Asia Cup will be held in UAE, says Ganguly

Mumbai: The Asia Cup, which was scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka, has been shifted to the UAE, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said here on Thursday. “Asia Cup will be in UAE, as it is the only place where there won’t be rains,” Ganguly told reporters after the Board’s Apex Council meeting here. Sri […]

J-K records 531 new Covid cases

Srinagar, Jul 22   Jammu and Kashmir continued to see a substantial rise in COVID-19 cases with 531 more infections being reported on Friday, raising the tally to 4,58,987, officials said. Of the new cases, 288 were reported from the Jammu division and 243 from the Kashmir valley, they said. The death toll due to the […]

Gold jumps Rs 594/10 gms; silver rallies Rs 998/kg

New Delhi, Jul 22  Gold in the national capital on Friday jumped by Rs 594 to Rs 50,341 per 10 grams, reflecting a rally in international precious metal prices, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the yellow metal settled at Rs 49,747 per 10 grams. Silver also surged by Rs 998 to Rs […]

DPS Srinagar students shine in CBSE Class 10th and 12th exams The school secures 100% result in CBSE Class 10th and 12th exams

Srinagar, July 22: Delhi Public School Srinagar continued its proud legacy by securing a perfect 100% result in both CBSE Class 10th and 12th examination. In Class 10th, Sadat ul Rouf Wani scored the top position by securing 98.8 % while Syed Mutahar Rufaie with 98.6 % secured second position. The third position is jointly […]

BCCI introduces A+ category for umpires

New Delhi, Jul 22  ICC Elite Panel member Nitin Menon is among 10 officials grouped in the newly introduced A+ category of BCCI umpires. The others in the A+ category include four international umpires — Anil Chaudhary, Madangopal Jayaraman, Virender Kumar Sharma and K N Ananthapadmabhanan. Rohan Pandit, Nikhil Patwardhan, Sadashiv Iyer, Ulhas Gandhe and […]

CBSE Class 10 results announced, girls outshine boys

New Delhi, Jul 22  The Central Board of Secondary Education on Friday announced Class 10 results, which showed that 94.40 per cent of students cleared the exam with girls outperforming boys by a margin of 1.41 per cent. This is the first time that the CBSE has announced both class 10 and 12 results on […]

SC junks plea to increase smoking age Advertisement

New Delhi, Jul 22 The Supreme Court on Friday junked a plea seeking a direction to increase the smoking age from 18 to 21, and ban the sale of loose cigarettes. A bench comprising Justices S K Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia rejected the plea filed by two advocates. “If you want publicity, argue a good […]

Santhal woman is India’s new President

Santhal woman is India’s new President

New Delhi: After the third round of counting of votes in the Presidential polls, NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu crossed 50 per cent mark securing her win in the presidential battle against Opposition nominee Yashwant Sinha by a huge margin. Of the 3,219 valid votes counted so far, Murmu has bagged 2,161, while Sinha got 1,058. […]

Celebrations in tea gardens of Dooars

Celebrations in tea gardens of Dooars

Siliguri: Celebrations broke out in the tea gardens of Dooars area of north Bengal on Thursday as Droupadi Murmu, the NDA presidential candidate, ws ll set to win the presidential poll. Tea pluckers, mostly women from the Santhal community to which Murmu belongs, lined up their baskets of tea leaves on the road in the […]

Brahma Kumaris recall ‘life of difficulties’

Brahma Kumaris recall ‘life of difficulties’

Sirohi: As the declaration of results of the presidential poll neared, the Brahma Kumaris on Thursday recalled the organisation’s long association with Droupadi Murmu and how her life has been “full of difficulties”. Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya administrative head Dadi Ratan Mohini in a statement said Murmu’s expected elevation to the post of […]