Pragyan Ojha (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: There’s ambiguity around the composition of the BCCI’s national selection committee following former chief Ajit Agarkar’s decision not to continue. The deadline for applications to fill the West Zone vacancy ended on Wednesday with former India wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel, who was widely tipped to be Agarkar’s replacement, choosing…
Image Credit: Still from 1974 film The Godfather Part – 2 Celebrated actor Al Pacino will receive a lifetime achievement award for his career achievements and humanitarian work next year, the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA announced on Thursday.The American actor, best known for playing Michael Corleone in “The Godfather” films is the 62nd recipient of the…
PC: Public Works Authority (‘Ashghal’) in Qatar Public Works Authority Ashghal has completed a pilot of cool pavement on roads in Qatar. The authority announced the work on 19 August 2019. An asphalt-cooling material was applied to up to 200 metres of vehicle lanes on Abdullah bin Jassim Street, beside Souq Waqif, and to 200…
A routine visit to a London charity shop turned into an extraordinary discovery when a ceramics collector spotted two small porcelain jars that would later sell for thousands of times their purchase price. According to auction house Roseberys London and reporting by CNN and Artnet News, the pair was identified as rare Chinese porcelain dating…
Net direct tax collections rise 13.21% to Rs 13.38 lakh crore NEW DELHI: India’s net direct tax mop-up reached Rs 13,37,866.98 crore in FY2026-27 as of October 14, marking a 13.21 per cent increase from Rs 11,81,786.98 crore collected during the same period last year, data released by the income tax department showed.The increase came…
West Indies scored 247 for three before bowling India out for 223. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: West Indies pacer Keemo Paul said his team used slower deliveries well on a pitch that offered some grip to beat India by 24 runs in the fourth T20I in Hyderabad on Wednesday. West Indies scored 247 for three…
Mahesh Mahesh Tinaikar passes away: Farhan Akhtar, Vishal Dadlani pay tribute to Indian rock legend Farhan Akhtar has paid an emotional tribute to veteran rock guitarist Mahesh Tinaikar, who has passed away at the age of 63. The late guitarist was a founding member of the pioneering band Rock Machine, which later became known as…
Dipke questioned the decision to shut the park, saying the authorities could not close every location where the outfit might organise a demonstration NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday claimed police personnel were keeping him under surveillance and said he could be detained overnight or on Friday morning, ahead of…
The dispute over a Cuban island seized after the 1959 revolution has reached an unusual point in American legal history. As reported by Transnational Litigation Blog (TLB), in April 2025, a jury in Florida found four corporate defendants associated with Expedia liable under a US law dealing with property confiscated by the Cuban government. The…
PM Modi dedicated to the nation the 298-km Nimmu-Padum-Darcha Road. (Photo: X) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday virtually inaugurated five development projects worth around Rs 3,350 crore in Ladakh, covering airport infrastructure, strategic road connectivity, renewable energy and water conservation.“Today, another chapter is being added to Ladakh’s progress and development. I am…
