While you were asleep: Rohit Sharma opts to bowl, Akash Deep and Ravindra Jadeja replace R Ashwin and Harshit Rana
India vs Australia, 3rd Test: India captain Rohit has won the toss and without any hesitation he opted to bat first in the third Test of the five-match Test series at Gabba in Brisbane on Saturday. India won the first test by 295 runs at Perth, Western Australia while Australia came back to win the […]
Delhi L-G ordered crackdown on immigrants: 2 Bangladeshi immigrants arrested for overstaying in Capital
Days after the Delhi L-G Secretariat ordered a crackdown on illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, two nationals from the country have been arrested from the Hazrat Nizamuddin area for staying in India without valid documents, police said Friday. According to Ravi Kumar Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast Delhi), two Bangladesh nationals identified as Abdul Ahad […]
Gurgaon club blast: 3 people with links to Goldy Brar gang arrested
Three people with links to the Goldy Brar gang have been arrested in connection with the recent bomb blasts outside a club in Gurgaon’s Sector 29, police said Friday. With this, four people have been arrested in the case. The three people, arrested Wednesday, have been identified as Ankit (30) from Meerut, Vikas (28) from […]
A test of wills: Who is Rohit Bal’s ‘successor’
In a simmering battle over who should own the brand and assets of iconic fashion designer Rohit Bal, who died on November 1 following heart-related complications, his stepbrother Rajiv Bal and his friend of 22 years, Lalit Tehlan, are crossing swords over the designer’s purported will. Refusing to confirm or deny if Rohit Bal had […]
MCOCA case: Delhi court sends AAP MLA Naresh Balyan to judicial custody till January 9
A Delhi court on Friday sent AAP MLA Naresh Balyan to judicial custody till January 9 in connection with a case lodged against him under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). The court rejected the Delhi Police’s request for 10 days of custody, which they sought to identify other associates who are allegedly […]
An Invitation, A Rejection, Now What? Trump And Xi Jinping Play Mindgames
Washington DC: Sun Tzu, A Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher who lived approximately in the 5th Century BC, is best known for his famous book ‘The Art Of War’. In it, he wrote a proverb well-known to the world even today – “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer”. US President-elect Donald Trump […]
ISRO Achieves Significant Milestone For Gaganyaan Mission
Gaganyaan is ready to launch by the end of this year, ISRO said. New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that it has reached a significant milestone in the Gaganyaan Programme, with the first solid motor segment moved from the production plant to the launch complex. The space agency said, “India’s human spaceflight […]
Students return after course in Paris, Delhi CM Atishi equates govt schools with pvt
Students across government schools in the Capital can aim higher now and there are equal opportunities available to them as in private schools, said Chief Minister Atishi in Delhi Friday. She was interacting with 30 students from around 40 government schools who attended an advanced French course in Paris. The initiative, held in collaboration with […]
Gukesh D: The boy who is king
GUKESH D has bittersweet memories of his first brush with the World Chess Championship. The story goes that 11 years ago — when Chennai hosted the showpiece battle between Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen — Gukesh and his father were at the Hyatt Regency to get a feel of the action. There were no seats […]
Swift verdict: 35-yr-old gets death sentence for rape-murder of minor girl in Bengal
Weeks after a minor girl was raped and killed in Farakka, a court in Jangipur in Murshidabad district of West Bengal on Friday sentenced a 35-year-old man, Dinbandhu Halder, to death, and his accomplice, 23-year-old Shubojit Haldar, to life imprisonment. The incident took place in October this year during the Durga Puja festival. The girl, […]