Category: Events

NEW DELHI: Pakistan star all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz has been suspended for three months after failing a dope test during the T20 World Cup earlier this year. The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the decision on Friday, saying the positive test was linked to a “substance of abuse” that was not related to improving sporting performance.However,...

The villagers placed a child atop the MLA’s vehicle to draw attention to their pleas concerning water and electricity shortages BHOPAL: A BJP MLA in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district landed in controversy after he allegedly refused to hear grievances of villagers from a neighbouring Assembly constituency, telling them they were “not his voters”.Later, an agitated...

(Representative image): UKMTO said, ‘Military authorities have reported that a vessel was boarded by unauthorised personnel whilst transiting east in the Gulf of Aden.’ Chemical tanker ship Asana is believed to have been hijacked by armed assailants in the Gulf of Aden on Friday.The assailants took control of the vessel, Reuters reported, citing maritime security...

CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: A 42-year-old government school teacher and his two children were killed after their car plunged into the Godavari river from a bridge in Maharashtra’s Nanded on Friday. Police suspect the incident was a case of suicide.The deceased has been identified as Sunil More (42), a teacher at the Pota Budruk Zilla Parishad School...

US President Donald Trump (PTI file photo) TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump on Thursday accused China of carrying out “the largest compromise of American election data in history,” alleging Beijing illicitly acquired 220 million US voter files in a sweeping espionage operation that he described as an unprecedented threat to American democracy.“China’s...

MUMBAI: Mayor Ritu Tawde on Thursday rejected the BMC inquiry report on the Chembur tree crash that killed 11 year-old Vihaan Srivastav. In the general body meeting, she said the findings failed to fix accountability and directed the civic administration to conduct a fresh inquiry.The report came under severe attack in the BMC house, with...

More than 40 years after the Mount St. Helens eruption buried a Washington river valley under volcanic sediment, 58 relocated beavers have helped restore the damaged landscape. (Representational AP photo) More than four decades after the 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens, one family in the US state of Washington has watched a damaged landscape...

With the launch of a hydrogen train, India has undoubtedly taken a big leap in the sphere of greener transportation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off India’s first hydrogen-powered train. This ushers India into a group of select countries that have hydrogen trains. India’s first hydrogen-powered train has 10 coaches, with the capacity...

Kamaru Usman Nearly four years after losing the welterweight championship he held for more than three years, Kamaru Usman believes he still has enough left to become a two-division UFC champion.Saturday night’s UFC Fight Night main event at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on July 19 against former middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis is...

LUCKNOW: The three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted by the Uttar Pradesh government on June 13 and headed by Lucknow divisional commissioner Vijay Vishwas Pant, to probe the alleged theft and embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, has sought additional time to complete its investigation, sources said on Friday.The SIT is also...