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Bengal minister resigns amid criticism over Messi event

Kolkata, Dec. 17 -- West Bengal sports minister Aroop Biswas has resigned amid mounting criticism over the mismanagement of football icon Lionel Messi's event at the Salt Lake stadium last week. Chief... Read More


first hearing in nirav modi case to begin feb-end

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- The first hearing on fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi's appeal against his extradition to India, scheduled on Tuesday in London, was postponed till the end of February 2026, peopl... Read More


LS passes Bill to increase FDI to 100% in insurance

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- Enhancing foreign direct investment limit to 100% will enable global insurance companies to inject substantial capital directly without waiting for domestic partners, Union finan... Read More


Kartik's Rs.14.2cr price tag shows Rajasthan's surge

MUMBAI, Dec. 17 -- The mini auction is a big deal for uncapped Indian players and so it proved for some of the Rajasthan players in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Paddles started going up when Kartik Sharma's ... Read More


In the Jadeja mould, Veer hits it big with Chennai Super Kings

LUCKNOW, Dec. 17 -- Until a few days ago, Prashant Veer was travelling between Mumbai and Kolkata to play every match for Uttar Pradesh, both in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) tournament and the U... Read More


Miller, de Kock lead the smart buys bandwagon

Kolkata, Dec. 17 -- There is not enough logic to why multiple franchises didn't go nuts over David Miller at the IPL mini auction in Abhu Dhabi on Tuesday. Or Quinton de Kock. Or Ben Duckett for that ... Read More


ED chargesheet against Gandhis junked by court

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- A Delhi court on Tuesday declined to take cognisance of a chargesheet, filed by the Enforcement Directorate in the National Herald case, which names senior Congress leaders Sonia... Read More


Hansi is 23rd dist of Haryana

Rohtak, Dec. 17 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday declared Hansi as the 23rd district of the state. Addressing the Vikas Rally at Hansi, Saini said, "The official notification dec... Read More


devp works in Khadoor Sahib Stalled, says MP Amritpal

Chandigarh, Dec. 17 -- In his first video appearance in a court in the last three years since his detention under the stringent NSA, Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh on Tuesday told the Punjab and Hary... Read More


Oz gunman had Hyderabad roots, left India 27 years ago

New Delhi/Hyderabad, Dec. 17 -- Sajid Akram, the 50-year-old gunman killed during a terror attack he unleashed on a Jewish gathering in Australia, was an Indian national, the Philippines' Bureau of Im... Read More