2023

NEW DELHI: Pakistan's plans for a pre-World Cup team bonding trip to Dubai have been called off due to delays in obtaining their visas for travel to India on Friday, according to ESPNcricinfo.The 'Men in Green' had initially scheduled a trip to the UAE for next week, where they would spend a few days before proceeding to Hyderabad for their first warm-up match against New Zealand on September 29....

THANE: A special recovery officer of the co-operative department accused of corruption has been acquitted by the special Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) court in Thane as the prosecution failed to prove charges against him. Hauserao Ramchandra Gawade was given the benefit of doubt by the Special Judge (ACB) Amit M Shete.According to the prosecution's case, in 2009, the complainant on her return from London...

KOLKATA: Dengue continues to claim lives in Kolkata and Bidhannagar with two senior citizens being the latest victims of the vector-borne infection. The two - one from Salt Lake and the other from Baghajatin - died of the disease on Thursday night. Both were being treated in the same hospital off EM Bypass. While Kolkata has reported at least a dozen dengue deaths this year, this is the first death in...

CHENNAI: A sub-inspector of police, who had voluntarily retired from service recently, was arrested for sexually abusing a Class IX student at Royapuram. The retired SI, Jebakumar, 55, resides in an apartment complex in Royapuram. On Thursday, a 14-year-old girl living nearby informed her parents that Jebakumar had been sexually abusing her at a park in the neighbourhood.Acting on a complaint filed by...

NEW DELHI: CM Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said his government will soon ensure round-the-clock supply of water in every part of the capital.Addressing a public meeting in Bijwasan assembly constituency in southwest Delhi, Kejriwal said providing free water and electricity were the two basic promises he had made to the residents of Delhi and he had succeeded in that to a large extent."Delhi and Punjab...

MUMBAI: After the Supreme Court last week pulled up Maharashtra assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar over the Shiv Sena MLAs disqualification case, the Shiv Sena (UBT) said on Friday it will move the SC seeking disqualification of three rebel Sena MLCs including the legislative council's deputy chairperson Neelam Gorhe. Gorhe joined CM Eknath Shinde's group in July this year.Sena (UBT) MLC Anil Parab said...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has acquitted two death row convicts and one lifer in a murder case due to shoddy probe into the killing of a 15-year-old boy in MP.Anguished over "disappointing, inept and unscientific police investigations", the court called for framing of a code of investigation to infuse efficiency and professionalism in the police force. Supreme Court: Benefit of doubt given due to weak...

NEW DELHI: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said that Canada shared evidence on allegations behind Khalistan leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killing with the Indian government weeks ago."Canada has shared the credible allegations that I talked about on Monday with India. We did that many weeks ago," Trudeau told a news conference in Ottawa. "We are there to work constructively with India....

NEW DELHI: India's stand-in captain KL Rahul sees great value in placing himself in "demanding situations," particularly after his return from a prolonged injury break.In the absence of Rohit Sharma, Rahul was named captain for the first two ODIs against Australia. He scored an impressive undefeated 58 runs in India's five-wicket victory, claiming a 1-0 lead in the three-match series, which serves as a...

KOLKATA: Six people who were diagnosed with dengue died in West Bengalon Friday, taking this year's toll in the state to over 30, officials said. Two patients died at a private hospital in Kolkata while undergoing treatment. One of them was a resident of Salt Lake and the other was from Bagha Jatin, they said. Two persons died in Ghatal in Pachim Medinipur, and two persons died in nearby Kharagpur, they...