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Yograj Singh (Image credit: Instagram) NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer and father of Yuvraj Singh, Yograj Singh, on Friday made a stunning statement, saying that women in the household or wives often influence players when it comes to retirement and career decisions.Yograj, known for speaking his mind, said in an interview with InsideSport: “Ladies of...

Ranveer Singh starrer ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ has been the talk of the town right from the word go. The initial box office figures also showed that the movie has lived up to the hype. With a record-breaking premiere collection, followed by an impressive weekend opening, beating giants like ‘Pushpa 2,’ ‘Dhurandhar 2’ created history at...

BENGALURU: What began as a bizarre classroom episode has escalated into a criminal case, with police booking a medical college assistant professor for allegedly proposing to a student during class – an incident that triggered outrage, protests and violence on the campus. The accused, Abdul Rehman Sharif, 48, is attached to the department of microbiology...

India’s Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma) Former India cricketer Yograj Singh has stirred a fresh debate around longevity and relevance in Indian cricket, taking a sharp dig at Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma amid growing conversations around age and retirement.With both Kohli and Rohit now active only in one format after stepping away...

Madhya Pradesh high court BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh high court, Gwalior bench has quashed the charges of ‘unnatural sex’ against a married man from Bhind district in a case filed by his wife observing that such allegations cannot be prosecuted within a valid marriage under the existing legal framework.Hearing a petition seeking quashing of FIR...

Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: Election Commission Friday sought a report from the West Bengal chief electoral officer on the recent statement by chief minister Mamata Banerjee at a public meeting in Naxalbari, Darjeeling, allegedly instigating local women to be at polling booths and use household kitchen items to deal with “necessary situations”.With her statement seen...

Representative image NEW DELHI: Pilots flying VVIPs, including Z-plus category SPG protectees, Lok Sabha speaker, Rajya Sabha deputy chairperson, cabinet ministers, Chief Justice of India, CMs and governors have now been empowered to put their foot down and refuse to fly if it is not safe to do so for any reason.Following the death of...

KOLKATA: West Bengal’s second supplementary voters’ list was published around 11pm Friday, albeit with little clarity on how many among the 12 lakh names on it had cleared judicial scrutiny.As was the case when Election Commission released the first supplementary rolls close to midnight last Monday, there were more questions than CEO Manoj Agarwal had...

File photo NEW DELHI: In a major push for defence acquisition, the Rajnath Singh-led Defence Acquisition Council on Friday granted approvals to various proposals worth around Rs 2.38 lakh crore, including for additional units of the Russian-made S-400 long-range surface-to-air missile system and 155mm Dhanush — howitzer — gun systems.“The decisions taken in the Defence...

Noida International Airport NOIDA: Delhi-NCR’s second international airport will be formally inaugurated on Saturday, adding Jewar to the country’s aviation map and creating both space and means for the national capital — already India’s largest aviation hub — to play a much bigger role in connectivity with the world. A day before the inauguration, PM...