Bengaluru: A late charge led by a cameo from Dhruv Jurel was not enough for Rajasthan Royals as a century stand between captain Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell set up a thrilling seven-run win for Royal Challengers Bangalore in their Indian Premier League match here on Sunday. Invited to bat, Maxwell (77 off 44…
Chennai: The BJP’s state unit on Sunday knocked on the doors of Raj Bhavan with a plea for inquiry into Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan ‘s (PTR) purported remarks about the assets of the DMK’s ‘first family’ in an audio clip, which PTR claimed was “fabricated.”. Rajan had dismissed as “fabricated” the audio clip…
New Delhi: Days ahead of Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu’s planned visit to India, the militaries of the two countries on Sunday held a fresh round of high-level talks to resolve issues at the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh as the border row spills over to the fourth year. The 18th round of military talks between…
New Delhi: India has put two C-130J military transport aircraft on standby in Jeddah while an Indian Navy ship reached a key port in the region as part of the government’s plans to evacuate stranded Indians from violence-hit Sudan. Giving out the details, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said contingency plans for the evacuation of…
Antayla: The Indian men’s recurve team signed off with a silver medal after going down to China by the thinnest of margins in a shoot-off at the Archery World Cup Stage 1, here on Sunday. In pursuit of their first World Cup gold medal since 2010, the men’s recurve team, comprising Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das…
New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar has scarred many bowlers for life with his imperious batting but Bantoo Singh saw the ‘spirit of Curtly Ambrose’ in ‘Little Master’ when he was hit by his bouncer that left him with a bloody nose and multiple fractures during an ill-tempered Ranji match between Delhi and Mumbai in 1991. Bantoo,…
New Delhi: To the Indians, Sachin Tendulkar is the man for “all seasons”. It has been 10 years since he bid farewell to international cricket, leaving the nation full of moist eyes. As India’s favourite son completes his 50th birthday, PTI chronicles his life and times in an alphabetical manner. It could be people, places and…
New York: Two Indian students who went missing last week while swimming at a lake in the US state of Indiana are dead, local authorities have confirmed. Siddhant Shah, 19, and Aryan Vaidya, 20, went swimming at Monroe Lake, roughly 102 km southwest of downtown Indianapolis, with a group of friends on April 15 but did…
Bengaluru: To suddenly say Amul is being brought to Karnataka to kill Nandini is “brazen”, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday, as she alleged that the Gujarat-based dairy cooperative had entered the state when Congress was in power here. The Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) sells milk, curd and other dairy products under the…
Sabarkantha: India needs to nurture the knowledge of the Vedas and the ancient language of Sanskrit to become a ‘vishwa guru’, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said here on Sunday. He said Indian culture was not orthodox but changed with time and was not one that told us “what to eat and what not to…
