• Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Australia-India women’s pink-ball Test ends in draw

THE one-off Test match between Australia and India at Metricon Stadium in Queensland, Australia, ended in a draw on Sunday (3) after the home team’s batters negotiated the final session of the final day of the game. India had an upper hand for most part of the rain-hit game and…

Tiger rallies kick off across 51 Indian reserves

INDIAN environment minister Bhupender Yadav on Saturday (2) flagged off tiger rallies in 18 tiger range states across 51 reserves in the country as part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ (an initiative of Indian government to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of India’s independence next year) and Wildlife Week (October…

Drugs on cruise: Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan arrested

ARYAN Khan, the 23-year-old son of Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan was on Sunday (3) arrested along with two others following a raid at a party on a cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai, the country’s financial capital, on Saturday (2) night by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). They…

IPL: Rajasthan blow Chennai away, remain in playoff race

FORMER Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Rajasthan Royals (RR) kept their hopes of making the playoffs of the ongoing edition of the tournament alive by thumping table-toppers Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by seven wickets in a crucial encounter at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab…

Mamata Banerjee, one of India’s major anti-Modi faces, wins bypoll

MAMATA Banerjee, one of the frontline faces against prime minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday (3) strengthened her chances to evolve as a key figure in the opposition ranks ahead of the 2024 general elections by winning a crucial by-poll. In April, Banerjee, the chief minister of the eastern Indian state…

India, US joint working group soon on defence industrial security

INDIA and the US have decided to form a joint working group on industrial security to help a deeper collaboration between them on cutting-edge technologies. The in-principle decision to set up the group was taken at a five-day Indo-US Industrial Security Agreement (ISA) summit that got over on Friday (1),…

Narcotics bureau detains Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan

THE Narcotics Control Bureau of India has detained Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan. They are questioning him in connection with the rave party that was busted on Saturday night. ANI tweeted, "Eight persons -- Aryaan Khan, Arbaaz Merchant, Munmun Dhamecha, Nupur Sarika, Ismeet Singh, Mohak Jaswal, Vikrant Chhoker, Gomit…

In India’s J&K, probe agency conducts raids for terror funding

INDIA'S National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday (3) carried out searches at nine places in Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir in its ongoing probe related to a large-scale transfer of funds from Pakistan to India through import of California Almonds through trade routes crossing the Line of Control (LoC), the…

Pink-ball Test: India seamers peg Australia back

INDIAN pace bowlers put Australia in a spot on Day 3 of their only Test match being played in Metricon Stadium in Queensland, Down Under, after the visitors put up a decent total of 377 for eight declared in the first innings. At stumps, Meg Lanning’s team were 143 for…

‘China has increased troops across Ladakh’

INDIAN Army chief MM Naravane has aired caution ahead of the 13th round of talks between India and China on the Ladakh standoff and disengagement of military forces saying the northern neighbour has deployed considerable number of troops across Ladakh. “China has deployed in considerable numbers all across Eastern Ladakh…