government to provide compensation to them and a government job to his wife. They sought a fair probe into…
Thiruvananthapuram: The BJP in Kerala on Tuesday continued to mock the Congress party’s decision to field Priyanka Gandhi in Wayanad, which was vacated by Rahul Gandhi, and said the grand old party may consider her husband Robert Vadra in the upcoming by-poll in Palakkad assembly segment. BJP state chief K Surendran and senior leader V…
New Delhi: Since her entry in active politics in 2019, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was projected as a possible challenger to Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi and also as a successor to Congress veteran Sonia Gandhi in the family pocket borough of Rae Bareli. However, the Congress has decided to field her from Kerala’s Wayanad,…
New Delhi: From Ladakh to Jharkhand and large parts of northwest India, a huge swathe of the country remained in the grip of an intense heat wave with the maximum temperature in Prayagraj touching 47.6 degrees Celsius while Nubra, nestled in the high Himalayas, recorded 26.2 degrees. The weather office said maximum temperatures were markedly…
Jammu: Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan on Monday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Udhampur areas and the operational preparedness of the security forces in the region, officials said. He complimented the army and the air force for their professionalism and jointness in operations in northern command. His visit came a day after Union…
Bengaluru: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) questioned former Chief Minister and BJP stalwart B S Yediyurappa for three hours on Monday in connection with a POCSO case registered against him. Yediyurappa appeared before a team of CID, which had summoned him for an inquiry in connection with the case. According to reports, the former chief…
New Delhi: US national security adviser (NSA) Jake Sullivan arrived in New Delhi for official discussions at the invitation of Indian counterpart Ajit Doval. He will be visiting the capital from June 17-18, 2024 and will be holding wide-ranging talks with the Indian NSA on cooperation under the US-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies…
New Delhi: Congress’ top leadership met on Monday at party chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence to decide whether Rahul Gandhi should vacate his Wayanad or Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat. The meeting also discussed whether Gandhi would take up the post of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, sources said. Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi,…
