Jasprit Bumrah (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Jasprit Bumrah is going through a lean phase with the ball. In IPL 2026, the star pacer has gone five matches without a wicket – an unusual return for someone known to dismantle batting line-ups with his pace and precision. In the match against Punjab Kings on Thursday,…
Dibrugarh: The Murlidhar Jalan Bus Terminus (MJBT), which was built to serve as Dibrugarh’s primary bus hub but was lying underutilised, began formal operations on Monday.The city’s Bus and Traveller Stand is now located at the terminus situated alongside AT Road (NH-37) near the Convoy Road Flyover. District commissioner Bikram Kairi ordered the move on…
NEW DELHi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his address at the G7 Summit on Tuesday to call for the protection of global maritime routes and seafarers, days after three Indian crew members were killed in a US military strike on a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Oman.Speaking at the outreach session titled Forging New…
Govt eases export rules to allow wider invoicing, payments in Indian rupees NEW DELHI: Govt on Thursday tweaked provisions of the Foreign Trade Policy to make it easier for exporters to invoice overseas transactions and receive payments in Indian rupees.“All export contracts and invoices, other than those involving member countries of the Asian Clearing Union…
Tathagata BhattacharjeeGuwahati: Four persons, including an 11-year-old girl, were killed in two separate landslides in Guwahati on Tuesday after the city received 30.5 mm of rain, State Disaster Response Force personnel said.The landslides occurred in Mathgharia near Noonmati and Satgaon near Narengi, said Moononjan Ramchiary, response team commander of the fire and emergency services.In Satgaon,…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat University and UGC’s Information and Library Network (Inflibnet) Centre in Gandhinagar signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Tuesday, enabling PhD candidates to conduct research under the mentorship of scientists at UGC’s inter-university centre.Under the seven-year agreement, GU has formally recognised Inflibnet as an official research centre. Qualified researchers can now pursue full-time…
The Madras HC has called a halt to the church construction project adjacent to the Mariyamman temple CHENNAI: Madras HC has stayed construction of a proposed church near the Mariyamman temple in Coimbatore, saying “mala fide intention can’t be ruled out”.The division bench of Justices G R Swaminathan and V Lakshminarayanan noted Coimbatore’s history of…
Chandigarh: A controversy over the proposed 20,000 litres of free water supply to city households dominated the municipal corporation’s monthly general house meeting Thursday, with Congress alleging that a Chandigarh administration letter rejecting the proposal was concealed from councillors after being returned to the civic body last year.Congress councillor Gurpreet Singh claimed the house had…
India opened its medal account at the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Hangzhou on Friday as Sainyam won the silver medal in the women’s 10m air pistol event.The 22-year-old from Chandigarh produced a steady performance in the final, scoring 243.4 to finish second in a strong field. She had qualified for the eight-woman final with…
Kolkata: Political violence and alleged violations of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) surfaced in the Behala West constituency over the past 48 hours as supporters of rival political parties clashed in Ward 119, even as a functionary of Congress alleged that he was targeted in a life-threatening assault.A complaint filed with the election authorities…
