World Cup-winning off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Wednesday said it’s unfair to call India’s Super 12 match against New Zealand a virtual quarter-final, saying Afghanistan can’t be taken lightly in Group 2 of T20 World Cup 2021. Contrary to expectations, Pakistan have made a strong start to the T20 World Cup …
Read More »PM Modi most successful administrator India has ever had, says Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the most successful administrator of the country after independence, saying he has taken India into a different trajectory in the spheres of eradication of poverty, economic development, national security and foreign policy. Addressing a conference on “Delivering …
Read More »Clear all dues to Air India immediately, buy tickets in cash: Centre directs ministries
The government on Wednesday asked ministries and departments to clear dues of debt-laden Air India immediately and henceforth purchase tickets only in cash. The government earlier this month decided to sell Air India to Talace Pvt Ltd, a unit of the holding company of salt-to-software conglomerate Tata group, for Rs …
Read More »Political convenience overpowering ideology: BJD MLA’s veiled attack on Naveen Patnaik
At a time when Odisha is being rocked by the gruesome kidnap and murder of a lady teacher in Kalahandi district and demands are rife for the resignation of a minister for being close to the prime accused by the opposition parties, a voice of dissent was heard from within …
Read More »Terror funding case: NIA carries out raids in 7 districts of Jammu-Kashmir
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted searches at 17 locations in seven districts of Jammu and Kashmir in connection with the Jamaat-e-Islami terror funding case, an official of the agency said. The raids were carried out in Anantnag, Kulgam, Ganderbal, Bandipora and Budgam districts in the Kashmir division …
Read More »Terror funding case: NIA carries out raids in 7 districts of Jammu-Kashmir
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted searches at 17 locations in seven districts of Jammu and Kashmir in connection with the Jamaat-e-Islami terror funding case, an official of the agency said. The raids were carried out in Anantnag, Kulgam, Ganderbal, Bandipora and Budgam districts in the Kashmir division …
Read More »Supreme Court cannot be stymied by failure of witnesses to appear: Shashi Tharoor on Pegasus order
Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said the Supreme Court cannot be stymied by witnesses’ failure to appear or members refusing to sign attendance register — the means by which — the Congress MP alleged the parliamentary panel on IT was thwarted from looking into the Pegasus issue. The remarks by the …
Read More »Kiran Gosavi, NCB witness in Aryan Khan case, arrested by Pune Police
The Pune Police has confirmed the arrest of Kiran Gosavi — an independent witness of the NCB in the Mumbai drugs bust case — and said he is being questioned in connection with a cheating case. His arrest came three days after he said that he offered to surrender in …
Read More »Terrorist, who assisted in killings of migrant labourers, gunned down in Kashmir
Agroup of terrorists opened fire on an Area Domination Patrol (ADP) party of the Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police in Cherdari of Baramulla on Thursday morning, triggering a fierce gunfight. One terrorist has been killed and identified by the security forces. The Kashmir Zone Police has said they have …
Read More »India successfully tests nuclear-capable Agni-5 ballistic missile with 5,000-km range
India successfully test-fired a surface-to-surface ballistic missile, Agni-5, from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast on Wednesday. It was test-fired at 7.50 pm. The missile, which uses a three-stage solid-fuelled engine, is capable of striking targets up to a 5,000-km range with a very high degree of accuracy. The …
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