Lakshman Rao Ravana, having suffered an unforgivable defeat at the hands of the mighty sage Kapila, set out with his demon forces back to Lanka. Along the way, he captured a multitude of women from various tribes—Nagas, Yakshas, Gandharvas, Danavas, and even humans. This tyrant, cruel and ruthless, tore these women from their loved ones—parents,…
Sharjah: The seasoned duo of Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur was back to its sizzling best as India gave a massive boost to their net run rate with an 82-run hammering of Sri Lanka in the Women’s T20 World Cup in Dubai on Wednesday. The 98-run stand between Shafali Verma (43 off 40) and Smriti…
The passing of Ratan Tata on Wednesday night marks the end of an era for Indian industry. An icon whose influence extended far beyond the boardrooms of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata was a visionary, a philanthropist, and a man of exceptional integrity. His legacy, like the empire he helped shape, is woven into the very…
Mumbai: Tata Trusts’ chief executive Siddharth Sharma on Wednesday said the group of non-profits rededicates itself to carrying forward Ratan Tata’s legacy. Tata, 86, breathed his last at a city hospital where he had been admitted for the last few days. “We rededicate ourselves to carrying forward his legacy and that of the founders, which…
New Delhi: Nitish Kumar Reddy announced himself on the international stage with a flamboyant 74 as a youthful Indian side delivered yet another commanding performance to thrash Bangladesh by 86 runs in the second T20I here on Wednesday. With the win, the hosts took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. The 21-year-old Reddy…
New Delhi: Veteran industrialist Ratan Tata died at a Mumbai hospital late on Wednesday night, a top police official told PTI. The chairman emeritus of the Tata group was 86. Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran, in a statement, confirmed the death of Tata, and described him as his “friend, mentor and guide”. For the past…
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday demanded a thorough probe into “discrepancies” found in some Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during the counting of votes of the Haryana assembly polls and demanded that such EVMs should be sealed and secured pending the inquiry. A delegation of top Congress leaders comprising former chief ministers Bhupinder Singh Hooda…
Thiruvanthapuram: R Sreelekha, the first woman IPS officer from Kerala and also the first woman officer in the state to adorn the Director General of Police (DGP) rank, joined the BJP on Wednesday. She received the party membership from BJP state president K Surendran, at her residence at Easwara Vilsasm here. Sreelekha, who retired from service…
Ranchi: India batter Ishan Kishan on Wednesday returned to the Jharkhand Ranji team as its captain, following his controversial pullout last season that led to his exclusion from the BCCI central contract. The explosive left-hander, who became a regular in India’s white-ball squad after Rishabh Pant’s road accident in December 2022, took a break during…
