Spread the love       Sakib Hussain Sakib Hussain, a 21-year-old uncapped pacer from Gopalganj, Bihar, created history on his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut for Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday against Rajasthan Royals with figures of 4 for 24.Sakib is the seventh player in IPL history to take four or more wickets on debut, and he now also holds the joint fifth-best...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Parliament is on the verge of making history, PM Narendra Modi said on Monday ahead of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha taking up his govt’s bills to implement women’s reservation in legislatures from 2029, as he expressed confidence amid demurring voices from Congress and its allies that the opposition will back the measures to...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: In what could give a political handle to TMC, SC on Monday observed a person born in India has the right to be on electoral roll and the right to vote to elect a government. A part of the bench led by CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi said, “Somewhere we are getting blinded by...

Spread the love       Released on March 19, 2026, ‘Dhurandhar 2’, written and directed by Aditya Dhar, featuring Ranveer Singh, has completed 26 days at the box office. The movie is only a few days away from finishing a month on the big screen, and its box office figures show nothing but tremendous success. The film closed its 4th weekend with...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Two tankers carrying Iranian crude have reached Indian ports, marking the first such deliveries since May 2019. According to ship-tracking data from Kpler, Felicity, a very large crude carrier carrying about two million barrels of oil, anchored off Sikka on Gujarat’s coast late on Sunday. A second tanker, Jaya, also carrying a similar volume of...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Nepal PM Balendra “Balen” Shah accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation to visit India even as he initiated a sweeping and radical 100-point governance agenda at home targeting VIP culture, political influence in campuses and bureaucracy, delays in public service, free healthcare access for the poor, safer public transport for women and stress-free schooling for...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: In what may be bad news for India’s farm sector and rural economy, IMD on Monday predicted a ‘below normal’ southwest monsoon (June-Sept) in the country amid growing risk of El Nino, which is linked to depressed summer rainfall over India. “Quantitatively, the seasonal rainfall over the country is likely to be 92% of the...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: People getting compensation for land acquired for national highway projects have been exempted from payment of income tax and stamp duties, a move that will bring relief to a large number of landowners and farmers. The Union road transport ministry has said that no deduction of tax at source (TDS) shall be made on such...

Spread the love       Around 70% of all El Nino years since 1980 have corresponded with poor summer monsoons, showing that the link between the Pacific condition and the country’s June-Sept rains is one of the strongest among global weather phenomena impacting India’s rainy season. The link assumes importance in light of latest forecasts from US and European weather agencies that...

Spread the love       Praful Hinge and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Praful Hinge announced himself on the grand stage by dismantling Rajasthan Royals’ top order and putting their run chase in complete disarray at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Monday. The young pacer broke the backbone of RR’s batting by removing their top three batters for ducks,...