Sachin Tendulkar and England cricket team NEW DELHI: India’s cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar revisited a special memory, recalling the moment he realised Joe Root was destined to be a major force for England and a future captain. Root made his Test debut on December 13, 2012, against India in Nagpur, a period when Tendulkar was…
Lucknow: Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh has directed officials of Jal Nigam (rural) to stay overnight in areas where they are posted so as to attend to issues regarding water supply and ensure proper implementation of schemes and projects.During a review meeting on Tuesday, he also instructed the MD of Jal Nigam (rural), Raj…
MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI: India Inc is eyeing a bumper festival season, hoping that price cuts—which go beyond the GST reset in many cases—result in a rush of buyers in stores and revive consumer demand, helping more than offset the adverse impact of tariffs on the Indian economy.Sellers across ice cream parlours, grocery stores, and footwear…
Bajaj Finserv has rebranded its insurance businesses as Bajaj General Insurance and Bajaj Life Insurance, launching the campaign “100% Bajaj. Made in India. Made for India. Made by India” to signal its commitment to policyholders, business partners, and expanding insurance penetration. The group has received regulatory approvals from the ROC, CCI, and IRDAI to acquire…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath applies tilak on the forehead of artists dressed up as Lord Ram, and Laxman during the Diwali festival celebration, in Ayodhya on Sunday. NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday launched a fierce attack on the Congress and Samajwadi Party, accusing them of “insulting India’s eternal…
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said India would not have got Independence if Bengal was not there, as personalities like Rabindranath Tagore and Subhas Chandra Bose, who contributed significantly to shaping the nation’s destiny, were born here.Speaking at a function marking the 12th anniversary of the ‘Kanyashree’ scheme, Banerjee said Bengal is the beacon…
Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty still holds the record of having 19 films release in a single year. In a recent interview, his younger son Namashi Chakraborty, who will soon be seen with his father and sister-in-law Madalsa Sharma in Vivek Agnihotri’s upcoming film The Bengal Files, was asked if he ever questioned his father about…
NEW DELHI: The Leh Apex Body (LAB) on Friday rejected claims of a “foreign hand” in the recent violence in Leh that left four people dead and nearly 90 injured, while demanding a judicial probe into the incident.LAB co-chairman Chering Dorjay admitted that the violence on September 24 spiralled after “youngsters went out of control”…
Tarakeswar (Hooghly): A four-year-old girl was found near a drain, bleeding profusely, barely a few hundred metres from Tarakeswar railway station on Saturday morning. The child, said to be abducted in her sleep, was found when hours later her cries for help alerted locals. Police said a close relative has been arrested in this connection.According…
Kanpur: A luxury car broke through police barrier, injuring three police personnel holding routine vehicle check near Kohna police station, at Ganga Barrage on Tuesday evening.Kohna police team stopped a suspicious car. The driver accelerated and rammed the barrier, dragging Atal Ghat outpost in charge Sanjay Kumar (40), SI Puran Singh (26), and home guard…
