New Delhi: Preventing corrupt approaches through social media will be the focus of BCCI’s anti-corruption unit (ACU) in the upcoming closed-door IPL, ahead of which the watchdog will educate players through video-counselling rather than physical sessions. An eight-member BCCI team, led by Ajit Singh, landed in Dubai on Tuesday and is in the middle of […]
Srinagar: The Kashmir University (KU) has requested the health department to conduct rapid antigen tests of all its staffers after 14 non-teaching staff tested positive of the novel coronavirus. The request has been made in view of almost 200 applications received from staffers for a Covid-19 test. Officials at the varsity said that rapid antigen […]
MELBOURNE: Indian cricket team’s much-anticipated tour of Australia will begin either in Adelaide or Brisbane instead of favoured Perth after Western Australia state government made it clear that there won’t be any relaxation in quarantine guidelines in their territory. According to a report in ESPNCricinfo, the Adelaide Oval is prepared to host back-to-back Tests, including […]
JAMMU: On day 105 of resumption of routine domestic operations in Jammu and Kashmir, 25 domestic flights with 3,461 passengers on board today arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports. A total of 1372 passengers aboard 11 regular commercial flights and one charter flight arrived at the Jammu Airport while 14 domestic flights with about 2089 […]
Dubai: Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and all other Chennai Super Kings players, except for the COVID-19 afflicted duo of Deepak Chahar and Ruturaj Gaikwad, finally hit the nets on Friday after clearing a third round of testing for the virus here. With Deepak and Ruturaj testing positive last week along with 11 members of the […]
JAMMU: More than 2.5 lakh passengers have arrived in JK after the resumption of flights 100 days ago. On day 101 of resumption of routine domestic operations on Wednesday 27 domestic flights with 3,770 passengers on board today arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports. A total of 1346 passengers aboard 11 regular commercial flights and […]
NEW DELHI: Suresh Raina has broken his silence over his unexpected pullout from the IPL, saying he returned to India for his family and he might even fly back to Dubai to rejoin the Chennai Super Kings for the tournament beginning September 19. Raina, who announced his international retirement alongside MS Dhoni on August 15, […]
DUBAI: The sticky wicket was a “great challenge” but South African star AB de Villiers left the ground after his first net session in ages a satisfied man, having got what he had wanted ahead of the IPL. The 36-year-old, who turns out for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the T20 league, resumed training after a […]
GANDERBAL: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today urged upon the Health Department to mobilize all available resources for early detection of COVID-19 positive patients in the district to prevent the spread of disease. He said this during a meeting with the Officers and officials of the Health Department to review progress on daily sampling […]
DUBAI: Indian captain Virat Kohli admitted he was “pretty scared” to hit the nets for the first time in five months but said his first training session ahead of the IPL went “better than expected”. The Royal Challengers Bangalore captain resumed training after a fivemonth coronavirus-forced hiatus. The net session was also attended by South […]