India Test vice-captain Rohit Sharma sustained a left hamstring injury during his training session here in Mumbai yesterday. He has been ruled out of the upcoming 3-match Test series against South Africa. Priyank Panchal will replace Rohit Sharma in the Test squad. India’s Test squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya […]
Punjab born Harnaaz Sandhu on Monday won the Miss Universe 2021 pageant, beating contestants from 79 countries to bring the title back to India after 21 years, her panacea for the stresses young woman face in response to the final question placing the final diamante in her crown.Only two Indians before Sandhu, just 21 and […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter handle was briefly hacked on Sunday, and a tweet claiming that India has “officially adopted bitcoin as legal tender” was put out from it. The Prime Minister’s Office later said the account was immediately secured after the matter was escalated to Twitter.“The Twitter handle of PM @narendramodi was very briefly […]
The last rites of Lt Colonel Harjinder Singh, Naik Jitendra Kumar, Naik Gursewak Singh and Lance Naik B Sai Teja, who were among the 13 people killed in a helicopter crash in Coonoor in Tamil Nadu last week, were performed on Sunday amid patriotic chants and an outpouring of grief. Thousands of people lined the […]
Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday attacked rival political parties over the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor saying the project could never have been completed under their government.The corridor is going to be inaugurated on Monday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Earlier in the day, former UP CM and SP president Akhilesh Yadav had claimed […]
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal Sunday alleged that Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, his deputy Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu were “coercing” police officers to register false cases against him as well as senior Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia. Talking to reporters after addressing a rally in […]
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said that all concerned deputy commissioners and superintendents of police will prepare a report as to how many cases registered over the past year against farmers in Haryana can be withdrawn immediately. Speaking to reporters after the 15th meeting of the Administrative Reforms Department here, the chief minister […]
Odisha, Hockey Bengal, Uttar Pradesh Hockey, Hockey Jharkhand, Telangana Hockey, Hockey Bihar and Hockey Maharashtra registered victories on Day 2 of the 11th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship Pimpri Chinchwad 2021 in Pune today. In the day’s opener, Odisha took on Hockey Gujarat in a Pool F encounter. After a feisty and goalless first […]
In a bid to avert unwarranted confusion regarding the gazetted holiday on the Janam Divas of legendary Sikh martyr Baba Jeevan Singh (Bhai Jaita Ji) on social media platforms, a spokesperson of the Punjab government today clarified that Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has declared a gazetted holiday on Janam Divas of Bhai Jaita ji […]
Chandigarh, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh reported their first Omicron case on Sunday, while Maharashtra and Karnataka each recorded one more case of the COVID-19 variant, taking the tally in the country to 38. All the five persons in the cases reported on Sunday had arrived from foreign countries. According to state health officials, a 20-year-old […]