BARBADOS: Australia batter Steve Smith is confident he will be fit to return from injury for the second Test against the West Indies in Grenada after he ventured to a baseball field for his first hit since suffering the injury in the World Test Championship final.

NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu is set to begin her two-day visit to Gorakhpur on Monday and will attend the first convocation ceremony of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Gorakhpur.

GIDDERBAHA: It is a moment of great pride and honor for Guru Gobind College of Management and Technology, Gidderbaha, as its Principal, Dr. Rajinder Kumar Uppal, has been conferred with the prestigious India Iconic Award for his Outstanding Contribution in Research and Education.

THAILAND: After a phone call between Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and the former Cambodian leader Hun Sen was leaked, thousands of protestors gathered in the Thai capital, Bangkok and demanded the Prime Minister's resignation.

MUMBAI: Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani's production banner Excel Entertainment has joined forces with Anupam Kher's production studio for "Tanvi The Great".

NEW DELHI: As recent export restrictions imposed by China on key rare earth materials disrupt global supply chains, India has been taking a series of steps on the domestic front to mitigate possible disruptions, according to Finance Ministry.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Hours after the UPSC team, which met in New Delhi on Thursday, zeroed in on three candidates from the list given by the Kerala government for the job of the new State Police Chief (SPC), Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has sought legal opinion on it.

CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party's much-publicised zero-tolerance policy on corruption has come under scrutiny after the Punjab Police filed a closure report in the high-profile bribery case involving AAP MLA and former Health Minister Dr. Vijay Singla, who was arrested and dismissed from the cabinet in May 2022—barely two months after the party assumed power in the state.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday recalled the murder of the Constitution during the Emergency imposed by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975, highlighting the need for reminding youth about the dark chapter of democracy.

NEW DELHI: Love your morning cup of coffee? A new study has shown that it may not only energise you but also help slow down ageing and boost longevity.

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court ruled that district judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions against the Trump administration's executive order to effectively end birthright citizenship.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau during its drive against corruption in the has registered a case against Avtar Singh, ASI (Local Rank), posted at city Police Station, Rampura, in Bathinda district and Rajdeep Singh, a Panchayat member from village Rampura, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000.

CHENNAI: The race for the title at the inaugural Hockey India Masters Cup (Women) reached its final stretch as Hockey Association of Odisha and Hockey Punjab sealed their places in the final after registering impressive wins in their respective semifinal matches here at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium.

NEW DELHI: As Taiwanese giant Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd (better known as Foxconn) gets its government’s regulatory nod for $2.2 billion investment in India and the US, the New Delhi's position on the global manufacturing map has become more visible, with tech giants aiming to diversify their supply chains and slowly moving away from China.

LUCKNOW: In a shocking incident, a newborn was found missing from a district hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district.

CHENNAI: In a bid to promote sports at the grassroots level and enhance revenue generation, the Tamil Nadu Sports Department will set up futsal and box cricket turfs in all 38 districts of the state.

NEW DELHI: The practice of probe agencies issuing summons to legal professionals for rendering their opinion to clients has come under the judicial scanner of the Supreme Court. A Bench of Justices K.V. Viswanathan and N.K. Singh prima facie opined that such summons were untenable in law and threatened the autonomy of the legal profession.

MUMBAI: After waiting in the wings for his opportunity, Bhupinder Singh eventually made his way into the Rugby Premier League as a replacement player after Sumit Roy from Hyderabad Heroes picked up an injury.

AHMEDABAD: Adani Total Gas Ltd (ATGL) and Jio-bp (operating brand of Reliance BP Mobility) on Wednesday announced a key collaboration to redefine the auto fuel retail experience for the consumers in the country.

DHAKA: The Awami League has accused the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the radical Islamist party Hefazat-e-Islam of vandalising and looting the residence of the party's Netrokona Vice President Prashanta Kumar Roy in a violent attack following a recent rally in the district.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the state of Uttar Pradesh to pay a provisional compensation of Rs 5 lakh for delaying the release of an accused from Ghaziabad District Jail on the ground that a sub-section of the anti-conversion law under which he was booked was omitted in the bail order.

