Spread the love Sanjay Manjrekar, Virat Kohli Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar’s reaction to Virat Kohli’s Test retirement has brought back memories of a comment he made more than a decade ago, when Kohli’s place in the Indian Test side was under question during the 2011–12 tour of Australia.In Januray 2012, after India’s heavy loss in the second Test in...
Rich can’t bypass tiers of court & come directly to us: Supreme Court
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Supreme Court under the leadership of CJI Surya Kant maintained its stand for equitable distribution of judicial time for litigants irrespective of their status, and said on Tuesday that the rich and influential could not bypass tiers of judiciary to move the SC directly.When an accused sought hearing of his petition challenging validity of a...
Army outreach in border areas: Solar plant set up in Sikkim; water facility built in Arunachal
Spread the love NEW DELHI: To enhance civil-military cooperation and improve the quality of life in remote border areas, the Indian Army has constructed a 10-KW solar power plant in north Sikkim and a water storage facility in Arunachal Pradesh.“Trishakti Corps of the Indian Army has established a 10-KW solar power plant at Muguthang village, North Sikkim”, located at an...
Oilers’ Quinn Hutson decision sparks fan outrage over player development vision
Spread the love Quinn Hutson (Getty Images) Oilers’ decision to send Quinn Hutson to AHL has stirred unease in Edmonton, even as the wins keep piling up. Sitting atop the Pacific Division should feel comfortable, yet it has not erased a sense of friction around how the roster is being handled. The Oilers score in bunches, survive mistakes, and move...
Travis Kelce reaches breaking point as Taylor Swift hits new career
Spread the love As the Chiefs wrapped up a disappointing season, Travis Kelce faced mounting questions about his NFL future and the possibility of retirement. At the same time, Taylor Swift reached another career high, extending her historic run atop the Billboard 200. The contrast highlighted a pivotal moment for the high-profile couple, with one career pausing as the other...
Publisher issues apology to Shivaji heir over ‘unverified statements’ in 2003 book
Spread the love KOLHAPUR: Following a high court directive, Oxford University Press has apologised to Chhatrapati Udayanraje Bhosale, 13th descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, and others offended by “unverified statements” in four pages of James Laine’s 2003 book, ‘Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India’. Protests over these had led to an attack on a Pune-based history research centre.Acting on a...
PIOs in UK see wealth soar, whilst Pakistanis see ‘notable decline’: LSE report
Spread the love LONDON: Individuals from white British and Indian ethnic groups have seen substantial increases in median wealth in Britain since 2012, whilst the wealth of those of Pakistani ethnicity has seen a marked decline, a new report from the London School of Economics (LSE) shows.Individuals from Asian Other and white Other ethnic groups also experienced substantial increases in...
‘Typo’ triggers SIR notice to Amartya, TMC cries ‘insult’
Spread the love BOLPUR/KOLKATA: An SIR notice summoning Nobel laureate Amartya Sen to a hearing over a discrepancy that Election Commission has since identified as a “spelling error” led Trinamool Congress to claim on Tuesday that it was an “affront to Bengal and an icon who brought global recognition to India”.EC clarified that Sen needn’t report at the designated office...
BJP allies with Cong to snatch Maha civic body from Sena
Spread the love THANE: A rare alliance between BJP and Congress has emerged in the township of Ambernath after recent local body elections, surprising political observers and party cadres. BJP has joined hands with councillors from Congress and the Ajit Pawar-headed Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to form the Ambernath Vikas Aghadi and take control of a municipal council in the...
Civic poll surprise: Rare BJP–Congress tie-up in Ambernath council; push to edge out Shiv Sena
Spread the love Representative Image THANE: The acrimonious battle between Mahayuti partners BJP and Shiv Sena for control of Ambernath municipal council took a new turn Tuesday as rivals BJP and Congress, in a rare move, joined hands to keep out Shiv Sena in its traditional stronghold falling within MP Shrikant Shinde’s constituency. The Eknath Shinde-led party won the highest...
