Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 15, was dismissed for a golden duck as Rajasthan Royals lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad by 57 runs on Monday, with debutants Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain making an impact.The teen prodigy has been the flavour of this season in the T20 tournament with two 15-ball fifties including in the previous match and key…
NEW DELHI: People getting compensation for land acquired for national highway projects have been exempted from payment of income tax and stamp duties, a move that will bring relief to a large number of landowners and farmers. The Union road transport ministry has said that no deduction of tax at source (TDS) shall be made…
NEW DELHI: Norwegian company Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded a key contract to supply 18 large advanced Kamewa waterjet propulsion systems for the Indian Navy’s next-generation missile vessel programme (NGMV).Unlike conventional propellers, waterjets draw water in, accelerate it, and eject it at high speed, delivering superior stealth, high-speed performance and rapid acceleration, exceptional manoeuvrability, reduced…
Released on March 19, 2026, ‘Dhurandhar 2’, written and directed by Aditya Dhar, featuring Ranveer Singh, has completed 26 days at the box office. The movie is only a few days away from finishing a month on the big screen, and its box office figures show nothing but tremendous success. The film closed its 4th…
Sakib Hussain, a 21-year-old uncapped pacer from Gopalganj, Bihar, created history on his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut for Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday against Rajasthan Royals with figures of 4 for 24.Sakib is the seventh player in IPL history to take four or more wickets on debut, and he now also holds the joint fifth-best…
NEW DELHI: Parliament is on the verge of making history, PM Narendra Modi said on Monday ahead of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha taking up his govt’s bills to implement women’s reservation in legislatures from 2029, as he expressed confidence amid demurring voices from Congress and its allies that the opposition will back the…
NEW DELHI: In what could give a political handle to TMC, SC on Monday observed a person born in India has the right to be on electoral roll and the right to vote to elect a government. A part of the bench led by CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi said, “Somewhere we are getting…
NEW DELHI: Two tankers carrying Iranian crude have reached Indian ports, marking the first such deliveries since May 2019. According to ship-tracking data from Kpler, Felicity, a very large crude carrier carrying about two million barrels of oil, anchored off Sikka on Gujarat’s coast late on Sunday. A second tanker, Jaya, also carrying a similar…
NEW DELHI: Nepal PM Balendra “Balen” Shah accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation to visit India even as he initiated a sweeping and radical 100-point governance agenda at home targeting VIP culture, political influence in campuses and bureaucracy, delays in public service, free healthcare access for the poor, safer public transport for women and stress-free…
NEW DELHI: In what may be bad news for India’s farm sector and rural economy, IMD on Monday predicted a ‘below normal’ southwest monsoon (June-Sept) in the country amid growing risk of El Nino, which is linked to depressed summer rainfall over India. “Quantitatively, the seasonal rainfall over the country is likely to be 92%…