MUMBAI: The Indian benchmark indices opened over 400 points up on Wednesday amid positive global cues, as buying was seen in the IT, auto and pharma sectors in the early trade.

CHANDIGARH: Pulling up its socks well in 4 months advance of the Paddy procurement season 2025, Punjab Government led by the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann undertook a path breaking initiative by constituting a Group of Ministers (GoM) for supervising food grain procurement and ensuring smooth Wheat and Paddy Procurement in the coming seasons in the State. The GoM held its first meeting today at Punjab Bhawan Chandigarh.

BHOPAL: A case of vigilantism has come to light in the Hata police station area of Damoh district in Madhya Pradesh, where two farmers transporting bulls for agricultural use were allegedly assaulted by self-styled cow protectors (Gau Rakshaks).

MUMBAI: Acclaimed star Pankaj Tripathi has opened up about how his growing up days in Bihar influenced his craft in acting.

LUDHIANA, June 23: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) faced a severe blow in the Ludhiana West by-election, as its candidate Advocate Parupkar Singh Ghuman managed to secure only 8203 votes, finishing a distant fourth and losing his security deposit—a symbolic and strategic defeat that is likely to intensify infighting within the party and cast doubts on SAD's future electoral prospects under the leadership of Sukhbir Singh Badal.

MUMBAI: Actor Varun Dhawan will next be seen in the much-awaited sequel "Border 2," where he will share the screen with Sunny Deol, Ahan Shetty, and Diljit Dosanjh.

KAITHAL: A case of duping of four youths of Rs 1.20 crore on the pretext of sending them to America has come to light. In this case, the accused kept youths in countries like Dubai and Africa instead of sending them to America . Later they all had to return to India after staying there for several months.

MUMBAI: India opener Prithvi Shaw has sought a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) with a wish to leave Mumbai and play for another team in the upcoming 2025/26 domestic cricket season.

MUMBAI: Veteran actor Kanwarjeet Paintal has joined the cast of the popular television show “Anupamaa.”

NEW DELHI: Hockey India on Monday extended heartfelt congratulations to veteran forward Lalit Kumar Upadhyay as he announced his retirement from international hockey, bringing the curtains down on a remarkable career that spanned over a decade—from 2014 to 2025.

NEW DELHI: On Olympic Day, ICC chairman Jay Shah celebrated cricket's return to the quadrennial extravaganza and urged everyone to take a step towards a stronger, healthier India under ‘Let’s Move?' campaign.

MUMBAI: Amid ongoing controversy over the Maharashtra government’s policy on the inclusion of Hindi “generally” as the third language in the curriculum in Marathi and English schools from Classes 1 to 5 from the academic year 2025-26, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has convened a meeting on Monday to discuss the issue and review its implementation.

LUCKNOW: A one day strike on 9th July will be held across the country against privatisation of the power sector in UP with the active participation of farmers and consumer forums , said Shailendra Dubey Chairman All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF).

MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Chitrangda Singh spoke candidly about how her dynamic with Akshay Kumar has transformed over the years.

BAHRAICH: A probe has been ordered into a viral video of a lady officer, allegedly getting drunk and 'bullying' the Bahraich police.

CHANDAULI: Violence erupted in Manrajpur village under the limits of Saiyyedraja police station in Chandauli district late on Sunday night after a 21-year-old girl Nisha Yadav died due to alleged thrashing by police during a raid.

MOHALI: Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Jhanjeri organized third Annual Convocation at it’s Campus. Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayar, Education Minister, Punjab was the Chief Guest at the moment. As many as 1307 Degrees conferred and 96 topper of PTU were honored with medals.

CHENNAI: One more Okinawa electric scooter went up in flames in Tamil Nadu's Krishnagiri district on Saturday morning.

PUNE: When newbies Lucknow Super Giants acquired the services of left-arm pacer Mohsin Khan in the mega auction, it didn't cause much excitement. After all, the 23-year-old tall left-arm pacer from Uttar Pradesh had been a member of Mumbai Indians for the last three seasons but had been warming the bench.

