New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that it has given clearance to city Education Minister Atishi to travel to the United Kingdom for an official visit next week. The counsel for the Centre said the proposal has now been send to the economic affairs department for further approvals, which would…
London: India and Australia teams as well as match officials were seen wearing black armbands ahead of the start of the 2023 World Test Championship final at The Oval to pay respect to victims of the Odisha train tragedy, which happened earlier this month. Before the national anthems, everyone at the ground offered a minute…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a report from its registry on the issue of urgent listing of a plea challenging the notifications enabling the exchange of Rs 2,000 currency notes without any requisition slip and ID proof. A vacation bench of justices Aniruddha Bose and Rajesh Bindal passed the order after petitioner…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday appealed for calm and said nobody should take law into their hands. In Kolhapur city in Western Maharashtra, police on Wednesday used force to disperse a crowd that objected to alleged use of Tipu Sultan’s image and an `objectionable’ audio message as social media “status” by some local…
Bengaluru: The USA Cricket (USAC) on Wednesday asserted that the T20 World Cup 2024 will not be taken away from them due to concerns around lack of proper cricketing infrastructure in the nation, saying a successful conduct of the Major League Cricket (MLC) will remove all the doubts. It has been reported that the International Cricket…
Washington: In the past 10 years, Indian Americans have increasingly taken political leadership roles besides being at the forefront in private industries, according to a prominent member of the diaspora in the US state of Ohio. Pavan V Parikh, Hamilton County Clerk of Courts said that he was appointed by the Hamilton County Democratic Party in…
Colombo: The High Commission of India organised the first India-Sri Lanka Defence Seminar and Exhibition here on Wednesday to promote and identify newer areas of cooperation and collaboration between the two countries in the defence sector. The event will witness participation from the Indian Defence Industry, Sri Lankan entrepreneurs, Sri Lanka Armed Forces, Police and…
London: Veteran England all-rounder Moeen Ali has come out of his Test retirement to join the squad for the five-Test Ashes series against Australia beginning on June 16 at Edgbaston. The 35-year-old had announced his Test retirement after the 2021 tour of India, saying that he ‘just felt like I was not in it’, having also…
London: The IPL being the “envy of the world” delights former India wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer but he also wants the stakeholders to pull Test cricket out of “danger” zone, saying the traditional format can’t be sacrificed for the sake of prospering slam-bang version of the sport. While financially strong nations like India, England and Australia remain…
Kakamigahara: Unbeaten India would look to seal their semifinal berth when they face Chinese Taipei in their final pool match of the Women’s Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament here on Thursday. India have blanked Uzbekistan 22-0 and then registered a hard-fought 2-1 win over Malaysia. In their last pool match they came from two goals down…
