NEW DELHI: The special CBI court holding the Babri mosque demolition trial on Wednesday expressed its exasperation over the defence counsel’s failure to submit their written arguments to the court despite twice being granted time for it. It appears the defence wants to delay the conclusion of trial as it has failed to submit its […]
New Delhi: Gujarat has topped the Niti Aayog’s Export Preparedness Index 2020 followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu in the second and third place respectively, according to the government think tank’s report released on Wednesday. According to the report, six of eight coastal states feature in the top ten rankings, indicating the presence of strong […]
NEW DELHI: Gold prices today inched higher in Indian markets, after suffering losses in the past five sessions. On MCX, October gold futures rose 0.4% to ?51,139 per 10 gram while silver futures gained 0.6% to ?64,379 per kg. In the previous session, gold futures fell 0.5% while silver slumped 2%. From August 7 highs […]
DUBAI: Indian captain Virat Kohli and his deputy Rohit Sharma maintained their supremacy at the top of the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen, occupying the first and second spots respectively in the latest list released on Wednesday. Australian run-machine Steve Smith continued to top the chart in Tests and he is followed by Kohli and […]
SOUTHAMPTON: James Anderson is far from being done after becoming the first pacer to amass 600 Test wickets and he sees no reason why he can’t enter the 700-club alongside Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan even though he has hit 38. Anderson is the fourth-highest wicket-taker in Tests and reached the 600- wicket milestone by […]
NEW DELHI: Some of India’s top footballers, including national team captain Sunil Chhetri, lavished rich praise on defender Sandesh Jhingan for winning the Arjuna award. Jhingan is the 27th footballer to win the prestigious award. Mercurial striker Chhetri, who received the Arjuna in 2011 and the Padma Shri in 2019, expressed his delight and termed […]
Jammu: Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire on Wednesday by firing and shelling on forward posts and villages in three sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, a defence spokesperson said. The Indian Army gave a befitting reply and the cross-border shelling between the two sides was going on when the […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC) on Wednesday approved a work plan of Rs 1,276.69 crore for the current financial year. In a meeting, the board of directors of JKSPDC maintained that hydropower is the most promising revenue generating sector of the UT and exploiting it optimally could address many of the […]
Lucknow: The special CBI court holding the Babri mosque demolition trial on Wednesday expressed its exasperation over the defence counsel’s failure to submit their written arguments to the court despite twice being granted time for it. It appears the defence wants to delay the conclusion of trial as it has failed to submit its written […]
New Delhi:BJP MP and member of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday appealed to the panel’s chairman and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor to cancel a meeting on suspension of Internet services in various states and Union Territories, including Jammu and Kashmir. Dubey’s letter came a day after Lok Sabha Speaker Om […]