Salalah (Oman): India emerged champions in the Men’s Hockey5s Asia Cup here on Saturday, beating arch-rivals Pakistan 2-0 in a shootout after both teams were locked at 4-4 in regulation time. With the win, India have booked their place in the FIH Men’s Hockey5s World Cup 2024. For India, Mohammed Raheel (19th and 26th), Jugraj Singh…
New Delhi: It is almost certain that Chinese President Xi Jinping is going to skip the G20 summit in India next week and Premier Li Qiang is set to represent China at the conclave, people familiar with the development said on Saturday. Russian President Vladimir Putin has already conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi his decision…
With the general elections just less than a year away, major political parties are up to their tricks again to prevent each other from gaining an upper hand. Although, as of now, the pollsters are giving a clear edge in Andhra Pradesh (AP) to the ruling Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) headed by YS…
The other day around 1 PM when I was about to close my morning OP, a patient aged about 45 years was brought with severe sweating, breathlessness, and painful lower limbs. On examination, he said that due to severe pain and bleeding from the cracks of heals he took several painkillers one after another. Eating…
(Online Desk) India struggled against Pakistan’s pacers but a 138-run stand between Hardik Pandya and Ishan Kishan helped them recover from the early salvo from Shaheen Afridi and Co. Ishan Kishan scored his fourth consecutive ODI half-century and seemed to start cramping towards the end of his innings. He hence looked to switch gears which…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took aim at the Congress governments in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, and expressed confidence the BJP will win people’s support in the coming assembly polls in the two states. Home Minister Amit Shah released the BJP’s ‘arop patra’ (charge sheet) against the Congress government in Chhattisgarh, accusing it of…
United Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not attend the annual UN General Assembly session later this month and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will address the high-level week, according to the latest provisional list of speakers issued by the UN. The high-level General Debate of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly will begin…
New Delhi: A session of both Houses of Parliament will be held from September 18-22 without Question Hour or private members’ business, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha secretariats said on Saturday. The session will have five sittings and members will be informed about the provisional calendar separately, the secretariats said. “Members are informed that…
New Delhi: Opposition bloc I.N.D.I.A. on Saturday made some additional appointments in some of the committees set up at its Mumbai meeting to get battle-ready for the Lok Sabha polls. The bloc had formed a 14-member coordination-cum-election strategy committee comprising members of various parties. The opposition alliance had also announced a campaign committee with Congress’…
New Delhi: The government on Saturday notified an eight-member high-level committee to examine and make recommendations at the earliest on the issue of holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha, state assemblies, municipalities and panchayats. The committee will be headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind and will have Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress leader…
