BCCI right in looking for new selectors: Raja Venkat

BCCI right in looking for new selectors: Raja Venkat

The BCCI provided every indication that they were unhappy about the panel’s performance and Venkat, a member of the selection committee which picked the 2011 World Cup-winning Indian team, felt the Chetan Sharma-led panel was not neutral in their decisions Former East Zone national selector Raja Venkat agrees with the BCCI’s decision to invite applications…

‘Playing Sounds During Sleep May Help People Forget Traumatic Memories’

‘Playing Sounds During Sleep May Help People Forget Traumatic Memories’

Playing sounds to people while they are asleep can be used to help them to forget or weaken traumatic and intrusive memories, according to a study. Previous research found that playing sound cues’ during sleep can be used to boost specific memories. However, the latest study, published in the journal Learning & Memory, provides the…

AIIMS’ server down: Various agencies looking into incident, Delhi police file FIR

AIIMS’ server down: Various agencies looking into incident, Delhi police file FIR

Various government agencies are probing an incident of the AIIMS-Delhi’s server remaining out of service for the second consecutive day. Amid the cyber security scare, all emergency, routine patient care and laboratory services are being managed manually, according to a statement issued by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). With the server being…

Punjab’s fortified rice manufacturers seek premium over fixed price

Punjab’s fortified rice manufacturers seek premium over fixed price

Rice milling for 180 lakh metric tonnes of paddy could be delayed this year if the government fails to act against some manufacturers of fortified rice kernels (FRKs), who are demanding a premium for supplying the rice to millers. Some suppliers of the FRKs have started demanding Rs 8-10 per kg (Rs 800-1000 per quintal)…

Sidhu Moosewala murder: NIA gets 10-day custody of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi
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Sidhu Moosewala murder: NIA gets 10-day custody of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi

A special court on Thursday sent jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi to the custody of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for 10 days. The agency had submitted before the court that it was investigating the Sidhu Moosewala murder case and needed Bishnoi’s custody. Bishnoi, who was lodged in Bathinda jail in connection with the singer’s killing,…

World Cup 2022: Ronaldo scripts history as Portugal register 3-2 win over Ghana in ill-tempered match match

World Cup 2022: Ronaldo scripts history as Portugal register 3-2 win over Ghana in ill-tempered match match

Cristiano Ronaldo scripted World Cup history as Portugal kicked off its Qatar 2022 campaign with a nervy 3-2 win over Ghana in a thrilling Group H match at Stadium 974 on November 24. Ronaldo was looking to show off his skills to potential new clubs after his contract at Manchester United expired this week. After…

Gangster-drug mafia nexus ‘active’ in Ferozepur district

Gangster-drug mafia nexus ‘active’ in Ferozepur district

Notwithstanding the multi-pronged strategy embarked upon by the police and other agencies to prevent supply of drugs and its consumption, youngsters continue to fall prey to narcotics in Ferozepur district. Sale of synthetic drugs has been going on unabated at Palla Megha, Sher Khan, Khalchian, Basti Shekhan Wali, Bharat Nagar and other areas of the…

Aaftab’s polygraph test was stopped midway after he complained of fever, to resume today

Aaftab’s polygraph test was stopped midway after he complained of fever, to resume today

The polygraph test on Aaftab Amin Poonawalla, who has been accused of killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar and chopping the body into 35 pieces in Delhi’s Mehrauli area, was stopped midway on Thursday after he complained of fever. The test will resume on Friday at the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in Rohini, an official…