New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday asserted that it will form its government in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu for the first time by defeating the ruling TMC and the DMK, respectively in the upcoming assembly polls. In a statement, the saffron party said based on the ground reports presented by the party’s state units…
New Delhi: Former India skipper Rohit Sharma on Wednesday said watching T20 World Cup from the sidelines for the first time in his career will be a “strange” experience as he reflected on the difficult selection calls and leadership decisions that defined his captaincy tenure. Rohit and Virat Kohli, the two stalwarts of Indian cricket,…
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff on Thursday, the Kremlin confirmed on Wednesday. Amid reports of “highly constructive” two-hour-long negotiations between Russian Special Envoy on Ukraine Kirill Dmitriyev in Davos with Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law Jarred Kushner on Tuesday, the US envoy…
Amaravati: YSRCP supremo Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday announced that he would launch another padayatra (political walkathon) in about one-and-a-half years, alleging that all institutions in Andhra had been “severely weakened” under the NDA coalition government. Addressing YSRCP local body representatives and party workers from the Eluru Assembly constituency at the party central office in…
Davos: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday asserted that India will definitely become the world’s third-largest economy over the next few years, with economist Gita Gopinath saying it can happen by 2028 or even earlier. Speaking in a World Economic Forum Annual Meeting session here, Vaishnaw said the only matter of concern is what will…
Special Correspondent Hyderabad cricket is no longer being mismanaged. It is being methodically dismantled—selection by selection, season by season, dream by dream. Behind the ceremonial announcements of under-23 and under-19 squads lies a far uglier scorecard: one that tracks influence instead of innings, connections instead of centuries, and loyalty to power brokers instead of loyalty…
Prayagraj: A two-seater, ultra-light trainee aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed into a pond near the KP College ground in Prayagraj on Wednesday, officials said. The incident took place in the area under the jurisdiction of the Georgetown police station. A quick emergency response followed soon after the aircraft went down. According to ANI,…
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved continuation of government’s flagship Atal Pension Yojana (APY) up to financial year 2030-31, along with extension of funding support for promotional and developmental activities and gap funding. APY was launched on May 9, 2015 to provide old-age income security to workers in the unorganised sector. As of…
Chennai: Months after walking out of the NDA, TTV Dhinakaran-led AMMK on Wednesday returned to the AIADMK-led bloc in Tamil Nadu. Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) founder-leader Dhinakaran met senior BJP leader and Union Minister Piyush Goyal and was formally re-inducted into the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami, whose party leads…
New Delhi: Indian Navy’s sail training ship INS Sudarshini has embarked on a 10-month transoceanic expedition, during which the vessel will traverse 22,000 nautical miles, and visit 18 ports in 13 countries, officials said. Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Southern Naval Command (SNC), Vice Admiral Sameer Saxena, flagged off INS Sudarshini from the Kochi naval base,…
