New Delhi: Gold prices rose marginally by Rs 37 to Rs 51,389 per 10 gram in the national capital on Thursday in line with a positive global trend, according to HDFC Securities. Stronger rupee, however, kept upside limited in the precious metal. The yellow metal had closed at Rs 51,352 per 10 gram in the […]
NEW DELHI: Players face ouster from the tournament and their teams, a hefty fine of Rs 1 crore besides deduction in points if they breach the biobubble put in place for the IPL. In a notification sent to all the eight participating franchises by the BCCI, a player will have to undergo a six-day quarantine […]
Dubai: Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Dinesh Karthik finds it heartening that his team’s young guns have raised the bar with match-winning IPL performances but does not want to “get carried away” and put extra burden on the talented bunch as the tournament progresses. Rising opener Shubman Gill performed well in both of KKR’s wins against […]
NEW DELHI: National team head coach Igor Stimac has said his players have been doing a good job with the possession-based style of football but need improvement in some areas. Speaking during an international virtual coaching conference organised by All India Football Federation (AIFF), Stimac said that the 4-2-3-1 formation which he prefers was the […]
NEW DELHI: A player each from second division teams FC Bengaluru United and Bhawanipore FC have tested positive for COVID-19 days before the start of I-League Qualifiers, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said on Thursday. The national federation, though, did not disclose the names of the players who are being kept under “medical supervision” […]
New Delhi;Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan moved the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking review of the August 31 sentencing order to either pay nominal fine of Re 1 or face a three-month jail term and debarment from law practice for three years in the contempt case for his two tweets against the judiciary. Bhushan, who has already […]
Kabul: An Afghan official says at least nine people including four civilians were killed when a suicide car bomber attacked a military checkpoint in southern Afghanistan. Omer Zwak, a spokesman for the provincial governor in Helmand, said Thursday a small child and three security personnel were wounded in the late Wednesday night attack in Nahri […]
San Diego: The Trump administration has proposed further slashing the number of refugees the United States accepts to a new record low in the coming year. In a notice sent to Congress late Wednesday, just 34 minutes before a statutory deadline to do so, the administration said it intended to admit a maximum of 15,000 […]
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload breached the 63-lakh mark with 86,821 infections being reported in a day, while 52,73,201 people have recuperated so far from the disease, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The recovery rate stands at 83.53 per cent. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 63,12,584, while the death […]
Washington: By a sweeping bipartisan vote Wednesday, the Senate sent President Donald Trump a bill to fund the government through December 11, averting the possibility of a government shutdown when the new fiscal year starts Thursday. Trump was expected to sign the measure before Wednesday’s midnight deadline, although he was still flying back to Washington […]