NEW DELHI: Ahmedabad and Kolkata will host the upcoming three ODIs and as many T20 Internationals, respectively, against the West Indies, the BCCI said on Saturday, curtailing the number of venues to reduce travelling in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. As per the original schedule, the visiting West Indies were slated to play three ODIs […]
MELBOURNE: India’s Sania Mirza and her American partner Rajeev Ram advanced to the mixed doubles quarterfinals of the Australian Open with a straight set win over Ellen Perez and Matwe Middelkoop here on Sunday. The unseeded Indo-American duo took one hour 27 minutes to dispatch Australian Perez and Dutch Middelkoop 7-6 (8/6),6-4 in the second-round […]
LUCKNOW: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu eased past young compatriot Malvika Bansod in straight games to win her second women’s singles title at the Syed Modi International badminton tournament here on Sunday. Playing in a depleted field due to multiple COVID-19 cases, top seed Sindhu hardly broke her sweat to get past Bansod 21-13 21-16 […]
New Delhi: China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Sunday conveyed to the Indian Army that they have “found a boy” in their territory, across Arunachal Pradesh, and will hand him over soon, days after an MP had claimed that a teenager was abducted by PLA personnel. Security sources, however, said the PLA has not […]
New Delhi:India logged 3,33,533 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,92,37,264, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The active cases have increased to 21,87,205, while the death toll has climbed to 4,89,409 with 525 fresh fatalities, the data updated at […]
United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that he hopes the Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan can be solved peacefully. “Well, the position of the UN and the resolutions that were taken are the same, remain the same. We have, as you know, a peacekeeping operation there. We are, of course, committed,” […]
Says J&K ranks fifth in implementing development schemes in District Good Governance Index New Delhi/Jammu: Legislative Assembly elections will be held after the completion of the ongoing delimitation process and statehood will be restored once the situation in Jammu and Kashmir becomes normal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday. Virtually releasing India’s first […]
Says number of militants below 200 in Valley Udhampur: The Operation Snow Leopard’ is still on with troops on alert and ready to meet any eventuality as the focus of disengagements in Ladakh continues to be through talks, Army’s northern commander Lt Gen Y K Joshi said on Saturday. Joshi, the General Officer-Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), was […]
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting secretary Apurva Chandra on January 21 defended the Centre’s proposal to amend the IAS (Cadre) Rules, saying working with both— the Centre and State governments not just broadens the perspective of officers but also serves the purpose of the all India services. He said that the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) […]
Jammu: Amid heightened security arrangements ahead of Republic Day, a small Pakistani flag was seized along the International Border in Samba district on Saturday, officials here said. The flag tied to a balloon landed inside Raguchak village of Ghagwal sector, the officials said. They said the flag had apparently flown to this side from across […]