London: UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Monday gave her “full support” to police to ramp up the use of stop and search powers to crack down on knife crime and prevent attacks in the country. The intervention comes days after three separate incidents of knife attacks in England, which claimed the lives of three people…
New Delhi: Renewable energy solutions provider Envision Energy on Monday said it has bagged a 350-MW wind energy project from Serentica Renewables. The company did not disclose the value of the order. “Envision will supply a total of 106 nos. EN156/3.3 MW Wind Turbine Generators (WTGs) to Serentica’s wind park. Once commissioned, it will produce 1.25…
Kolkata: The southwest monsoon set in in several districts of south Bengal on Monday, an area which has been reeling under heat wave like conditions for over a month, the IMD said. A spokesperson of the Indian Meteorological Department said conditions have become favourable for further advancement of the system over southern parts of the…
Bengaluru: The Congress in Karnataka will stage demonstrations on Tuesday across all district headquarters against the BJP-led Central government for “denying” rice for the State’s ‘Anna Bhagya’ scheme which offers 10 kg rice to each member of families living below the poverty line. The Centre recently discontinued the sale of rice and wheat from the central…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah complimented the Gita Press on Monday for being awarded with the Gandhi Peace Prize and said it has been doing a wonderful job of selflessly taking several holy books to the masses. The Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 will be conferred on the Gita Press, Gorakhpur in recognition of…
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Bank on Monday launched two mobile branches in Ladakh to offer banking services in remote areas of the Union Territory. “J&K bank today dedicated two mobile branches — ‘J&K Bank on Wheels’ — for public in Ladakh that will extend banking services to the people of various remote and unbanked areas…
New Delhi: Hockey happened to Boby Singh Dhami by “accident”, for he wouldn’t have been a junior India player had it not been for a road mishap involving his father when he was just 10. Years later, having faced the trials and tribulations that followed the accident which killed four passengers but turned out to be…
Bhubaneswar: The “tongue lashing” they got from head coach Igor Stimac at half time was the wake-cup call India needed to win the Intercontinental Cup, said national football team captain Sunil Chhetri. India failed to break Lebanon’s defence in the first half before Chhetri’s 87th international goal and Lallianzuala Chhangte’s strike to help the hosts lift…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced a cash reward of Rs 1 crore for the Indian men’s football team for winning the Hero Intercontinental Cup here. India rode on skipper Sunil Chhetri’s 87th international goal and Lallianzuala Chhangte’s strike to beat Lebanon 2-0 in the final and lift the Intercontinental Cup at the Kaling…
New Delhi: The Pakistan cricket team is not “comfortable” playing some of the participating teams at specific venues during the ODI World Cup in India, including Afghanistan in Chennai and Australia in Bengaluru. The deadlock over the Asia Cup staging has ended and now Pakistan are expected to travel to India for the World Cup in…
