The many heroes of T20 cricket

India did not merely defeat New Zealand in T20 World Cup final. We dismantled them, with the calm efficiency of a watchmaker opening a clock – removing the screws, one by one, until the machinery stopped pretending it was anything complicated. Which raises the question cricket lovers instinctively ask, after a comfortable victory. Who was…

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Saris to silver bowls: Bribe talk deafens Mumbai ahead of BMC polls | Mumbai News

MUMBAI: This past week, whispers had been circulating about heavyweight political parties distributing cash to voters for their support at Thursday’s civic election. On Wednesday, the lid finally blew off the secret with innumerable instances of inducement coming to the fore across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, and even a bribery FIR registered against four persons…

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Rail electrification drive: Diesel use falls 178 crore litres since 2016-17; 99.4% broad gauge network now electrified

Indian Railways’ accelerated electrification push has sharply reduced diesel consumption, helping cut crude import dependence while expanding cleaner rail operations across the country. Mission-mode electrification has now covered about 99.4% of the Broad Gauge network, with the remaining stretches also taken up for completion.According to information shared by Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in the Lok…

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Watching rajma reels & dancing global garba

8am Donald Trump has entered our kitchens. Thanks to one orange man, a nation of 1.4 billion brown people is frantically buying induction stoves. I have joined my fellow citizens and am trying to order three. But the dealer tells me that they have run out of the 1600-watt ones and the 1800-watt ones haven’t…

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MCC adds 49 Hamdard postgraduate seats to round III after Supreme Court order

NEW DELHI: Acting on the Supreme Court’s directions in a petition filed by affected candidates, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has added 49 postgraduate medical seats of the Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (HIMSR) to the Round III seat matrix, enabling students to exercise choices immediately.The admissions will be conducted through centralised All…

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SC appoints Nashik Commissioner as administrator of Shani Singhnapur temple | India News

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a Bombay HC order that had quashed Maharashtra govt’s decision to appoint Ahilyanagar Collector as administrator of the trust managing famous Shani Shinganapur temple and asked Nashik Divisional Commissioner to administer the trust saying it wanted to prevent possible defalcation of funds.Solicitor general Tushar Mehta, for Maharashtra…

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Dose of Witamin

Free speech is a good thing: ask Iranians who’ve been pounding at Trump with jokes and memes on X. It won’t win them the war, but it’s certainly winning them fans worldwide. How ironic! A regime that won’t let its people speak up – reportedly they killed over 30,000 protesters in Jan – is riding…

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Asha Bhosle: Zeenat Aman Pays Tribute to Asha Bhosle: ‘Her Voice Gave Me the Soundtrack of Success’ |

Mumbai, April 13 (IANS) Veteran actress Zeenat Aman is remembering the late singing legend Asha Bhosle, who was the voice behind behind her characters in iconic songs like ‘Chura Liya’, ‘Ye Mera Dil’, ‘Do Lafzon Ki Hai Dil Ki Kahaani’, ‘Dum Maro Dum’ and others. Veteran actress Zeenat Aman is remembering the late singing legend…

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