‘The new selection committee wants…’: Gavaskar’s verdict on Rohit, Kohli’s T20I future amid BCCI’s silence

‘The new selection committee wants…’: Gavaskar’s verdict on Rohit, Kohli’s T20I future amid BCCI’s silence

Regular skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s continued absence from T20I cricket has left fans and experts questioning their future in the format. Since the T20 World Cup last November, both have missed the two T20I series India played in New Zealand, against Sri Lanka. They have not been in India’s T20I squad for the…

After Tunisha Sharma’s death, Ali Baba shoot resumes on ‘freshly painted’ old set with puja

After Tunisha Sharma’s death, Ali Baba shoot resumes on ‘freshly painted’ old set with puja

Sayantani Ghosh, Tunisha Sharma and Sheezan Khan’s co-star from Ali Baba: Dastaan-e-Kabul, has confirmed the team has returned to the original sets of the show now. She has talked about returning to a refurnished set and a puja was also conducted where Tunisha died by suicide on December 24. Tunisha and Sheezan were in a…

Isolated China gives up on UN listing of LeT’s Makki as global terrorist

Isolated China gives up on UN listing of LeT’s Makki as global terrorist

With India getting 14 out of 15 members of the UN Security Council on its side, China today was forced to give up the “technical” hold on the designation of Lahore-based Lashkar-e-Toiba’s deputy chief Abdul Rehman Makki as a global terrorist by the 1267 UN Sanctions committee. Brother-in-law of designated terrorist and LeT chief Hafiz…

‘We have learnt our lesson’: Shehbaz Sharif wants ‘honest talks’ with PM Modi

‘We have learnt our lesson’: Shehbaz Sharif wants ‘honest talks’ with PM Modi

With Pakistan witnessing a rise in terror-related violence after Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ended ceasefire with security forces in late November, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for a “critical and honest talk” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on “burning points like Kashmir.” In an interview with Dubai-based Arabic news television channel Al Arabiya, Sharif said…

India to boost coal imports this year to cope with harsh weather, freight snags: Report
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India to boost coal imports this year to cope with harsh weather, freight snags: Report

India’s power utilities will likely boost coal imports this year to cope with surges in demand, made worse over the past year by extreme temperatures, and with freight bottlenecks that are disrupting domestic coal supplies, analysts and officials said. A steady rise in industrial electricity use in recent years has left utilities in India, one…

Maruti Suzuki hikes prices across models by around 1.1%

Maruti Suzuki hikes prices across models by around 1.1%

Maruti Suzuki on Monday announced a 1.1% price hike across its models. This indicative figure is calculat using ex-showroom prices of models in Delhi and will come into effect from today, a company release said. Carmakers such as Hyundai, and Tata Motors to luxury brands Audi and Mercedes-Benz have also announced plans to increase prices…

China’s Hospital Covid Death Data Just a Tenth of Total Toll

China’s Hospital Covid Death Data Just a Tenth of Total Toll

The nearly 60,000 Covid-related deaths China reported for the first five weeks of its current outbreak, the largest the world has ever seen, may underestimate the true toll by hundreds of thousands of fatalities, experts said. China’s abrupt pivot from Covid Zero in early December unleashed a surge of omicron infections and led to 59,938…

Forced conversions: Supreme Court says will hear pleas on transfer of cases after 2 weeks

Forced conversions: Supreme Court says will hear pleas on transfer of cases after 2 weeks

The Supreme Court on Monday advised the petitioners to compile all the petitions challenging the anti-conversion laws in various states and move a consolidated transfer petition so that the cases can be transferred to the top court. Petitions against the anti-conversion law were filed before Allahabad High Court, Karnataka High Court, Uttarakhand High Court, Gujarat…

Nepal plane crash: Flight attendant’s father says, ‘Insisted her not to go to work..’
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Nepal plane crash: Flight attendant’s father says, ‘Insisted her not to go to work..’

Mohan Ale Magar, a retired Indian Army personnel, recalls that he had told his daughter early in the morning not to go to work on a special day. However, she insisted on celebrating the festival after completing two flights on that fateful day, leaving home with a promise that she would return from Pokhara after…