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Chester-le-Street [England], Jul 01 (ANI): India’s Harshit Rana gets stumped by England’s wicketkeeper Jos Buttler during the 1st T20I, at Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) Despite the rain washing out the opening T20I against India, England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler achieved a significant personal milestone by completing 100 dismissals in T20 Internationals.Buttler reached...

Couple climbs needletop of NYC’s iconic Empire State building Two people were arrested after scaling the top of New York City’s Empire State Building without safety equipment, unfurling a banner and apparently getting engaged during the stunt on Wednesday afternoon.The New York Police Department identified the pair as Ivan Kuznetsov, 32, and Angelina Nikolau, 33....

Shreyas Iyer completes 5000 international runs (Image: X) India captain Shreyas Iyer added another milestone to his growing international career by crossing 5,000 international runs during the first T20I against England at the Riverside Ground on Wednesday. The landmark came in a captain’s innings when India needed it the most. Walking in with the visitors...

NEW DELHI: The Centre has issued an eviction notice to the Delhi Gymkhana Club, saying that the club is in “unauthorised occupation of public premises” since the land lease ended on May 22. The Land and Development Office (L&DO) under the housing and urban affairs ministry, in the show-cause notice to the club, has sought...

NEW DELHI: After a series of exam-related controversies, including the NEET-UG row, the Prime Minister’s office (PMO) has stepped in to monitor sweeping examination reforms that the ministry of education is working on. The changes – being fast-tracked based on NE recommendations – are being considered for both board exams and high-stakes entrance tests such...

NEW DELHI: In an overhaul of provident fund rules for nearly eight crore active members, Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has said 12% contribution up to the statutory wage ceiling, which is currently at Rs 15,000 a month, is mandatory. Any contribution above that will be treated as voluntary.Even if your basic salary is Rs...

NEW DELHI: Hitting the ground running, the high-level committee tasked with studying demographic changes in the country – in just about a month of its formation – has finalised a detailed questionnaire to seek relevant information from states and UTs.The Justice (Retd) Prakash Prabhakar Navlekar-led committee – the mandate of which includes studying changes triggered...

Representative image NEW DELHI: Govt has directed Meta-owned WhatsApp not to roll out its proposed usernames feature in India until further consultations are completed, while asking the company to submit a detailed explanation within three days on how the system will operate and prevent misuse.In a notice issued to WhatsApp’s chief compliance officer, MeITY said...

NEW DELHI: State-run oil marketing companies Wednesday cut the price of commercial LPG cylinders by Rs 183.5 and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) by Rs 5 per litre, as global crude prices eased from the highs seen during the peak of the West Asia conflict and supply concerns abated with reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.Private...

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Wednesday held that an accused person cannot claim default bail on the ground that the chargesheet, which was filed in court within the statutory period, was not provided to him according to that timeline.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N K Singh said, “We are of the view that simple...