Hyderabad: Kuldeep Yadav is the best spinner going into the World Cup and will give India a distinct advantage in the middle overs through the course of the 50-over showpiece, reckons former Pakistan captain Intikhab Alam. The 28-year-old Kuldeep is being seen as India’s trump card in the World Cup at home, having taken 33 […]
Guwahati: Ravichandran Ashwin on Saturday conceded the upcoming World Cup could be his last for India after the veteran spinner replaced Axar Patel in the hosts’ 15-member squad for the event, starting on October 5. Ashwin, who enjoyed a successful outing against Australia featuring in the first two ODIs of the recently-concluded series, was named […]
New Delhi: India beat Thailand 3-1 to finish in the seventh spot at the mixed team events of the Badminton World Junior Championships in Spokane, USA on Saturday. India’s Samarveer and Radhika Sharma defeated Tanakorn Meechai and Fungfa Korpthammakit 11-21, 21-19, 21-18 in mixed doubles to make a positive start. In boys’ singles, Tushar Suveer, […]
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Saturday extended the special drive to withdraw Rs 2,000 bank notes from the system by another week, till October 7. The public has returned Rs 3.42 lakh crore of the Rs 2,000 notes since May 19, the RBI said in a statement posted on the last day of the drive […]
Islamabad: Pakistan’s top investigation agency on Saturday declared former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi guilty in a case related to the alleged disclosure of state secrets, popularly known as the cipher case. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) submitted the charge sheet against Khan, the chairman of the Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party […]
New Delhi:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Aspirational Districts Programme that ushered in change in 112 districts will form the basis of the programme to uplift aspirational blocks, adding that he will be back next year to review its success. Addressing a programme to launch the ‘Sankalp Saptaah’, linked to the implementation of […]
Washington: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said India and Canada should talk to each other to resolve their differences over the death of a Khalistani separatist, but the larger issue of the Canadian government’s “permissiveness” to terrorism, extremism and violence must be flagged and addressed. During an interaction with Indian journalists here on Friday, […]
New Delhi:The government on Friday approved the issuance of the 28th tranche of electoral bonds that will open for sale for 10 days beginning October 4. The decision comes ahead of assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram. Poll dates are likely to be announced soon. Electoral bonds have been pitched as […]
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Friday criticised the Jammu and Kashmir government’s decision to declare Eid Milad-un Nabi holiday a day earlier. Abdullah, who offered the Friday congregational prayers at the Hazratbal shrine which houses the relics of the Prophet of Islam, said it was an unfortunate decision. Eid Milad-un-Nabi is celebrated as the […]
Jammu: The BJP on Friday served notices on its eight leaders in Jammu and Kashmir for indiscipline and sought unconditional apology from them. On September 11, the BJP had served a show-cause notice on its Jammu and Kashmir unit vice president Sofi Yousuf for indulging in “anti-party” activities and barred him from interacting with the […]