England captain Joe Root (Getty Images) Joe Root’s remarkable achievements with the bat continued at The Oval, but England’s crushing defeat to New Zealand also saw the former captain add another unwanted entry to his record book.Having recently crossed 14,000 Test runs and become the first batter to score 2,000 Test runs against New Zealand,…
New Delhi: A Delhi court recently sentenced a 67-year-old security guard to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl and directed that the survivor be paid Rs 10.5 lakh as compensation.While pronouncing the sentence, the court said the crime had caused deep physical and psychological trauma to the child, warranting stringent punishment…
Prasidh Krishna, second right, with Yashasvi Jaiswal, 64, celebrates after taking a wicket of Sri Lanka’s Niroshan Dickwella. (left) and Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dickwealla A light exchange between Yashasvi Jaiswal and Niroshan Dickwella was followed by the Sri Lankan batter’s dismissal as India moved closer to victory in the opening Test in Galle on Wednesday.With Sri…
Mumbai: Bombay high court on Thursday praised BMC for steps taken to tackle indiscriminate dumping of garbage, saying along with “proactive” civic effort it is imperative for the citizens to play their role as well.Senior civic counsel with advocate Rohan Mirpury for BMC listed before Justice Girish Kulkarni-led bench, the initiatives undertaken and a City…
PC: Andante de Mozart (1er violon et basse) et Mlle de Guînes (2e violon) p. 10 du manuscrit – © Élie Ludwig / BnF For generations, music historians worked on the assumption that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s surviving manuscripts had been mapped with extraordinary precision. Fresh discoveries were expected to involve forgotten copies, letters or fragments…
Waterlogging at Sterling City in Bopal days after deluge in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: Following 22 inches of torrential rain over Thursday and Friday, several parts of Bopal remained severely waterlogged on Monday, with water yet to recede fully at 27 locations including Bopal Gaam. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) sluggish de-watering operations have left residents of…
Shailvee ShardaLucknow: Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) president Ajay Rai on Tuesday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking high-level intervention to ensure accountability in cases involving serious crime and administrative lapses.In his letter, Rai claimed that incidents of murder, rape, organised crime, extortion, narcotics trafficking and alleged police excesses raised concerns despite the…
From a tiny Tennessee cabin to a global empire, Dolly Parton never forgot her roots. (Photo: Getty Images) Dolly Parton never forgot where her remarkable journey began. Long before she became one of the world’s most successful singers, songwriters, actresses and philanthropists, Parton grew up in a humble two-room cabin in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains…
MUMBAI: The Wealth Co, the assets management arm of domestic financial services group Pantomath, on Tuesday signed an agreement with NSE to offer Electronic Gold Receipts (EGR), a product that the bourse launched recently. EGRs are exchange-traded products backed by physical gold. Source link
Bengaluru: As global beer trends turn hyperlocal, the city’s craft breweries are heading back to their roots. Traditional Indian ingredients such as ragi, jowar, mahua, and red rice are beginning to froth their way into beer mugs across the city, as brewers experiment with flavours rooted in local culture and agriculture.Speaking at the Indian Chamber…
