I Arumainayagam with his 1962 Asian Games gold medal Bengaluru: One of India’s finest footballers, Isaiah Arumainayagam, who enthralled the crowds in the Garden City and Kolkata, donning the colours of top clubs like Mohun Bagan and Southern Railway, finally got the nation’s honour that was long overdue.Arumainayagam was part of the India team that…
Harmanpreet Singh (Agency Image) An India-Pakistan contest in any sport evokes emotions that often go beyond competitiveness. There was a phase in hockey when beating the arch-rivals was celebrated almost like winning a trophy.None of the current crop of Indian players has faced Pakistan in a hockey World Cup before. But they have someone in…
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren along with cabinet ministers. (Photo: PTI) RANCHI: The Jharkhand government on Tuesday released a list of 44 recruitment examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) that were cancelled following irregularities, amid student protests over the issue.The cancelled examinations include recruitment tests for…
Galle: India’s Rishabh Pant loses his balance while playing a shot on day four (PTI Photo) The past year has proved to be the toughest phase of Rishabh Pant’s eventful career. After a second successive underwhelming IPL season, where he scored just 312 runs in 14 matches at 28.36, Pant lost the Lucknow Super Giants…
US and Canada were reached a deal after having last-minute talks (Canada PM Carney and US President Trump file pics) The United States and Canada reached a last-minute deal on Tuesday to delay President Donald Trump’s planned 50 per cent tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports, giving the two countries more time to…
Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi, left, reviews structural reforms at the National Testing Agency (NTA). NEW DELHI: National Testing Agency (NTA) has removed 600 experts from its panels and begun onboarding new specialists, while deciding to subject every paper to four levels of scrutiny before an examination.NTA director general apprised education minister Pralhad Joshi on…
NEW DELHI: India moved to the brink of a massive victory in the first Test against Sri Lanka after their bowlers produced a ruthless final session to reduce the hosts to 84 for four at stumps on Tuesday, leaving them 288 runs short of an improbable 372-run target.India had earlier stretched their lead with a…
India’s Dhruv Jurel attempts a catch (PTI Photo) India moved within touching distance of victory in the Galle Test on Tuesday, making repeated breakthroughs in Sri Lanka’s batting order to leave themselves needing six more wickets on the final day to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.But the fourth day’s play was overshadowed…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court will on Wednesday constitute a high-powered committee led by a retired SC judge and comprising a former HC chief justice and a senior police officer to inquire into allegations and counter-allegations on police action on student protesters at the CJP-led Parliament march July 20, and recommend guidelines for graded use of…
Jamal Musiala’s absence seizures explained: What causes them, what happens during episodes and how dangerous they are. Jamal Musiala has revealed that he has been diagnosed with “temporarily occurring, brief absence seizures” after collapsing during two Bayern Munich friendlies within four days. The 23-year-old Germany international said the episodes are caused by a neurological dysfunction,…