Virat Kohli led India to maiden Test series win in Australia on the 2018-19 tour (Agency Photo) NEW DELHI: A young Virat Kohli, just 12 years old, riding on the back of his father Prem Nath Kohli’s scooter with his kit bag perched on the front, is an image that former India cricketer Atul Wassan…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spent nearly Rs 1,494 crore during the 2024 Lok Sabha election, accounting for 44.56 per cent of the total election expenditure, reported news agency PTI on Friday, citing poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).The Congress came in next, spending Rs 620 crore, or 18.5 per cent…
A home is destroyed after a severe storm passed the area in Kentucky. (Picture credit: AP) At least 27 people have been killed and dozens more injured as a series of violent storms and tornadoes tore through parts of the US, leaving behind a trail of destruction. According to news agency AP, Kentucky suffered the…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The British Royal Navy F-35 fighter jet that made an emergency landing Saturday night remains stranded at Thiruvananthapuram airport. A snag in the hydraulic system of the aircraft is delaying its departure.The fighter jet is from the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, sailing around 100 nautical miles off the Kerala coast. Technicians arrived…
Pakistan violated ceasefire, hours after reaching agreement NEW DELHI: After three nights of intense aerial warfare, India and Pakistan reached an understanding to end the fighting that President Donald Trump claimed was “mediated” by the US, but which India insisted was achieved bilaterally through director general of military operations (DGMO)-level talks initiated by the Pakistani…
CHENNAI: The city received 9.2 cm of rain this March, April, and May — 110% more than the average summer rainfall of 4.4 cm — said regional meteorological centre director B Amudha, while formally announcing the onset of the southwest monsoon on Saturday.Southwest monsoon has reached Kerala at least a week ahead of usual June…
Global IT services giant Cognizant Technology Solutions will establish a major IT campus in Visakhapatnam after securing 21.31 acres of land from the Andhra Pradesh government for just 99 paise. The company plans to invest Rs 1,582 crore in the project, which is expected to generate 8,000 jobs over the next eight years.The land allocation…
The bodies of two little children lay rotting for hours at a primary health centre in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district, allegedly because a doctor demanded Rs 10,000 for each post-mortem.The autopsies were conducted only when the stench got media and public attention.Block medical officer Raghavendra Choubey was suspended, and the accused doctor, Aman Jaiswal – posted…
Jyoti Malhotra (Image from Instagram) HISAR: Jyoti Malhotra, the travel blogger recently arrested on charges of espionage for Pakistan, visited four countries between Jan and May this year, including Pakistan. Notably, she travelled to Pakistan just 17 days after meeting a person identified as Danish.Records from Malhotra’s Facebook page, Travel with Joe, detail an extensive…
Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant. (AP) Rishabh Pantdidn’t take kindly to social media rumour of his future at the Lucknow Super Giants. The rumour, without mentioning a source, said Pant was was most likely to be released by the franchise.It added that the team felt Rs 27 crore was “too much” for him, referring…
