Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday vowed strict action against those responsible for the deadly stampede in Venkateswara Swami Temple in Kasibugga.While addressing a gathering in Sri Sathya Sai district, CM Naidu accused the organisers of not informing the police or local authorities about the event. Deadly…
File photo of BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia. (Agencies) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will raise the Asia Cup trophy handover issue at the upcoming International Cricket Council meeting in Dubai on November 4. The controversy arose when India refused to accept the trophy from Pakistan’s Interior Minister and Asian Cricket Council…
Indian tennis icon Rohan Bopanna has bid adieu to professional tennis after a stellar 20-year career. His final match was at the Paris Masters. Bopanna etched his name in history this year as the oldest Grand Slam winner and World No. 1 in doubles. He expressed immense pride in representing India throughout his journey. Rohan…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Saturday that he has apologised to US President Donald Trump for an anti-tariff advertisement. “I did apologise to the president. The president was offended,” Carney told reporters in the South Korean city of Gyeongju, adding that trade talks would resume when the US is “ready,” as reported by…
Shreyas Iyer (L) was injured after completing a running catch in the third ODI against Australia in Sydney. (AP) Indian cricket star Shreyas Iyer has been discharged from the hospital after suffering a ruptured spleen and rib cage injury during the third ODI against Australia in Sydney. The 30-year-old vice-captain sustained the injury while attempting…
The US government shutdown has entered its second month, disrupting several sectors and heavily impacting the nation’s air travel industry. Airports across the country continue to face massive delays amid a growing shortage of air traffic controllers, many of whom have now missed their first full paycheck.The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Friday that nearly…
NEW DELHI: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Friday said that terrorism has been controlled in India and that the last major terror incident in the country — outside Jammu and Kashmir — took place in 2013.Speaking at the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture on Governance, Doval said: “The facts are facts, and they cannot…
MUMBAI: The “script” for the shocking Powai hostage crisis was apparently planned for over a month. Seventeen children had their hands tied and mouths taped at a recording studio Thursday, as everyone believed a “hostage scene” for a web series was being filmed. Panic set in only when the captor, Rohit Aarrya, pulled out a…
PATNA: The NDA on Friday made a welfare and aspirational pitch in the Bihar assembly elections, countering RJD’s govt job campaign with the promise of creating over one crore employment opportunities, including in govt, based on an elaborate skill census.It also sought to consolidate crucial support bases, such as extremely backward class (EBC) voters, with…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court, using special powers under Article 142 to achieve complete justice beyond letter of law, has again come to the rescue of a young couple who were in a romantic relationship, but which resulted in commission of an offence because the girl was a minor. It acquitted the accused who had…
