Perth: Australia takes a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series with a dominant victory in this rain-affected encounter. Opting to bowl first on a lively Perth surface, the hosts’ pacers were relentless from the outset. Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc delivered with precision, dismissing Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli cheaply. Shubman Gill was caught…
Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch his campaign for the Bihar assembly polls next week, with as many as four election rallies scheduled by the end of this month, state BJP president Dilip Jaiswal said on Sunday. Addressing a press conference here, Jaiswal said Modi will kick off his campaign with a rally in…
Mumbai: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said Indians in ancient times travelled world over to propagate culture and science, but never conquered or indulged in religious conversion. Speaking at the launch of the Arya Yug Vishay Kosh encyclopedia here, Bhagwat said many invaders have looted and enslaved India, and the last…
New Delhi: The Renewable Energy India Expo 2025 is likely to attract more than Rs 1,800 crore in fresh investment commitments for India’s bioenergy sector, the Indian Biogas Association said on Sunday. The spotlight this year is firmly on biogas as a game-changer for India’s green growth, an Indian Biogas Association (IBA) statement said. According…
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has announced a set of benefits for government employees as part of the Diwali bonanza, including the release of one Dearness Allowance from November 1. The chief minister said that the state government will incur an expenditure of Rs 160 crore per month towards Dearness Allowance (DA)….
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will lay a wreath at the National Police Memorial here on October 21 and pay homage to the 10 valiant policemen who laid down their lives in an ambush laid by heavily armed Chinese troops at Hot Springs, Ladakh, in 1959, officials said on Saturday. A joint parade of…
Dehradun: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday claimed that more than 9,000 acres of property have been recovered from “land jihadis” in Uttarakhand, asserting that now no one will be able to occupy government land “by placing a green sheet” on it. Addressing the inauguration ceremony of a new BJP office in Roorkee, Dhami…
Mumbai: At least eight persons were killed and 15 others injured when a speeding mini truck fell into a gorge in Maharashtra’s Nandurbar district on Saturday, police said. The incident occurred around 10.30 am in the Chandsaili ghat section within the jurisdiction of Taloda police station. A mini truck with about 40 persons on board…
Chennai: Actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam party on Saturday said Rs 20 lakh each has been credited to the families of those who lost their lives in the Karur stampede on September 27. The sum was directly credited to the bank accounts of the affected families, the party said. “The money, Rs 20 lakh each,…
Begaluru: The Chandrayaan-2 mission, launched in 2019, has made the first-ever observation of the effects of the Sun’s Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) on the Moon using its onboard scientific instruments, ISRO said on Saturday. This observation would help understand the lunar exosphere, a very thin atmosphere of the Moon, and the impact of space weather…