SAN FRANCISCO: The ongoing Covid-19 lockdowns in China are set to make a huge dent in Apple revenue for the April-June quarter as the company has indicated up to $8 billion loss in sales especially owing to the Shanghai lockdown.

SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk has reportedly lined up a new CEO to take over from Indian-origin Parag Agrawal, as Twitter co-founder Jack Dorseys name was making the rounds who quit in November last year to focus on his financial payments company Block.

MALAPPURAM: Two quick-fire goals at the start of the game helped West Bengal thrash Manipur 3-0 in the second semi-final of the 75th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy at the Manjeri Payyanad Stadium, here on Friday.

LONDON: A cloud of uncertainty confronts Northern Ireland, one of the four constituents comprising the UK, as it goes to the polls to elect 90 members to its regional Assembly on May 5.

PATIALA: The Patiala district magistrate today imposed curfew from 7 PM to 6 AM in Patiala as a precautionary measure after two groups belonging to Shiv Sena and some Sikh organisation clashed. Several persons were injured.

BAREILLY: A man purportedly hanged himself after killing his wife and infant daughter in Bareilly on Friday, the police said.

MUMBAI: Actress Rasika Dugal is quite excited about her upcoming show 'Adhura' in which she has got a chance to explore a new genre of horror.

NEW DELHI: Industry leaders and experts on Friday raised alarm over the failing corporate governance in the Indian startup ecosystem, after another startup Zilingo suspended its CEO and co-founder, Ankiti Bose, over alleged financial irregularities, and she is now gearing up to fight back.

MATHURA: In a shocking incident, a young bride was shot dead allegedly by a jilted lover during her wedding ceremony, police said on Friday.

CHANDIGARH: Without any provocation from Sikhs, the members of Shiv Sena Bal Thakrey today held an anti-khalistan protest in Patiala which led to clash with the Sikh groups who opposed Shiv Sena's action.

ETAWAH: A 20-year-old youth ended his life by allegedly committing suicide in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district after he allegedly shot dead his girlfriend, police said on Friday.

MUMBAI: It seemed that Kolkata Knight Riders were on the path to recovery in Match 41 of IPL 2022 with skipper Shreyas Iyer and Nitesh Rana at the crease on Thursday.

NEW YORK: Meta surged 17.6 per cent on Thursday after a buoyant update for the first time since Q4 in February had sent the stock reeling 26 per cent, its worst-day ever.

NEW YORK: Amazon.com Inc. has delivered a slow quarter and outlook.

LUCKNOW: Tight security is in place in state capital Lucknow for the 'Alvida namaz' offered on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramzan.

SHAMLI: Two accused persons, who were arrested and later released on bail, in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district are now charged with the alleged killing of a 25-year-old youth whom they suspected to be a police informer,

BHUBANESWAR: A couple along with their 15-month-old girl child from Maharashtra were found hanging in their rented house in Odisha's Bhubaneswar, police said on Thursday.

NEW YORK: Ahead of Twitter's imminent takeover by Elon Musk, the world's richest man, its CEO Parag Agrawal replied to a quip by a parody account. "I thought we were fired", with a "nope! we are still here".

MUMBAI: Actor Anurag Vyas, who was previously seen in 'Rakshabandhan... Rasal Apne Bhai Ki Dhal', enjoys writing.

BENGALURU: Support poured in for Kannada actor Kiccha Sudeep over the Hindi row and his Twitter conversation with Bollywood star Ajay Devgn as the Kannada film industry and top political leaders backed Sudeep.

MUMBAI: 'Superstar Singer 2' captain Pawandeep Rajan opens up about his journey from being an 'Indian Idol' winner to becoming a captain and the kind of talent he has come across so far.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana are both facing a power shortages of about 2000 MW leading to the imposition of long power cuts for 6 to 8 hours on rural domestic consumers and of lesser duration in cities.

BANDA (Uttar Pradesh):  A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and zila panchayat member has been found allegedly hanging from the ceiling of a room in her house under the Sadar Kotwali police circle in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, police said.

LAKHIMPUR: A Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) jawan has been booked for allegedly raping a 24-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district, police said.

