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BENGALURU: India fortified their position despite Jonny Bairstow’s sparkling century on Day 3 of the rescheduled fifth Test against England in Edgbaston. The visitors reached 125-3 at stumps, a lead of 257 runs, in their second innings. Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant were batting at 50 and 30 respectively. At the start of the day, […]

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday described a report in Indian Express as “wholly bogus and totally false” over the claims that former party President Rahul Gandhi called AIADMK leader E Palaniswamy seeking his support for opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha. In a statement, Congress General Secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh said, “A so-called news item […]

SRINAGAR: Showing exemplary courage, Kashmiri villagers nabbed two most wanted terrorists belonging to the terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in the Reasi district of Jammu. “The villagers of Tukson Dhok showed extreme courage in apprehending two most wanted terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba who had reached that area to take shelter after continuous pressure from Police and Army,” […]

  DEHRADUN: Some of us must have come across the renowned Kumaoni folk song ‘Bedu Pako Bara Masa’ (Figs do ripen round the year). It is also the official song of the Kumaon Regiment of the Indian army. ‘Bedu’ – the Wild Himalayan Fig – is now ready to invade our platter and palate in […]

MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI: It was perhaps the sign of things to come as the two-day special Maharashtra assembly session began with Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) first-time MLA Rahul Narwekar becoming the speaker. Narwekar’s 164 votes, in the 288-member Maharashtra assembly house, assume significance as rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde’s government will go for the […]