Former India batter Mohammad Kaif believes young opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi should have made his international debut during the Ireland series instead of being introduced in England. Kaif feels the 15-year-old would have settled into international cricket better if he had got an opportunity in Ireland first.Sooryavanshi earned his maiden India call-up after an outstanding IPL…
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren NEW DELHI: Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday said the state government was treating allegations of irregularities in recruitment examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) with “utmost seriousness and sensitivity,” assuring students that justice would be delivered within the constitutional…
Pakistan captain Babar Azam once again missed out on a Test century. NEW DELHI: Pakistan moved closer to a rare away Test win after reducing West Indies to 103/6 at stumps on Day 3 of the second and final Test. Despite West Indies holding a lead of 60 runs, the hosts have only four wickets…
Former England captain Ben Stokes has said he would like to coach the England team after retiring from the game. The former all-rounder said he is already working towards his coaching qualifications and wants to stay involved in cricket once his playing days are over.Stokes retired from international cricket in June during England’s Test series…
NEW DELHI: Indian cargo ship MSV Faize Noore Oliya was hit by a projectile in Red Sea off Yemen Tuesday, causing the vessel to capsize and sink, shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal said, adding all 14 seafarers, including 13 Indian nationals, have been rescued.India condemned this “unprovoked attack on the defenceless mechanised sailing vessel” and said…
Savitha Shri will represent India at Women’s Chess Olympiad this year (Special Arrangements) NEW DELHI: The last time the Indian women’s team took part in the biennial Chess Olympiad, they won gold. The team consisted of Harika Dronavalli, Rameshbabu Vaishali, Divya Deshmukh, Vantika Agrawal, and Tania Sachdev. Two years have passed since that Budapest conquest,…
CHENNAI/THANJAVUR: Former Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin was on Tuesday arrested for his alleged double entendre alluding to a popular female actor. He was released later in the evening on station bail.Udhayanidhi, TVK supporters said, had made a sexually loaded remark linking CM Joseph Vijay with an actress whose name the crowd was…
NEW DELHI: Dismissing reports of fuel quality issues at outlets, govt Tuesday said additional checks have been introduced by oil marketing companies (OMCs) to detect fuel contamination and adulteration.In a post on X, the petroleum ministry said OMCs were regularly monitoring fuel quality, water ingress and contamination, and that only two cases of chloride contamination…
India’s Rohit Sharma (ANI Photo) Former India cricketer Mohammed Kaif believes Rohit Sharma has made up his mind not to retire from ODI cricket on his own and will instead leave it to the selectors to decide when his journey with the national team should end. Rohit’s future has been under intense scrutiny since India’s…
NEW DELHI: Auto industry body SIAM flagged concerns over “high chloride” presence and moisture content in fuel resulting in a “huge increase” in issues related to vehicle parts and replacements, including fuel pumps, fuel injectors and EGR valve. It demanded stringent checks, arguing that contamination raises a wrong impression about E20 fuel in customers’ minds,…