Author: Navneet Mundhra

BENGALURU: India’s top biopharmaceutical company, Biocon Biologics, on Tuesday rubbished the allegations that they paid kickbacks to the tune of Rs 4 lakh to Joint Drugs Controller S Eswara Reddy to waive phase-three clinical trial of Insulin Aspart injection. “We strongly deny the allegations of bribery against the Company and its officials associated with the […]

BENGALURU: India’s top biopharmaceutical company, Biocon Biologics, on Tuesday denied allegations that they paid a Rs 4 lakh bribe to Joint Drugs Controller S Eswara Reddy to waive phase-three clinical trial of Insulin Aspart injection. Insulin Aspart is Biocin Biologics’ underdevelopment product. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case of criminal conspiracy and […]

BENGALURU: In his first international match, Bhuvneshwar Kumar – then a young 22-year-old seamer – was up against the arch-rivals Pakistan at Bengaluru. The hosts were defending a moderate total of 133 in a T20I and needed early breakthroughs. ‘Bhuvi’ was assigned the task of bowling the first over against the left-hander Nasir Jamshed. What […]

BENGALURU: After the 5th T20I between India and South Africa at Bengaluru was abandoned due to rain, India’s head coach Rahul Dravid threw his weight behind India’s stand-in captain for the series Rishabh Pant. The explosive wicketkeeper-batsman came under fire after he scored just 58 runs in the series and got out in a similar […]

  BENGALURU: The persistent drizzle marred the 5th T20I between India and South Africa at Bengaluru as the match was washed out. The series was evenly poised at 2-2 and the winner of this match would have snagged the five-match series. But both teams will now share the honours as the series ends in a […]

BENGALURU: The unheralded Madhya Pradesh sprang a surprise on Saturday by defeating Bengal by 174 runs in the semi-final of India’s premier first-class tournament Ranji Trophy. This is the first time since 1998-99 that Madhya Pradesh has made it to the final where they will cross swords with the 41-time champions Mumbai. Chasing 350, Bengal […]

During the promotions of his movie ‘Samrat Prithviraj’, Akshay Kumar smugly proclaimed that he had completed the opulent historical drama in just 40-42 days. Kumar has always taken pride in the fact that he completes his movies, and churns them out, at the rate of knots. The film, however, tanked miserably at the ticket counters […]

BENGALURU: On a pitch that spat out the variable bounce and some spice, Indian bowlers made mincemeat of South African batsmen and clinched an 82-run victory in the 4th T20I at Rajkot to level the series. The final match of the series, which will be a decider, will take place at Bengaluru on June 19. […]

“Last time I got really excited seeing an Indian player was Sachin Tendulkar. And after that I am excited to see Umran Malik,” says legendary Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar. Coming from a player who took apart the West Indies pace quartet in his pomp, the praise is even more glowing. However, the 22-year-old bowler hasn’t […]

BENGALURU: India bounced back strongly to crush South Africa by 48 runs in the 3rd T20I in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday. India had lost the first two matches of the five-match series. Asked to bat first, half-centuries from openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ishan Kishan slammed half-centuries that helped India post 179 for five from 20 overs. Gaikwad […]