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India storm into T20 World Cup final with 68-run drubbing of England
Georgetown: India flaunted their superabundance of talent in a display of absolute dominance to storm into the final of the T20 World Cup with a 68-run shellacking of England in their semi-final…
- News
Punjab: CM Mann takes swipe at SAD chief who faces rebellion
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Thursday took a swipe at Sukhbir Singh Badal, saying the SAD chief will campaign against the candidate who has been allotted his party’s symbol for the…
- India
Sanjay Raut wants Uddhav Thackeray as next Maha ‘CM face’, faces pushback
New Delhi: Shiv Sena-UBT MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday contended party President and former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray should be projected as the next CM of Maharashtra for the upcoming Assembly elections,…
- India
Video: BJP leader threatens to slaughter 2 lakh Muslims
A video of BJP leader Karnail Singh, threatening to “slaughter 2 lakh Muslims” in front of police officers has gone viral on social media, sparking outrage among members of the minority community.…
- India
Mamata Banerjee gives one month to hawkers to clear ‘encroachment’
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday gave a month’s time to hawkers to clear footpaths and stretches of roads they have “encroached”, and constituted a panel to conduct a…
- India
Opposition to raise NEET issue in both houses of Parliament on Friday
New Delhi: Leaders of the INDIA opposition bloc have decided to raise the NEET issue in both houses of Parliament on Friday and members will give notices in this regard, sources have…
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Strongly condemn attacks against Muslims since LS poll results: CPI(M)
New Delhi: The CPI(M) Politburo on Thursday condemned a “spate of attacks against members of the Muslim community” in various parts of the country since the announcement of Lok Sabha poll results,…
- India
NDA open to having Deputy Speaker in Lok Sabha: Sources
New Delhi: The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is open to the idea of having a deputy speaker in the Lok Sabha, sources said on Thursday, stressing that a call on the…
- World
India strongly dismisses ‘baseless’ remarks on Kashmir by Pakistan in UNSC
United Nations: India has strongly dismissed and condemned the “baseless” remarks on Kashmir made by a Pakistani diplomat during a UN Security Council debate on children and armed conflict, calling it another…
- India
CBI team records statements of NEET candidates, school owner in Godhra
Godhra: A CBI team investigating the NEET-UG malpractices case on Thursday recorded statements of three candidates who had allegedly paid an accused for helping them clear the medical entrance test held at…
- India
Remove Ajit Pawar from ruling alliance, says BJP leader at party meet; NCP fumes
Pune: A BJP office-bearer from Shirur in Maharashtra’s Pune district has sought the removal of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and his NCP from the ruling alliance, which also consists of Chief…
- News
‘No love lost for BJP’, says Uddhav Thackeray on lift ride with Devendra Fadnavis
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) president and ex-Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday categorically declared that his ‘lift-ride’ with MahaYuti ally and Bharatiya Janata Party’s Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis was a “sheer…
- India
NEET-UG row: NSUI members barge into NTA office, demand its closure
New Delhi: Members of NSUI, Congress’s students wing, barged inside the office of the National Testing Agency (NTA), which is at the centre of NEET-UG row over allegations of alleged irregularities in…
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Rahul meets LS Speaker, says Emergency reference could have been avoided
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi met Speaker Om Birla on Thursday and voiced his displeasure over the reference to Emergency made by the chair, saying it…
- Books
Aakhri Sawarian is novel of epic proportions by Syed Ashraf that takes reader to times of Timur Lame
By Qazi Obaidur Rahman Hashmi The novel, Akhri Sawarian (The Last Rides), by Syed Mohammed Ashraf woven around a well-knit plot, captures the reader’s attention at its outset. Written in first person,…
