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Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: The return of Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya adds fresh energy and much-needed balance to reigning T20 World Cup champions India as they kick off their official preparation for the home T20 World Cup with the first match of a five-game series against South Africa on…
SC bats for compulsory voting. But the Constitution calls voting an entitlement. That can’t be compulsory Two years ago, about 65cr Indians voted in LS polls. That turnout was more than the populations of US and Indonesia – 3rd and 4th most populous countries – combined. But it was only 66% of India’s 98cr-strong electorate…
Chennai: The state highways department has initiated the long-pending widening of Sardar Patel Road to a length of 2.5km from Taluk Office Road junction to Madhya Kailash. The works worth 45 crores, which began recently and is going on in full-swing, will be finished by May.The project has gathered pace over the past two weeks,…
BHUBANESWAR/CUTTACK: A 70-year-old man pedalled 300km from Odisha‘s Sambalpur to a hospital in Cuttack with his ailing wife on a rickshaw van after failing to raise enough money for an ambulance and is now on his way back in the same fashion, defying age and bone-chilling cold.“I have two loves in my life. One is…
Bangladesh cricket team. (File photo) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has stopped preparations for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 amid uncertainty over Bangladesh’s participation in the tournament, scheduled to be held next month in India and Sri Lanka. The move follows Pakistan’s support for Bangladesh’s demand that its matches be shifted out of…
US Marine who lost both his legs in Afghanistan now catches child abusers from his computer through his ‘Geek’ team of digital forensic experts. Justin Gaertner, a resident of Florida’s Pasco County, joined the US Marine Corps straight out of high school and was deployed to Afghanistan. In 2010, he was severely injured by an…
With the passing of HS Panwar on May 29 this year, India has lost one of the most visionary and influential architects of modern wildlife conservation. A recipient of the Padma Bhushan, former director of Project Tiger, founder director of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), and widely regarded as one of the pioneers of…
The Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSSB) has declared the REET Mains Result 2026 for Level 1 teacher recruitment. Candidates who appeared for the examination can now check their results, merit list, scorecards and category-wise cut-off marks on the official website. The recruitment drive is being conducted to fill 7,759 third-grade teacher vacancies across Level 1…
GHAZIABAD: The three sisters who allegedly died by suicide in Bharat City had launched a YouTube channel last year to share their love for K-dramas and cartoon characters, building more than 2,000 followers in a few months. But the channel was deleted about 10 days ago after a festering rift with their father, Chetan Kumar,…
Sharing PM photo, Digvijay Singh lauds Sangh NEW DELHI: A CWC meeting to map out the party’s programmes to corner govt was overshadowed by inner turmoil after senior neta Digvijaya Singh praised the organisational strength of the RSS-BJP, citing how it enabled PM Modi‘s rise from the grassroots to the top.Singh’s remarks, made on social…
