India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: India’s batters will get an important chance to prepare for Sri Lanka’s spin challenge when they take on a Sri Lanka XI in a three-day warm-up match at the Nondescripts Cricket Club from Friday. The match comes just ahead of the two-Test series against Sri Lanka, with the first…
Navi Mumbai: About 7,000 contractual employees of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) are set to receive an additional Rs 7,000-Rs 8,000 in monthly wages if a proposal prepared by Leader of the House in NMMC and former Mayor Sagar Naik is approved at the next general body meeting on May 20.The proposal followed sustained…
CHENNAI/THANJAVUR: Former Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin was on Tuesday arrested for his alleged double entendre alluding to a popular female actor. He was released later in the evening on station bail.Udhayanidhi, TVK supporters said, had made a sexually loaded remark linking CM Joseph Vijay with an actress whose name the crowd was…
HYDERABAD: A 13-year-old girl from Ethiopia, who was travelling to Hyderabad for cancer treatment, died on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight, police said on Saturday.The girl had been undergoing treatment for cancer for the last three years. She died while the aircraft was in transit.After the aircraft landed at 1 am on Saturday, she was…
The move to up the gold import duty comes days after PM Narendra Modi appeals to citizens to avoid unnecessary gold purchases for a year. (AI image) In a bid to keep foreign exchange reserves buffer intact, the government has raised the import duty on gold and silver to 15% from 6%. India is the…
Kota Police seized Rs 2.24 crore in suspected hawala cash KOTA: Police in Rajasthan’s Kota district seized Rs 2.24 crore in suspected hawala cash from a luxury car allegedly travelling from Uttar Pradesh to Gujarat and detained two persons during a late-night checking drive, officials said on Wednesday.According to Superintendent of Police (Kota Rural) Sujit…
Trees already covered under Haryana’s Pran Vayu Devta Pension Scheme will not qualify Gurgaon: Haryana farmers will be rewarded with at least Rs 500 for every tree they conserve, as the state looks to arrest the decline of native trees outside forests and boost biodiversity conservation.Haryana govt has begun work on a first-of-its-kind scheme —…
On this auspicious day, goddess Gayatri Devi is worshipped with devotion. This the birth anniversary of Gayatri Mata and people celebrate this day with great enthusiasm. Veda Mata, or the mother of all Vedas, is another name for Goddess Gayatri. Gayatri Jayanti holds a great significance in the states of South India and the festival…
Panaji: Solicitor general Tushar Mehta, appearing for Goa, told the Bombay high court on Friday that the trial court had allowed the defence to ask objectionable questions to the survivor during the trial of Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal in the alleged rape case.The survivor had complained that Tejpal raped her in a hotel elevator in…
Pradeep Ranganathan’s latest, ‘LIK’ (Love Insurance Kompany), a futuristic romantic drama, has garnered mixed reviews but crossed ₹50 crore worldwide by day nine. The film, set in 2040 where a dating app guarantees relationships, stars Ranganathan and Krithi Shetty. Despite a slow second week, its premise explores technology versus natural emotions in love. After ‘Dude’,…
