Mumbai: India skipper Rohit Sharma is expecting the upcoming ODI World Cup in the country to be a highly-competitive affair since “the game has become faster”. Twenty-20 cricket, the slam bang version of the game, has impacted all formats, including the traditional five-day games where the batters are not averse to going for their strokes from…
Karachi: All of the objections raised by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on the schedule and venues for the national team team in the ODI World Cup in India have been rejected by the International Cricket Council (ICC). In the final schedule of the World Cup released on Tuesday by the ICC and BCCI, Pakistan’s…
Mumbai: The world’s largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad will play host to the big-ticket ODI World Cup group match between India and Pakistan on October 15 besides staging the grand finale on November 19, the ICC announced on Tuesday. The tournament will begin on October 5 with a clash between defending champions England and runners-up New…
New Delhi: A functionality enabling public procurement portal GeM to impose penal interest for making delayed payments to vendors by government ministries and departments will be operational in July, a senior official said on Tuesday. In 2020, the government decided to levy a 1 per cent penalty on government departments and agencies for delayed payments to…
Beijing: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday inaugurated an exquisitely designed ‘New Delhi Hall’ at the SCO Secretariat here, which he said depicts a “mini-India” and will foster a better understanding of the country’s culture. The virtual inauguration of the hall by Jaishankar came ahead of next month’s Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit to be…
New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India will conduct a special audit into alleged “irregularities and violations” in the “reconstruction” of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence, Raj Niwas officials said on Tuesday. The Union home ministry has recommended the special CAG audit taking note of a May 24 letter by Lieutenant Governor V…
Bhopal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided it would not adopt the path of appeasement and vote bank politics. The policy of appeasement practised by some is “disastrous” for the country, Modi said during his visit to Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, where the Assembly polls are due this…
New Delhi: The people of Telangana are yearning for change and looking towards the Congress, party president Mallikarjun Kharge said on Tuesday after chairing a meeting of Telangana unit leaders to decide the strategy for the state polls due later this year. The meeting, which was held at the AICC headquarters here, was also attended by…
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said Delhi has become the country’s EV capital with the highest number of electric vehicles being bought in the city. Speaking at the inauguration of 42 charging stations, Kejriwal also claimed that pollution levels in the national capital have declined since 2014. “We started promoting EVs to curb…
Bhopal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday visited Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh and flagged off five Vande Bharat trains connecting important cities in different parts of the country. Modi reached Rani Kamalapati railway station in the state capital Bhopal from where he flagged off the five trains – two physically and three in virtual mode….
