New Delhi: From explosive batting displays to fiery bowling spells, and from legends with most games played to fielding maestros with most catches, here’s a list that breaks down top highlights of Indian Premier League (IPL) over the years, ahead of popular T20 event’s 18th season, starting Saturday. A total of 1,106 Indian Premier League…
Tirupati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday visited Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple and offered prayers. Naidu had darshan along with his family through Vaikunta Queue Complex-1 at 8.20 am. “CM Chandrababu had the darshan (visit to the deity) of Srivaru (Lord Venkateswara Swamy) accompanied by family members. At Ranganayakamma Mandapam, Vedic priests…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has called the suspension of a senior IAS officer for alleged irregularities in solar projects merely a “drama”, and claimed that the “last stop of this corruption is not the officer, but someone else”. Yadav’s remarks followed the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to…
New York: US Supreme Court justices will hear next month Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana’s renewed application, submitted to Chief Justice John Roberts, seeking a stay of his extradition to India. Rana, 64, is currently lodged in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles and submitted an “Emergency Application For Stay Pending Litigation of…
Nagpur: Members of the Muslim community in Nagpur have condemned the violence in Vidarbha’s largest city earlier this week and sought an impartial probe into it, claiming that timely action by police could have prevented it. Addressing a press conference on Thursday, they said Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis should meet representatives of both communities…
Peshawar: A Pakistan Army captain and at least seven terrorists associated with a banned outfit were killed during a gunfight in the country’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, sources said. The intelligence-based operation was conducted in the Karri Malang area of the Dera Ismail Khan district bordering South Waziristan. Three more soldiers were…
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday advised the members of the Assembly to avoid making comments on religious affairs that hurt people’s sentiments. Talking to reporters outside the Assembly here, Abdullah also said that nobody should feel that they are not heard in this government. He also expressed confidence of resolving…
Washington: US President Donald Trump slammed the high tariffs charged by India and other countries including China, calling it “very unfair” and announcing reciprocal tariffs will kick in from next month. The president made his case for his reciprocal tariffs, which will commence on April 2. He wants to impose the same tariff on imports from…
Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged Gujarat’s Bharwad community to adopt natural farming and plant trees as part of the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign. He also urged the community, which is mainly into cattle rearing, to contribute towards making India a developed nation by 2047. PM Modi was virtually addressing the…
Dr Buragadda Srinadh Historically, before independence, India witnessed the emergence of various political entities, notably the Communist Party, inspired by Karl Marx’s ideology against capitalism in 1848, and the Indian National Congress, established in 1882 by British national Allan Octavian Hume to foster civil and political dialogue among educated Indians. Both institutions were foreign in…
