Shreyas Iyer and Gautam Gambhir (X-BCCI) India captain Shreyas Iyer has insisted he is ready to embrace the challenges of leading the national T20I side, saying he always believed the opportunity would come after consistent performances for both his IPL franchise and the country. Iyer, who was appointed India’s new T20I captain in place of…
Kolkata: Four bikers were injured in two separate accidents in the city between Friday night and Saturday morning. All of them wore helmets and escaped fatal injuries. Rajesh Jindal (55) of Golabari in Howrah was hit by a mini truck near Rabindra Sadan around 6.30 am on Saturday and is still admitted at SSKM hospital….
Parents protest outside Shiksha Sankul in Jaipur Thursday Jaipur: Parents of students selected under the Right to Education (RTE) protested at Shiksha Sankul in Jaipur Thursday, claiming that over 1 lakh children have yet to receive their admissions for the current academic year.They have issued a 10-day ultimatum to the education department to resolve the…
Defence minister Rajnath Singh and South Korean minister of patriots & veterans affairs Kwon Oh-eul on Thursday jointly inaugurated the Indian War Memorial at Imjingak Park in Seoul. Rajnath called the memorial “a fitting tribute to Indian troops’ valour, sacrifice and humanitarian contribution during the Korean War”.Constructed as part of the commemorative events marking the…
Guwahati: A team from Bajali district’s Sarupeta police station on Sunday arrested four individuals from Bajali for their alleged involvement in a cyber fraud racket.According to police, the accused have been identified as Aditya Tiwari and Rahul Kumar, both residents of Bihar, along with Jitumoni Rai of Hakartup village in Bajali and Ranjan Das of…
Pune: Pune division, comprising Pune, Ahilyanagar, and Solapur districts, achieved an overall pass percentage of 91.3%, securing the second rank among all the nine administrative divisions in Maharashtra. It was Pune’s performance in science and commerce that led to its jump from the 6th place in 2025 to a spot behind Konkan division that topped…
Lucknow: Doctors at a city hospital performed scarless robotic surgery on a 35-year-old tonsil cancer patient, who recovered within four days. The tumour was removed through the mouth without external cuts, scars or treatment that calls for prolonged recovery.The patient, Shakeel Ahmad of Bahraich, was diagnosed with Stage II tonsil cancer after persistent throat pain…
The worker suffered severe leg injuries while drilling a hole for controlled blasting Pune: A 35-year-old construction worker, Babalu Shaikh, suffered severe leg injuries while drilling a hole for controlled blasting at a construction site in Ravet on Tuesday afternoon.The Ravet police have registered a case under section 288 (negligent conduct with respect to explosive…
Kolkata: In a fresh crackdown on illegal arms and ammunition stockpiles in Sandeshkhali, a team of West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) on Thursday recovered a massive cache of weapons and ammunition from the Nazat area, once considered a stronghold of jailed former Trinamool neta Sheikh Shahjahan.Acting on intelligence inputs, STF personnel conducted a raid…
Bengaluru: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have found that low-frequency ultrasound can selectively kill oral cancer cells while leaving healthy cells largely unharmed, raising the possibility of a less invasive treatment for one of India’s most common cancers.Oral cancer remains a major public health challenge in India, largely because of widespread tobacco…