MUMBAI: Veteran actress Supriya Pathak, who will be soon seen in the upcoming family drama-comedy series, 'Home Shanti', recently opened up about her character in the web show.

CHENNAI: At a time when some electric two-wheelers are catching fire spontaneously, a Tamil Nadu physiotherapist, fed up with his Ola scooter's poor performance and service, set the vehicle on fire.

CHENNAI: Vellore district police have installed Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras at border check posts to auto-detect traffic offenders.

NEW DELHI: Rohit Sharma surprised the world as he walked onto the pitch in a pair of customized adidas shoes. The brand has been an advocate of ending plastic waste in the oceans for many years now.

NEW DELHI: Bitcoin investors are likely to lose up to $545 million this year, owing to various reasons like forgetting passwords to their wallets or making a mistake in recording their "seed phrases", according to a new report.

NEW DELHI: The $31 billion fintech market in India is set for a disruption with the emergence of neobanks and to scale and secure a foothold, these digital-only banks should acquire primary bank accounts, a new report said on Wednesday.

PATIALA: To meet with the rising demand of electricity in the ongoing paddy season, the Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), A. Venu Prasad on Tuesday visited the state load dispatch center (SLDC) and reviewed the power supply situation for all categories of consumers.

NEW DELHI: India's gross GST revenue collection fell below the psychological mark of Rs 1 lakh crore for the first time this year, clocking Rs 92,849 crore in June 2021, as collections fell due to disruptions caused by the fresh wave of Covid-19.

DHAKA: Urgent actions were required to increase Covid-19 vaccine supplies for Bangladesh as hospitals have reached their capacity and oxygen supplies were running short due to an ongoing rapid Covid-19 resurgence, a global humanitarian organisation said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: Inflation risks for 2021 remain skewed to the upside, especially core readings, on higher commodities' prices, said DBS Group in a research report.

MANILA: The Philippines has reported a 57.3 per cent increase in the country's suicide rate in 2020 from 2019, according to an official report.From the 2,810 registered deaths due to intentional self-harm in 2019, this spiked to 4,420 in 2020," Xinhua news agency quoted the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) report released on Monday as saying.

 NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Tuesday introduced India's first FASTag or Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based parking facility to reduce the time for entry and payment. This has been done to come up with similar facilities at more of Delhi Metro's parking spaces across the city and the National Capital Region (NCR).

CHENNAI:The AIADMK leadership has expelled nine middle-level functionaries of the party for having openly issued support to former interim general secretary of the party, V.K. Sasikala.

LUCKNOW:The political stage is set for another grassroots election with the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) announcing the schedule for block pramukh (chairperson of the kshetra panchayats) polls.

SAMBHAL(Uttar Pradesh): A 22-year-old woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her husband's house, barely three days after the wedding.

LUCKNOW: A madrasa in Lucknow will convert into a Covid care clinic from Wednesday, paving the way for more such initiatives.The charitable clinic at Madrasa Abu Talib in the densely populated Kashmiri Mohalla area will be inaugurated by its patron, Maulana Saif Abbas and will provide timely and free medical facility to patients.

LUCKNOW:A total of 50.09 lakh people in Uttar Pradesh have become fully vaccinated against the pandemic virus.
Over 8.38 lakh vaccinations took place on Monday alone.

SYDNEY: Australian Test skipper Tim Paine has said he will go with Steve Smith's decision if he desires to skip the ICC T20 World Cup in order to be fit for the gruelling Ashes series beginning in December.

SAMBHAL (Uttar Pradesh): A 22-year-old woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her husband's house, barely three days after the wedding.

PHAGWARA: One Newly Wedded Young Couple of Ludhiana was killed in a road mishap near Phillaur on Monday.

NEW DELHI: The worst fears are coming true. Terror outfit—the Taliban has imposed new rules and regulations in districts which it has snatched from the Afghan forces.

NEW DELHI/LAHORE:There are sections in the Pakistani society who feel that those of the likes of Hafeez Saeed, Sajid Mir, Asghar Rauf, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi are elements who are solely responsible for the ever deteriorating relations between New Delhi and Islamabad. Hence the possibility of internal groups targeting Saeed cannot be ruled out, sources said.

