INDIA'S biggest skill competition IndiaSkills is set to kick off in New Delhi from Wednesday (15) and will see participation of over 900 students from more than 30 states and Union Territories. Winners of IndiaSkills, with the help of industry trainers, will prepare for WorldSkills Competition scheduled to take place…
DAYS after a controversial conversation with KL Rahul, captain of his franchise Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), after a humiliating defeat in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 in Hyderabad earned owner Sanjiv Goenka brickbats from fans, the billionaire businessman chose to bury the episode fast and invited the cricketer…
BHAVESH Prabhudas Bhinde, identified as the owner of the illegal hoarding that crashed on a fuel station in the Ghatkopar area of the western Indian city of Mumbai on Monday (13) afternoon amid strong winds and rain causing 14 deaths and more than 70 injuries, was booked in a rape…
IN a major statement, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (14) said it is his opponents who tarnished his image among the minority Muslim community after 2002, referring to the communal riots that broke out in the western state of Gujarat when he was its chief minister. He also…
SRINAGAR, the biggest city of the northern Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, on Monday (13) witnessed a history of sort as 36 per cent (provision figures) of voting turnout for the ongoing parliamentary elections, the highest since 1996. Polling percentage in the Srinagar Lok Sabha (Lower House of…
A FORMER officer of the Indian Army working with the United Nations (UN) was on Monday (13) killed in Gaza when the vehicle he was travelling in came under attack in strife-torn Rafah, becoming the “first international casualty” for the world body since the Israel-Hamas conflict started last October. The…
PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak on Monday (13) claimed in a wide-ranging speech that opposition leader Keir Starmer would make the UK less safe. His address previewed key issues that are likely to arise in the general election expected later this year. The Conservative premier asserted that Labour would not uphold…
THE Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 is at an interesting juncture. With less than a week to go before the league stage concludes, only one team has qualified for the playoffs and that is Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Three teams are out of the race for the top four and…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (14) filed nomination for the ongoing national elections from his constituency of Varanasi in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Modi, who is a two-time MP from the holy city, held a massive roadshow covering six kilometres on the eve of filing his…
SENIOR Bharatiya Janata Party leader and the eastern state of Bihar's former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who was suffering from cancer, died on Monday (13) night in a New Delhi hospital. Aged 72, Modi had served as the deputy chief minister of Bihar from 2005 to 2013, and…