NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Friday hit back at the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom after it urged Washington to impose sanctions on members of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, calling the body “biased” and lacking credibility.In a bi-weekly press briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said such organisations have no credibility and…
NEW DELHI: The success of the student-powered Jantar Mantar protests seems to have forced political parties, on both sides of the divide, to return to the drawing board and redraw their strategies to woo the youth. The fact that CJP-led protests mobilised youth in large numbers against the government and forced Dharmendra Pradhan to resign…
England vs Pakistan 1st Test Live Score: England strengthened their grip on the first Test against Pakistan on Thursday, with Joe Root and Harry Brook among four batters to score half-centuries. The hosts finished Day 2 on 366-8, taking a first-innings lead of 195 runs. Brook, the world’s top-ranked Test batter, came closest to a…
SBI cash withdrawal rules change from October 1 From October 1, SBI customers will have to pay Rs 15 plus applicable GST for cash withdrawals beyond the existing limit of four free withdrawals a month. The charge will apply to Basic Savings Bank Deposit (BSBD) accounts opened through the branch channel.The bank said that customers…
Nadda said that the Supreme Court has already constituted a 5-member panel to probe the alleged use of excessive force by police on students NEW DELHI: Union minister JP Nadda on Friday slammed leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for staging a sit-in outside Sansad Marg police station, claiming that the protest was…
Australia captain Pat Cummins Bangladesh coach Phil Simmons expects Australia to respond strongly in the second Test after his side recorded a nine-wicket win in the series opener in Darwin.The result was Bangladesh’s first Test victory on Australian soil and was described by Australian media as the “Darwin Disaster”. Simmons said his players cannot afford…
Kuldeep Yadav in the pavilion as rain delays the start of Day 2 of the 1st Test match against Sri Lanka, at Galle International Stadium in Galle on Sunday. (ANI Photo) India spin bowling coach Sairaj Bahutule has backed Kuldeep Yadav after his quiet outing in the first Test against Sri Lanka, saying the left-arm…
Chief Minister Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated Chaupal–2026 under the “Chief Minister’s Udyamshala Yojana”. Chief minister Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday inaugurated Chaupal–2026 under the “Chief Minister’s Udyamshala Yojana” at the Mukhya Sevak Sadan located at the chief minister’s Camp Office. On the occasion, he said that more than 13,000 entrepreneurs across the state…
India’s Gayatri Gopichand Pullela, right, and Treesa Jolly (AP Photo) India’s Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand secured a World Championships medal after producing a superb comeback victory over China’s Jia Yi Fan and Zhang Shu Xian in the women’s doubles quarterfinals on Friday.The unseeded Indian pair fought for 69 minutes before overcoming their Chinese opponents…
The exotic mute swan has increased its population size in Chesapeake Bay to approximately 4,500 since 1962. In 1962, five mute swans escaped from an estate in Talbot County, Maryland. More than four decades later, their descendants had grown to nearly 4,000 in the Chesapeake Bay region. As their numbers rose across the Chesapeake Bay…