Spread the love       Afghanistan’s Fareed Ahmad, left, and Pakistan’s Asif Ali, right, react after Ali was dismissed by Ahmad during the T20 cricket match of Asia Cup between Pakistan and Afghanistan, in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. (File photo/Agencies) Afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz has spoken about the impact of his team’s loss to Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2022, saying the...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday criticised what it called a perceptible reluctance among probe agencies to proceed against Anil Ambani-led ADAG group companies accused of siphoning Rs 40,000 crore from bank loans, and directed CBI and ED to carry out an expeditious and coordinated inquiry against the ADAG entities, their directors and officials.A bench of CJI Surya...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday rapped the Mamata Banerjee govt for “obstinately pursuing an anti-development agenda and being hell-bent on impeding completion of the Kolkata Metro Orange Line” by refusing to arrange traffic diversions at the Chingrighata crossing since Dec last year to facilitate installation of segment blocks on the already-erected Metro rail piers.Appealing against a...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Govt is looking to introduce at least two bills – including constitutional amendments – in the current session of Parliament to roll out reservation for women of one-third seats in the next Lok Sabha poll and assembly elections to be held after it. The move promises to change the country’s political landscape and put an...

Spread the love       Auto driver tricks tourist into using abusive language JAIPUR: Tourist police station in Jaipur Monday arrested an auto-rickshaw driver for allegedly misleading a woman foreign tourist into speaking abusive and derogatory Hindi words. Police arrested the driver on charges of misconduct and harassment of tourists. According to police officers, the incident came to their notice on March...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Talking in Parliament on Monday about the “unprecedented challenges” being faced by India because of the West Asia conflict, PM Modi underlined the country’s opposition to attacks on citizens and energy and transport infrastructure, and said strikes on commercial ships and obstacles to international trade are unacceptable.Modi said that as far as diplomacy was concerned,...

Spread the love       Megan Thee Stallion breaks silence on feeling like a “burden” amid her romance with Klay Thompson.(Image via Getty Images) Megan Thee Stallion, the six time Grammy winner, has turned heads with her high profile relationship with the Dallas Mavericks’ star player, Klay Thompson.Ever since the two went public about each other, they have often spoken about their...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Two Indian-flagged LPG tankers, carrying around 92,600 tonne of cooking gas, crossed the war-hit Strait of Hormuz on Monday evening. The ships – Jag Vasant and Pine Gas – are likely to reach ports between Thursday and Saturday, the shipping ministry said.With this, four Indian-flagged vessels have sailed through the conflict-hit choke point since the...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Monday said govt was making all efforts to ensure uninterrupted supply of petrol, diesel, gas and fertilisers, and protect people from hardships amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia and disruption in the Strait of Hormuz.Addressing LS, Modi said steps over the past decade to diversify energy sources, along with 20%...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: With LPG availability remaining critical, oil marketing companies may resort to delivering underweight cylinders for more equitable distribution of cooking gas.While petroleum ministry officials dismissed reports suggesting OMCs may start selling 10 kg gas in 14.2 kg domestic LPG cylinders, calling them “highly speculative”, refiners confirmed such a proposal was pending before govt. “This is...