Mangaluru (K’taka): The action committee against the toll gate at Surathkal here began its indefinite day-and-night dharna on Friday demanding the immediate removal of the plaza. The protesters shouted slogans against the BJP government and people’s representatives belonging to the ruling party, including Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel. Addressing the protesters, action committee convenor […]
Melbourne: The crucial T20 World Cup clash between old rivals Australia and England was on Friday called off without a ball being bowled due to intermittent rain, making the race to semifinals tougher for the two top teams. fter the Afghanistan-Ireland game in the afternoon was washed out at the MCG, it was a double […]
Melbourne: Afghanistan’s match against Ireland in the T20 World Cup was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to incessant rain at the Melbourne Cricket Ground here on Friday. Persistent showers fell across the MCG for much of the day as ground staff kept the covers on and the toss could not be held as […]
KARACHI: “Embarrassed” by Pakistan’s shock defeat to Zimbabwe, which has put the former champions at the risk of not making the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup, ex-players lashed out at the “average mindset” and team selection. Pakistan failed to chase down 130 against a lowly-ranked Zimbabwe on Thursday. It was Babar Azam and Co’s […]
New York: “Let the good times roll”, billionaire Elon Musk tweeted on Friday, hours after he completed his acquisition of Twitter for a whopping USD 44 billion and started off as the social media giant’s new owner by firing its top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal. “The bird is freed,” Musk had tweeted on Friday […]
Madikeri (K’taka): The Karnataka government has ordered a survey of Arabic schools as they were allegedly not following the syllabus prescribed by the state education department. The step was taken after the parents of students reportedly complained to the education department saying that their children studying in the Arabic schools were not on par with […]
Washington: The Pentagon is sending Ukraine a new 275 million package of weapons and other aid, in a move to bolster the effort to drive Russian forces out of key areas in the south as the winter closes in, U.S. officials said Thursday. Officials said there are no major new weapons in the U.S. package, […]
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday said it cannot prohibit protests, but at the same time no one should take law into their hands or be a threat to law and order while staging agitations like the one against Vizhinjam Port. The observation by Justice Anu Sivaraman came during the hearing of a plea […]
NEW Delhi: There is no country in the world in terms of “margin protection” better than India where technology is extensively used to protect clients’ securities, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch said on Friday. The SEBI chief said that foreign investors often tell her that she was fortunate to […]
New Delhi: It will be a clash between India’s batting firepower and South African pace attack when the two teams meet in the T20 World Cup on Sunday, said former Proteas all-rounder Lance Klusener. India lead Group 2 with two wins in as many games while South Africa are second with three points from two […]