Bengaluru/New Delhi: The BJP high command has taken cross-voting by MLAs during the recent MLC polls seriously and appropriate action will be taken against those who “betrayed” the party, senior leader R Ashoka said on Tuesday. The Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka assembly said, BJP chief Nitin Nabin instructed them to leave the issue…
Chandigarh: Punjab BJP chief Kewal Singh Dhillon on Tuesday wrote to World Bank president Ajay Banga, calling for a transformative role in partnership with the government of India in agricultural diversification financing and rural entrepreneurship ecosystems for the border state. India’s leadership under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has demonstrated an unparalleled commitment to rural transformation,…
Bhubaneshwar: National record holder decathlete Tejaswin Shankar will be considered for this year’s Asian Games despite not competing in the National Inter-State Senior Championships which begins here on Wednesday as he has been granted exemption from the meet, a top official of the national federation said on Tuesday. Tejaswin, who rewrote his own national record…
Kolkata: A Calcutta High Court division bench will take up on July 2 the final hearing of a challenge to a single bench order granting protection to former West Bengal sports minister Aroop Biswas in a case related to the chaos at the Lionel Messi event at Salt Lake Stadium in December. Petitioner Satadru Dutta…
Hyderabad: The 40th Olympic Day Run-2026 was successfully conducted on Tuesday at the Telangana Minority Residential School and Junior College in Kushaiguda from 6.30 am. The event was organised in association with the Medchal-Malkajgiri District Sports Association under the guidance of A.P. Jithender Reddy and P. Malla Reddy. The run aimed to promote Olympic values…
Hyderabad: Eminent geneticist and CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Dr Kumarasamy Thangaraj, was conferred the Padma Shri by President Droupadi Murmu at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-II held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday. A distinguished scientist with over three decades of service at CCMB, Dr Thangaraj is renowned for…
Hyderabad: The Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) on Tuesday strongly refuted the claims made by the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) and the TG20 League Convenor that, for the first time, they had provided a platform for raw rural talent from Telangana to showcase their abilities through the ongoing TG20 tournament. Questioning the veracity of these assertions,…
Our Correspondent Hyderabad: Fresh questions are being raised over the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s (HCA) apparent silence after a parent reportedly approached the police, alleging that money had been collected from a player on promises of securing opportunities in A Division cricket and a corporate team. According to sources, a formal police complaint has been filed…
New Delhi: The opening of the Strait of Hormuz is a very welcome move as it will help energy security, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said on Tuesday while welcoming counterparts from BRICS nations at a key conclave here. Doval said freedom of navigation through the key shipping lane will benefit the countries of the…
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday injected Rs 1,41,171 crore transient liquidity into the banking system through a seven-day variable rate repo (VRR) auction. The funds were infused at a cut-off and weighted average rate of 5.26 per cent, according to the RBI’s release. This was done after the liquidity in the…
