NEW DELHI: Responding to Mamata Banerjee‘s letter to PM Modi, Union minister for women and child development Annapurna Devi said West Bengal CM gave “factually incorrect” information in “what appears to be” an attempt “to cover up the delay in operationalising Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs)”.Banerjee, first wrote to PM Modi on Aug 22 following…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani health authorities confirmed Saturday a third case of mpox (monkeypox) virus this year, saying the patient was diagnosed after screening at Peshawar airport following his return from Jeddah.Another patient on the same flight was also shifted to hospital with purported symptoms, while Sindh authorities reported a suspected case at Karachi airport.“Medical personnel at…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday said that the victim’s family has effectively been placed under “house arrest” by preventing them from leaving their home under various pretexts and erecting barricades around the premises.Adhir visited the residence of the deceased doctor and spent a considerable amount of time conversing with…
NEW DELHI: Jonty Rhodes, the fielding coach for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), commented on the rumors surrounding India captain Rohit Sharma‘s potential move to the franchise for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season.With the mega auction for IPL 2025 approaching, there has been growing uncertainty regarding Rohit’s future, particularly his potential departure from…
China on Saturday accused a Philippine Coast Guard vessel of intentionally colliding with a Chinese ship, further escalating tensions over contested areas in the South China Sea. Chinese Coast Guard spokesperson Liu Dejun said that the Philippine ship with hull number 9701 collided with the Chinese ship 5205 just after 12.06 pm (04:06 GMT) on…
NEW DELHI: Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, reacting to the Charkhi Dadri lynching case, said on Saturday that villagers revere the cow and if they sense some untoward situation then “who could stop them?”. Saini was reacting to five vigilantes who lynched a man over suspicion that he had consumed beef.The Haryana CM, however,…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flagged off three new Vande Bharat Express trains for Meerut-Lucknow; Madurai-Bengaluru; and Chennai-Nagercoil via video conferencing.The new trains will add to the current fleet of more than 100 semi-high speed trains connecting more than 280 districts across the country.“Today from North to South a new chapter is…
Hitting all six deliveries in an over out of the park is a feat that was first accomplished in cricket at any level on August 31, 1968, when the West Indies legend Sir Garfield Sobers hit 6 sixes in an over while leading Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan in a first-class match of the English County Championship….
PURI: Excitement filled the air in Puri town on Sunday as people eagerly awaited the unveiling of what’s inside the Ratna Bhandar, the sacred and spiritual treasury of Lord Jagannath, which is surrounded by many legends. The atmosphere was charged with a mix of apprehension and enthusiasm among the devotees during the opening of the…
