NEW DELHI: The Army is now raising the first lot of five ‘Bhairav’ light commando battalions, each with 250 specially trained and equipped soldiers, to enhance swift strike capabilities along the borders with Pakistan and China.The plan is to progressively raise 23 “agile and lethal” ‘Bhairav’ battalions from existing troops to bridge the gap between…
Gautam Gambhir, Ajit Agarkar and Shubman Gill (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Former India batter Aakash Chopra has lavished praise on head coach Gautam Gambhir for his remarkable tenure so far as India’s white-ball coach, highlighting the team’s impressive run of results and their Champions Trophy triumph under his leadership.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube…
NEW DELHI: IndiGo’s nationwide operational crisis intensified on Thursday, with fresh flight cancellations and long delays reported across Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune. This has resulted in leaving lakhs of passengers stranded and triggering widespread anger amongst them. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has summoned the airline’s senior management to its headquarters…
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that America will be getting “richer and richer” as he hailed a landmark deal with Intel, saying their stock prices are going up.He also expressed readiness to strike more such deals, as they would bring more jobs to the country.Trump also took aim at the “stupid” people opposing…
Lucknow: Pratham Singh of Akbarpur, Uttar Pradesh, will lead Railways in their Ranji Trophy opener against Haryana on Oct 15. In the squad announced on Tuesday, another UP player, Upendra Yadav of Kanpur, has been named his deputy. Besides Pratham and Upendra, six more players from Uttar Pradesh, Kunal Yadav (Jhansi), Karn Sharma (Meerut), Shivam…
Lucknow: In her quest for a baby boy to complete her family, a 30-year-old widowed woman, mother of three young daughters, abducted a one-day-old baby boy from the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of the Autonomous State Medical College in Ravindranagar, Kushinagar, on Wednesday.The newborn, barely a day old, was rescued within 24 hours after…
LUCKNOW: A heartwarming video has gone viral online, showing a father carrying his ailing daughter in his arms after the ambulance he was relying on got stuck in heavy traffic. The incident reportedly took place in Uttar Pradesh.In the viral footage, a man is seen cradling his sick daughter in his arms, carefully making his…
A year ago, captain Rohit Rajpal made a conservative choice to field Sriram Balaji, the senior most player in the Indian team, in the singles against Sweden in a World Group I tie in Stockholm. The team was depleted in the absence of leading singles player Sumit Nagal but with Balaji being a doubles specialist,…
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party and Congress crossed swords on Saturday, with AAP questioning the silence of Rahul Gandhi over the detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk under the stringent NSA and Congress hitting back by saying AAP was on the verge of collapse.In a post on X, AAP said, “India’s renowned social worker…
Sarfaraz Khan (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan showcased his explosive hitting with a blistering 73 off just 22 deliveries against Rajasthan in a Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Super League Group B match at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Tuesday, on the eve of the IPL auction. He brought…
