Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal is currently interim president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (File) New Delhi: Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal is embracing a new challenge as Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) interim president, installed by an ad-hoc committee earlier this year. In a free-wheeling chat with TimesofIndia.com, Tamim speaks candidly about how a heart…
Western Railway commenced a massive anti-encroachment drive at Garib Nagar, Mumbai, demolishing hundreds of structures near Bandra station to reclaim valuable railway land. MUMBAI: In the biggest anti-encroachment operations undertaken by Western Railway till date in Mumbai, officials began demolishing hundreds of structures at Garib Nagar near Bandra railway station after securing clearance from the…
CHENNAI: The induction of RK Nagar MLA N Marie Wilson and Velachery MLA R Kumar into the cabinet has further strengthened Chennai’s representation in the ministry, adding to the existing band of ministers from the city, including CM C Joseph Vijay, rural development minister N Anand, PWD minister Aadhav Arjuna and school education minister A…
In view of the severe heatwave warning issued by the meteorological department, chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday urged people to remain vigilant and take necessary precautions against the intense heat conditions prevailing across the state. Hyderabad: In view of the severe heatwave warning issued by the meteorological department, chief minister A Revanth Reddy…
KOLKATA: Bengal govt on Wednesday handed over an initial 75 acres to BSF to cover fencing of 27 km of international border between India and Bangladesh. CM Suvendu Adhikari, who earlier promised to start the land handover process after the BJP govt assumed office, said that completion of the critical, long-pending fencing along the India-Bangladesh…
Panaji: A Merces court acquitted Tulshidas Gaunkar in a 2019 death-by-negligence case involving a pedestrian who was allegedly hit by his military truck near the ferry point in Panaji while he was driving from the KTC bus stand to the market. The court granted him the benefit of doubt after stating that the prosecution failed…
Ahmedabad: The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has decided to translocate three cheetahs brought from Botswana to Kuno National Park to the Banni grasslands in Kutch. A second batch of four cheetahs from Kenya is expected to arrive later this year. Principal chief conservator of forests, Jaipal Singh, confirmed the development, stating that the three…
Sonipat: In a tragic turn of events, a 60-year-old businessman from Assandh town lost his life while attempting to save his wife after she slipped into a canal during a religious ritual. His body was recovered from a canal in Sonipat district three days after the incident, the police said on Wednesday.The deceased, identified as…
The last stray dog census in PMC limits was held in 2023, said officials Pune: The PMC plans to conduct a stray dog census and survey spots with a high population of community canines. Civic officials said they plant to speed up the activity in the aftermath of Supreme Court directives issued on Tuesday this…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to flag off the first motor vehicle on the eway in the coming days LUCKNOW: Get ready to drive on the 63-km-long Lucknow- Kanpur expressway from June as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to flag off the first motor vehicle on it in the coming days.A large vacant…
