ECI flags off Phase-II of International Election Visitors’ Programme NEW DELHI: Delegates from 17 countries, including representatives from their foreign missions in Delhi, will witness polling in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu on Thursday as part of the Election Commission’s International Election Visitors’ Programme (IEVP) 2026.This is the second leg of the programme; the first…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Mitchell Starc (Agency Image) NEW DELHI: A marquee battle is set to headline Friday’s IPL 2026 clash as Mitchell Starc makes his season debut for the Delhi Capitals, setting up a mouth-watering contest against teen sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi when they face the Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur.RR skipper Riyan Parag won the toss…
Mamata jabs Modi, says PM can boat on Hooghly, not Yamuna KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday dismissed PM Narendra Modi’s earlymorning boat ride on the Ganga as a photo-op for political gains and dared him to go into the “polluted” Yamuna in Delhi.“Our Ganga is clean. That is why the PM could enjoy…
Angkrish Raghuvanshi in discussion with the umpires (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Angkrish Raghuvanshi, who plays for Kolkata Knight Riders, has been fined 20% of his match fee and given one demerit point for breaking the IPL Code of Conduct during a match against Lucknow Super Giants. The incident happened after he was given out for…
Cameron Green 100% ready to bowl 4 overs (Image: IPL/BCCI) Cameron Green has declared himself fully fit to bowl his complete quota of overs and ready to bat in any position for Kolkata Knight Riders as the defending champions continue their remarkable comeback in IPL 2026.KKR registered their fourth consecutive win after defeating Delhi Capitals…
NEW DELHI: A group of 275 former judges, bureaucrats, diplomats and armed forces veterans has raised objections to a recent report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), calling it “disturbing” and lacking balance.In a joint statement dated March 21, the signatories questioned the methodology and conclusions of the USCIRF report, arguing…
SRINAGAR: Hope blooms in Srinagar’s Tulip Garden. Some cancer-struck kids just came back with rich pickings.The children were brought to the garden along Dal Lake on Monday from Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) as part of the hospital’s immunotherapy efforts — strengthening the immune system with hope, optimism and positivity. The children numbered around…
BENGALURU: A scooter that went missing during a relocation from Bengaluru to Patna has resurfaced through a traffic challan. The complainant said his Suzuki Swish 125, handed over to a logistics service provider in 2023, never reached him. Recently, he found a traffic challan issued on the same vehicle that revealed an unidentified person using…
NEW DELHI: Captagon, widely known as the ‘jihadi drug’ for its rampant use by extremist networks active in the conflict zones across the Middle East/West Asia, enables its users to remain awake for extended periods, suppress fear and exhaustion, increase aggression and risk-taking behaviour, thus sustaining prolonged combat-like activity under stressful conditions.According to sources in…
Mangaluru: President of Confederation of SCs & STs Organisations, Lolaksha, has demanded action against Justice HN Nagamohan Das, who headed the one-man enquiry commission on internal reservations, alleging a violation of the provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.On Thursday, Lolaksha told reporters that he had submitted a complaint…
