Spread the love Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi CHANDIGARH: An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi, was shot dead by four armed assailants in Punjab’s Mamdot, police said on Sunday.According to news agency PTI, the 45-year-old was travelling in a car with another man, identified as Harpreet alias Happy, 22, when the attackers opened fire on them in...
Tilak Varma in India’s ODI World Cup plans as selectors seek Shreyas Iyer backup
Spread the love India’s Shreyas Iyer, center, with batting partner Tilak Varma (AP/PTI) New Delhi: India’s team management and selectors are working on backups for the middle order ahead of the ODI World Cup next year. TOI has learnt that Tilak Varma’s name has come up as a potential backup option for Shreyas Iyer in the top six of the...
‘CoE cannot be only for contracted players’: VVS Laxman on India’s cricket pipeline
Spread the love VVS Laxman Bengaluru: Giving up a lucrative IPL contract and a thriving commentary career, Indian batting great VVS Laxman took the administrative plunge in December 2021. What began at a modest facility inside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium has since evolved into a much larger assignment, with Laxman now at the helm of the BCCI Centre of Excellence,...
US-Venezuela energy pact: What we know about Trump’s ‘biggest oil deal in world history’
Spread the love US-Venezuela deal US President Donald Trump has put Venezuela’s vast oil reserves at the centre of what he calls “the biggest oil deal in world history.” Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez stated that the energy pact with the US will last 25 years and aims to revive the country’s struggling oil industry.Trump said the deal was negotiated...
PM Modi received by Uzbek President Mirziyoyev in Tashkent, leaders share car ride
Spread the love PM Narendra Modi with Uzbekistan Shavkat President Mirziyoyev Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a warm and personal welcome from Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev after arriving in capital Tashkent on Saturday for a two-day state visit.From the airport, the two leaders travelled together by car to the presidential palace, marking the latest instance of PM Modi sharing a...
Jharkhand jail inmates can work outside, return by evening
Spread the love Jharkhand prisoners will soon work outside jail during the day RANCHI: Jharkhand govt will allow selected prisoners to step outside the jail during the day to work, earn a livelihood, and support their families before returning to prison in the evening.The arrangement will be introduced through open and semi-open barracks at four central jails – Birsa Munda...
Javagal Srinath spotted in Bengaluru Metro, wins praise for simplicity
Spread the love The former India fast bowler was seen travelling like any other Bengaluru commuter. There was no cricket ground, no television camera and no entourage. Just a former India fast bowler, a trolley bag and an ordinary ride on Bengaluru’s Metro.A photograph of Javagal Srinath travelling on Namma Metro has caught the attention of cricket fans online, not...
Joe Root scripts history vs Pak at Lord’s, surpasses Ponting’s all-time record
Spread the love England’s Joe Root celebrates (AP) Joe Root has added another major record to his remarkable Test career, surpassing Ricky Ponting to become the highest run-scorer in Test history on home soil.The England captain reached the milestone during the second Test against Pakistan at Lord’s in London. Root came to the crease on Day 2 and made 24...
Police officer killed, another wounded in South Carolina park shooting; suspect dead
Spread the love The shooting unfolded following a call about a domestic dispute Two people, including the suspect, and a police officer were killed, while another officer was injured in a gunfight at a park in Columbia, South Carolina, the city’s police chief said Saturday (local time).According to police, the incident began around 9:30 a.m. when a woman called authorities...
‘ I take the blame myself’: Suryakumar Yadav’s big regret over failed ODI career
Spread the love Suryakumar Yadav (PTI) Suryakumar Yadav has admitted that he only has himself to blame for failing to establish a longer career in ODI cricket, despite becoming one of India’s most successful T20 batters.The former India T20I captain played 37 ODIs and scored 773 runs at an average of 25.76, numbers that never quite reflected the impact he...
