Bridgetown: Skipper Rohit Sharma and senior pro Virat Kohli, who have 76 international hundreds between them, decided to give game time to middle-order batters as India beat West Indies by five wickets in the opening ODI, riding on exploits from spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav. After Jadeja (3/37 in 6 overs) and Kuldeep (4/6 in…
United Nations: The upcoming G20 Summit in New Delhi is among the “critical opportunities ahead” for accelerated action on climate change, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said, emphasising that the grouping’s success is a “basic precondition” for the success of the UN climate change conference. As the World Meteorological Organisation and the European Commission’s Copernicus…
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it has transferred to the CBI the probe into a case related to two women being paraded naked in strife-torn Manipur, saying the approach of the government was of “zero tolerance towards any crimes against women”. The Ministry of Home Affairs, in an affidavit filed…
Hyderabad: Eight people lost their lives in various rain-related incidents since July 22 in Telangana even as the state continued to see heavy downpour on Thursday leading to inundation of low-lying areas and damage to roads and agricultural crops. The state has been witnessing rainfall over the last week and the downpour has been heavy to…
Rajkot: In an apparent jibe at the new opposition bloc ‘INDIA’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said though “corrupt and dynast” people have changed the name of their jamaat (community), their behaviour and goals remain the same, and added they are angry as dreams of common people are being fulfilled under his government. The PM,…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday lambasted the Centre for seeking an extension in the tenure of Enforcement Directorate (ED) chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra till October 15, and asked if the entire department is “full of incompetent people” except the incumbent chief. “Are we not giving a picture that there is no other person and…
Islamabad: China has rolled over a USD 2.4 billion loan to its all-weather ally Pakistan for two years to help the cash-strapped country shore up its foreign exchange reserves, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Thursday. Dar said in a Twitter post that Pakistan was supposed to pay the loan in the next two fiscal years….
Sikar (Rajasthan): The Centre has taken decisions in the interest of farmers for nine years and created arrangements from seed to market for them, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday and dedicated 1.25 lakh PM Kisan Samriddhi Kendras to the nation. Addressing a rally in this Rajasthan town, he described the Kendras as one-stop centres…
Two wonderful stories, both on page one stuff, came my way without a sweat. The first one in the mid-70s and the second in the mid-80s…. Read on… In the evening I was joined in the Secretariat by T. Sirish Kumar, my colleague and circulation executive in The Indian Express. As we passed the chambers…
Sikar (Rajasthan): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at the Rajasthan government over sacked minister Rajendra Gudha’s “red diary”, saying it is a fresh product of the Congress’ “loot ki dukan” which will defeat the party in elections in the state. It is said that the Congress’ “dark deeds” are recorded in the…
