Pakistan’s Shadab Khan (AP Photo) Pakistan overcame a stern challenge from Australia’s spinners on a difficult surface to secure a four-wicket victory in the third and final ODI and seal the series 2-1 on Thursday, marking their third successive bilateral one-day series triumph over the world champions.Chasing a modest target of 158 on a turning…
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has blamed evaporation caused by extreme summer heat for part of the water shortage being faced by residents of the national capital. A video clip of her remarks has been widely shared on social media platform X. Speaking at a BJP event, Gupta referred to the ongoing water crisis in…
Navi Mumbai: The Sandeep Naik Foundation launched the ‘Tree for Anyone Who Asks’ campaign in Navi Mumbai on Thursday on the occasion of World Environment Day. The Foundation has been implementing extensive environmental conservation initiatives for more than 25 years. Former MLA Sandeep Naik distributed saplings symbolically among school students, representatives of environmental organisations and…
Tamil Nadu energy minister R Nirmalkumar Chennai: A day after TOI reported that hard disks had gone missing from the TNEB headquarters in Chennai, energy minister R Nirmalkumar said crucial and sensitive data were already available as physical documents.Asked whether the theft was an attempt to put the new govt under pressure, the minister said…
Hyderabad: Telangana high court on Thursday sought to know whether any action had been initiated against govt officials who allegedly approved illegal constructions and sanctioned civic amenities such as water and electricity connections for structures that were later demolished by HYDRAA on the grounds that they were illegally built on govt land.A vacation bench of…
Gurgaon: Authorities have intensified efforts to curb illegal sale and interstate transportation of petroleum products, with additional deputy commissioner Sonu Bhatt directing officials to strengthen monitoring and enforcement across the district to prevent black marketing and unauthorised fuel trade.A key focus will be the verification of diesel procurement by 91 industrial units that use the…
Kolkata: Anik Dutta’s Satyajit Ray centenary tribute, “Aparajito”, will begin screening at Nandan this Friday in honour of the recently deceased director. Despite a written recommendation from the Nandan film selection committee, the movie was originally blocked from the venue following intervention from “higher authorities”. According to the committee, this controversial exclusion inadvertently sparked a…
A refrigerator compressor explosion sparked a fire in a Noida Sector 52 shop on Friday. NOIDA: A fire broke out in a shop at Sharma Market in Noida’s Sector 52 after the compressor of a refrigerator reportedly exploded on Friday. Local residents immediately alerted the fire department and police.Several fire tenders were rushed to the…
Goa Congress President Girish Chodankar on Thursday demanded that the Director General of Police publicly disclose the status of the investigation into the alleged cash-for-job scam, which he said shook the confidence of thousands of unemployed youth and their families.“As the senior-most police officer, the DGP has a constitutional and moral responsibility to ensure that…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat has retained its position as India’s largest exporting state in 2025-26, accounting for more than a quarter of the country’s outbound trade even as global headwinds and softer commodity prices weighed on export values.According to data released by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Gujarat recorded exports worth $110.63 billion during the…
