Bengaluru: Experienced defender Amit Rohidas feels the biggest challenge for the Indian men’s hockey team going forward is to keep up the winning momentum in its Europe leg of the ongoing FIH Pro League. Having finished a creditable third last season, India are currently leading the FIH Pro League standings with 19 points from eight games,…
New Delhi, Defending champions Gujarat Giants have been struggling to defend totals this season and team’s mentor Gary Kirsten has blamed it on an unsettled bowling line up. In the five games played so far, GT won three and the two defeat have come while defending totals. “In the last IPL we defended four and…
Mumbai: Rajasthan Royals and England wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler says if a commentator criticises a player, he is only doing his job, and that acceptance should be an integral part of any cricketer’s career. “Acceptance is a big part of the job. Accepting that broadcaster pays someone to give their opinion; they are just doing their job….
New Delhi: Hospitality technology firm OYO on Thursday said it will add 50 new properties in Ayodhya in 2023 under a collaboration with Ayodhya Development Authority and Uttar Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation. Out of the 50 new properties to be added in Ayodhya, about 25 will be homestays run by homeowners and 25 will be…
New Delhi: Oriana Power on Thursday announced commissioning of a one megawatt peak (MWp) floating solar power project in Rajasthan. The project has been commissioned for Udaipur Cement Works Limited (UCWL), a subsidiary of JK Lakshmi Cement, at its Dabok mine in the state. According to the company, the project will generate approximately 1.7 million…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has written a letter to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) seeking details of the investigation it is conducting against some companies of the Adani group. In a letter dated April 18, which was posted on Twitter on Thursday, Chaturvedi said the SEBI had started a…
New Delhi: Ahead of the EFTA trade ministers visit to India, a parliamentary committee from the four-nation grouping on Thursday expressed confidence that negotiators on both sides would find “compromises” to clinch the much-delayed trade deal. Parliamentarians from member countries Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland, led by Labour Party lawmaker from Norway Trine Lise Sundnes,…
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari would participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in India next month, Pakistan’s Foreign Office announced on Thursday, a development that could provide an opportunity to break the ice between the two neighbours. Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahrah Baloch announced the decision at a weekly media briefing here. “Bilawal…
Kathmandu: Indian climber Anurag Maloo, who went missing on Monday after falling into a deep crevasse on Nepal’s Mount Annapurna, has been found alive in critical condition by rescuers, his brother said on Thursday. Anurag, 34, a resident of Kishangarh in Rajasthan, went missing on Monday after he fell from around 6,000 metres while descending from…
Kathmandu: Prominent Indian mountaineer Baljeet Kaur, evacuated from Mt. Annapurna has Covid-19 and is likely to be discharged in a day or two, organisers of the expedition said on Thursday. Kaur, 27, was found alive on Tuesday, a day after she went missing near Camp IV of Mt Annapurna while descending from the summit point. An…
