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NEW DELHI: Tears rolled down the cheeks of Ajmeet Singh as Farid Mamundzay, the Afghan Ambassador to India, hugged him after giving him a photo of his father Sawinder Singh Kakkar on Monday. It was a poignant moment that overwhelmed the occasion as the Antim Ardas for Sawinder Singh Kakkar, the 55-year-old who was killed […]

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 […]

NEW DELHI: With an estimated 1.8 million cases, India came second behind Nigeria in the list of countries with the most sickle cell disease (SCD). The worst affected is our impoverished tribal population which reported 1.4 million cases. An inherited blood disorder, SCD is characterised by repeated episodes of debilitating pain. It can lead to […]

  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 […]

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday raided the residence of Muhammad Showkat Choudhary, owner of Hatric Group of Companies, as part of its investigation of the Roshini land scam. The raids came days after it registered a case against six officials including three former IAS officers for giving Choudhary ownership rights […]