PATIALA:The Construction of water treatment plants and laying of transmission pipeline under Canal based Water Supply Project coming up at MANDOLI, PABRA and NANOWAL, is going on full swing and the project would be completed within stipulated time, said officials of the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (Public Health) Department, here, today.

 CHANDIGARH:Continuing its all-out efforts to enhance quality power supply hours to farmers, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) on Sunday supplied on average 10.3 hours of electricity across the state for paddy operations.

NEW DELHI: In a massive action, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday carried out searches at over 40 locations in Uttar Pradesh in connection with a fresh case it registered in the alleged irregularities in the Gomti Riverfront project.

MEERUT(Uttar Pradesh):In a case of 'honour' killing, a man allegedly shot dead his daughter and her friend after spotting them together, police said on Monday.
The teenagers, aged 16 and 18, were friends for the past few months and the girl's father had strongly objected to their relationship.

LUCKNOW:Uttar Pradesh has planted a massive 25.5 crore saplings across the state in a single day, as part of a mega plantation drive.The Yogi Adityanath government had fixed the target of planting 30 crore saplings in July, out of which 25.5 crore were planted on Sunday alone.

RAE BARELI(Uttar Pradesh):An undertrial, accused of raping a minor, allegedly hanged himself in the washroom of a hospital in Rae Bareli, police said.
The deceased, Ram Baran Yadav, 38, was suffering from depression and had been admitted to the hospital on Friday. He was found hanging on Sunday.

LUCKNOW: Eight staff members of a shelter home in Motinagar area in Lucknow, including an art and craft teacher, have been booked after five girl inmates escaped.

MUMBAI: Screenwriter Kanika Dhillon, whose new film "Haseen Dillruba" is out, has opened up about what draws her towards complex and grey characters. She says she does not understand straightlaced people in real or in reel life.

NEW DELHI: Around 50 per cent of the schools being run by the Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCDs) in the capital have failed to maintain pupil-teacher ratio (PTR) under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Sunday.

CHANDIGARH: On the directions of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is ensuring uninterrupted 8-hour electricity supply to farmers daily for paddy sowing even amidst unprecedented demand hike across domestic sector.

LUCKNOW:The results of the panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh may have left the ruling BJP in an elated mood, but it also serves as a lesson for the opposition that is hopeful of toppling the incumbent Yogi Adityanath government in the next assembly elections.

HYDERABAD:July 4 (IANS) Continuing its special drive for vaccination for the 18-44 year age group, Telangana has administered over 1.17 lakh doses for this beneficiary group.

KOLKATA:Former Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Deep Dasgupta feels India Test team vice-captain, Ajinkya Rahane, is "not the same player" he used to be five-six years ago when he scored tons of runs at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium batting at No. 3.

CHANDIGARH:On the directions of Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is ensuring uninterrupted 8-hour electricity supply to farmers daily for paddy sowing even amidst unprecedented demand hike across domestic sector.

CHENNAI:MDMK leader and MP Vaiko on Sunday called upon the Tamil Nadu government to immediately act on the dam being constructed by the Karnataka government on the Markendeya river and take up the issue with the Centre.

LUCKNOW: Nine new medical colleges will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi this month. The final date for the event is yet to be decided.According to a government spokesperson, the new medical colleges are in Deoria, Etah, Fatehpur, Ghazipur, Hardoi, Jaunpur, Mirzapur, Pratapgarh and Siddhartha Nagar districts.

BADAUN: In a bizarre incident, a young man has found that his ex-wife is now his step mother and what is more, he even has a 'brother', fathered by his father.

MUKERIAN: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal today asked chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh and Mining department minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria to disclose which rules permitted excavations up to 200 feet to extract sand, adding land along several villages in this constituency had been ravaged by the sand mafia in active connivance with the district police and mining department.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Water Resources Minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria on Friday lashed out at Sukhbir Singh Badal for his misleading and distorted statement regarding the supply of canal water to the farmers and presented a true picture of the situation.