Surat: For the Surat Municipal Corporation election, Ward 25 — Limbayat-Udhna Yard — has the highest number of contestants, 26, making it the most crowded electoral ward in the city. Ward 18, covering Limbayat, Parvat and Kumbhariya, and Ward 30, comprising Kansad, Sachin, Unn and Abhva, are jointly second with 24 candidates each.The higher numbers…
Rajasthan goalkeeper James Kithan was adjudged Man-of-the-Match for his fine performance against Dempo, particularly in the first half Margao: Dempo SC thought they had done enough in the first half to merit a win, but Rajasthan United FC had other ideas. The visitors turned the tables on their opponents with a come-from-behind 2-1 win in…
Hyderabad: BRS former MLA Mohammed Shakeel’s son, Mohammed Raheel Aamir, who has been based in Dubai since 2023, has surrendered before the Jubilee Hills police in connection with a 2022 fatal hit-and-run incident that claimed the life of a balloon seller’s infant son. Acting on directions from the high court, police questioned him and subsequently…
Hyderabad: Surrendered senior Maoist leader Tippiri Thirupathi alias Devji revealed to the Telangana police about the Maoists’ military training links with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), as well as with Maoist groups in the Philippines and Nepal. He also disclosed that the Maoists built barrel grenade launchers and ran arms units from Bhopal,…
Pune: The Union transport ministry has granted permission to state govt to resume manual fitness tests of vehicles until Oct this year, Pune MP and MoS for civil aviation Murlidhar Mohol said on Saturday.Earlier, the ministry had mandated that vehicle fitness tests could only be conducted at Automated Testing Stations (ATS). However, with many RTOs…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Lalit Modi NEW DELHI: Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi has made a bold prediction about young cricketer Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, saying he could become the face of Indian cricket in the future. Known for spotting talent early, Modi recalled being completely stunned the first time he saw the teenager bat during the IPL.Speaking…
Panaji: Two months after GMC introduced an online appointment system at 12 outpatient departments (OPDs), early morning queues in the tertiary care hospital have not slowed down.Patients’ lack of confidence in the new mechanism, missing awareness, as well as hiccups in the system, could be driving the majority of patients to queue up for two…
Abdul Majeed Hakeem Ilahi LUCKNOW: Abdul Majeed Hakeem Ilahi, special representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader in India, on Saturday said that recent efforts to advance Iran-US peace talks have failed after Washington allegedly deviated from a mutually accepted framework.Speaking at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow while en route to Delhi, Ilahi said Iran…
Lucknow: Taking serious note of worsening traffic congestion from polytechnic crossing to Kisan Path, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has directed senior police and municipal officials to appear before it after conducting a detailed inspection of the affected stretch.Hearing a PIL, a division bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Manjive Shukla…
Rashid Khan was approached by two countries, including India, with offers of citizenship and a chance to represent them, but he turned them down and chose to continue playing for Afghanistan, according to a new book.In Rashid Khan: From Streets to Stardom, set to be released on Monday, Rashid told author Mohammad Haand Jafar that…
