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Leeds: Former India batsman-turned-pundit Sanjay Manjrekar’s opinion that he prefers full-time batsmen and bowlers as compared to ‘bits and pieces’ cricketers hasn’t gone down well with India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. Speaking to IANS, Manjrekar has said on the eve of the Bangladesh game that he still wanted to back Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav despite […]

Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has released a recruitment notification for the positions of ‘Experienced Non-Executive Personnel’. Interested and eligible candidates can apply for the positions before the deadline. The last date to submit application for the same is July 23, 2019. IOCL Jobs 2019 Vacancy Detail Post and Vacancies Experienced Non-Executive Personnel – 129 […]

New Delhi: India’s ambitious plan of building a space station is at a nascent stage, and foreign collaborations for it have not yet been finalised, the government said on Wednesday. The space station, which is planned after India’s first manned mission to space – Gaganyaan in 2022, will be of modular design, with the initial […]

Islamabad: The Pakistan government on Wednesday booked Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed and three other members of the banned outfit for terror financing and facilitation, according to Pakistani media. Similar cases were also filed by the Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (PCTD) against people associated with other banned trusts operating as […]

New Delhi: Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) based applications will create over 28 lakh jobs in rural India over a period of 8 to 10 years with an annual value of Rs 60,000 crore, a study by Broadband India Forum (BIF) has shown. Out of the 28 lakh jobs, at least 21 […]

Chester-le-Street: England entered the World Cup semifinals for the first time since the 1992 edition, beating an erring New Zealand by 119 runs to fuel their “dream” of winning a maiden title. Jonny Bairstow, who smashed 106 off 99 balls to become the first Englishman to score back-to-back hundreds in a World Cup, was mainly […]

New Delhi:  Emphasising quality education to the remotest corner of the country, Union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Wednesday said that schools have the responsibility of preparing the country’s future leadership. He said the Human Resource Development Ministry has cleared the way for appointment of more than 7,000 teachers and other staff in Kendriya […]

New Delhi: Soon after Rahul Gandhi said that he was no longer the Congress chief, party leaders said he would continue as the party President till the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meets and accepts his resignation. The CWC is the party’s top decision-making body, is authrized to start the process of electing Gandhi’s successor. A […]

Tegucigalpa: At least 26 people have been killed after a fishing boat capsized off the coast of Honduras, officials said. Another 47 people were rescued from the vessel, which sank off the country’s eastern Mosquitia region on the Caribbean coast, the BBC reported on Thursday. The 70-tonne boat was packed with fisherman after the government […]

Mumbai: The key Indian equity indices opened on a positive note ahead of the presentation of the Economic Survey in Parliament. The Economic Survey will show the situation of the country’s economy and its several segments and talk about the issues it may face in future. At 9.35 a.m., the BSE Sensex traded at 39,917.74, […]

New Delhi: Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram were back in action on Thursday morning after affecting millions of users across its platforms globally, including in India. Some users, however, still reported failed messaging and image download issues. Users in India had night-long problems in sending photos, videos and voice messages on WhatsApp. Only the text messages […]

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has set up a team of experts to investigate the incident of wall collapse at Pimpripada in Malad, in which 26 people were killed. The team, which comprises experts from the IIT Bombay and Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), has been asked to submit a report within 15 days, […]

Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, along with his wife Sonal Shah, performed the ‘Mangala Aarti’ on Thursday morning at the historic Jagannath Temple here, to kick-start the annual Gujarat Jagannath Rath Yatra that coincides with the Puri festival. Shah, who continues as the national Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President, was on his first visit […]

Mumbai: A Mumbai Magistrate on Thursday granted bail to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on a personal bond of Rs 15,000 in connection with a defamation case filed by an RSS worker, a party leader said. The surety amount was provided by former Mumbai MP Eknath Gaikwad who accompanied him to the hearing. Earlier, during the […]

New Delhi/ Islamabad: Even as Pakistani authorities have booked Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed and 12 other leaders of the charity, that is a front for the Lashkar-e-Taiba, for terror financing, India would be watching the developments closely to see whether Islamabad is sincere in its action against terror this time. […]