THE contesting teams had completely contradictory outcomes waiting for them after their game in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad in the western state of Gujarat was washed away without a ball being bowled on Monday (13). It was this season's first washout…
THE VOTER turnout in phase four of the ongoing national elections in India stood at 62.84 per cent at 8 pm local time on Monday (13) against 65.51 per cent in 2019, a dip of over 2.5 percentage points. However, the Election Commission (EC) said a large number of voters…
MAKING a strong pitch in favour of US president Joe Biden, Indian-American billionaire Vinod Khosla recently asked the supporters of former president Donald Trump whether they would want their children to be like the latter. Trump is set to challenge Biden in this year's presidential election, which will be a…
FOURTEEN people were killed while several got injured when a massive billboard collapsed on a fuel station amid a strong dust storm in Ghatkopar area of Mumbai, India's financial capital, on Monday (13) afternoon. Dozens of people were feared trapped under the debris. Visuals of the 100-feet billboard falling down…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday (13) evening held a massive roadshow in the city of Varanasi in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh which is also his parliamentary constituency. He was ser to file his nomination from the seat on Tuesday (14). Varanasi will go to polling on…
AWARD-WINNING businessman Puneet Gupta, whose firm donated more than £50,000 to the Conservative Party, has criticized what he perceives as "stagnant" economic growth under prime minister Rishi Sunak and has announced his plan to back the Labour Party instead, The Times reported. Co-owner of the Scottish-based supplier PG Paper alongside…
INDIA'S ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was in the headlines for wrong reasons on Monday (13), when the fourth phase of the country's marathon general elections was held, after one of its high-profile candidates in the city of Hyderabad in the southern state of Telangana. Kompella Madhavi Latha, faced a…
INDIA has not received anything which is specific and worthy of being pursued by its probe agencies, its external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Monday (13) said over a fourth arrest made by Canadian authorities in relation to the killing of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. He said New Delhi…
INDIA on Monday (13) was set to go to the fourth phase of its marathon national elections to elect 96 members of the Lok Sabha or popularly elected Lower House of the parliament. Polling will take place in nine states and one Union Territory (UT) in this phase. The states…
RAJAT PATIDAR'S attacking fifty and inspired bowling set up Royal Challengers Bengaluru's fifth straight win to improve their IPL play-off hopes with a 47-run thrashing of Delhi Capitals on Sunday. Bengaluru posted 187-9 after Cameron Green hit an unbeaten 24-ball 32 and bowlers then combined to bowl out Delhi for…