William Makes Dosa In Mumbai, But Kate Refuses A Bite
MUMBAI: Britain’s Prince William helped cook a Dosa in Mumbai on Monday after he and wife Kate met perhaps their biggest fan in India, making the 93-year-old’s dream come true. The Duke of Cambridge met entrepreneurs and inventors before getting his chef on using an automatic device called DosaMatic. After watching a demonstration, William gladly poured […]
Saina looks to relive 2010 Singapore Open title moments
SINGAPORE: Six summers ago, Saina Nehwal had stood at the podium with the gold medal dangling around her neck and the Indian ace will hope to relive those moments by clinching the title once again when the Singapore Super Series begins on Tuesday. Saina has played only three times in the last five editions at […]
‘It came like a storm’: Kerala survivors describe temple blaze horror
“It came like a storm, throwing everyone to the ground.” This was how Anish Kumar described the explosions and a blaze that killed at least 110 people at Puttingal Devi temple in Kollam district’s Paravur on Sunday. “There were bodies all over the place and the injured were writhing in pain,” he said. Thousands had […]
LIVE Assembly polls: 72% voter turnout in WB, 70% in Assam till 3pm
More than 17 million voters in Assam and West Bengal will cast their ballot on Monday, in an election that will likely have a bearing on political realignment at a national level. Sixty-one assembly constituencies go to polls in the second and final phase of the vote in Assam, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) […]
Modi’s ‘Make in India’ a success: Moody’s
MUMBAI: Ratings agency Moody’s has said that net foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows have hit an all-time high in early 2016, highlighting the success of Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative. The ratings agency said that the FDI inflows have more than financed the current account deficit (CAD) for the first time since 2004. A […]
New poverty line makes a third of Pakistanis poor
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N government on Thursday announced that 60 million Pakistanis are living below the poverty line, posing a challenge for the ruling party. The number of poor increased owing to the adoption of a new methodology for measuring poverty which uses the 2013-14 survey data, said Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal. […]
Pakistan says talks with India suspended, hints won’t allow NIA visit
Pakistani envoy Abdul Basit said on Thursday the dialogue with India is suspended as there are no plans for the foreign secretaries to meet, while hinting that the NIA will not be given access to JeM chief Masood Azhar for the probe into the Pathankot attack. The assault on the Pathankot airbase, blamed on Pakistan-based […]
How IPL changed the dynamics of Indian cricket
Twenty20 cricket became phenomenally popular after India won the inaugural World Twenty20 title in 2007 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The victory not only rejuvenated the Indians fans, who were reeling under the disappointment of the 2007 ODI World Cup, but it also gave way to the conceptualization of the Indian Premier League […]
Carlos Brathwaite’s stunning sixes seal West Indies triumph over England, second World T20 title
West Indies had never batted first in this tournament going into the final. Neither had skipper Darren Sammy lost a toss for a record nine matches before this. And what a match to get both right again! But since this was the World Twenty20 final, it couldn’t have been that easy. Partly due to Joe […]
India, Saudi Arabia pledge to fight terror together
NEW DELHI: India and Saudi Arabia built on a strategic partnership to take big strides together in fighting terrorism, ramping up security and intelligence cooperation after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Saudi King Salman committed to fighting the scourge together. In addition, Modi invited Saudi businessmen to invest in India, and opened the door for […]
East set for high-voltage fight as assembly elections get underway
The BJP’s electoral appeal in the absence of any perceptible Modi wave and the Congress’s tenacity against a spirited attack on one of its last fortresses will be under test when people in Assam’s 65 constituencies, and 18 in West Bengal, vote in the first phase on Monday. Of the four states and a Union […]
Terrorism has evolved, but responses have become old: Modi
Global terrorism has evolved over time and terrorists are now using modern technology and devices while national and international efforts to counter them have become outdated, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a gathering of global leaders at a dinner hosted by U.S President Barack Obama at the White House. The dinner kicked off the fourth […]
Manager calls Afridi an ‘absolutely clueless’ captain
MUMBAI: Pakistan cricket team manager Intikhab Alam criticized Shahid Afridi following the side’s early exit at the World Twenty20, saying the captain had no idea what he was doing. Pakistan was knocked out of the tournament after losing three of its four group matches, including a loss to rival India. “A captain in his farewell […]
Hindu Americans Oppose Textbook Edits by Curriculum Commission – Updated
Over 100 Hindu Americans staged a silent protest outside the Department of Education building in Sacramento, Calif., March 24 to voice their concerns regarding the California Department of Education Instructional Quality Commission’s plans to accept edits made by a group of South Asian studies faculty members to California state textbooks from Grade 6–10. The proposed […]
World T20: Virat Kohli’s legend grows with Mohali masterpiece
MUMBAI: Just as American cable television was never the same from the time Tony Soprano met his ducks in the second week of 1999, so too Indian cricket promises to tread a different path following the exploits of Virat Kohli since 2016 rolled over. Already this year, even before we come to the matter of […]
World T20: India beat Aussies by 6 wickets to Kohli-fy for semis
Every time India have stumbled into trouble this season, they have looked up to one man — Virat Kohli. On Sunday night, his magnificent form and sheer determination once again carried India past some doubts and plenty of pressure as the hosts beat Australia to seal their World Twenty20 semi-final berth. India’s master of chases […]
Lahore: Suicide attack by Taliban faction targeting Christians kills 72
A breakaway Pakistani faction of the militant Taliban group has claimed responsibility for an Easter Sunday bombing in a park in the eastern city of Lahore that killed at least 72 people. Ahsanullah Ahsan, spokesperson for Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, told the Associated Press that a suicide bomber with the faction deliberately targeted the Christian community. The explosion took place […]
Congress to move court against imposition of Prez rule in Uttarakhand
Congress said on Sunday it will challenge in court the Centre’s decision to impose President’s Rule in Uttarakhand and party vice president Rahul Gandhi told Prime Minister Narendra Modi “don’t let your love of of power overrule people’s mandate”. Senior party leader Kapil Sibal said President’s Rule was imposed a day before the floor test in the […]
Amitabh Bachchan gripped in patriotism fever after India’s win
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is all soaked in the patriotism spirit after Indian cricket team won the crucial World Cup Twenty20 match against Pakistan. The 73-year-old actor, who was present at the Eden Gardens to cheer the Indian team, says the spirit of patriotism has climbed across the entire nation after the match. “The World Cup T20 tournament, that […]
Shahid Afridi may lose Pak captaincy after World T20 loss to India
Pakistan’s World Twenty20 loss to India could spell the end of Shahid Afridi’s reign as captain with the country’s Cricket Board planning to sack him irrespective of the team’s performance in the remainder of the tournament. “There is clear discontent in the Board about Afridi and his performances and captaincy and even if he decides […]
