NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricketer and national selector, Jatin Paranjape, maintains his faith in Rohit Sharma‘s capabilities, despite the captain’s underwhelming performance in the crushing defeat to Australia in Adelaide. He expects Rohit to bounce back in the three remaining matches of the series.Returning to the number six position in Test cricket after a lengthy…
NEW DELHI: India’s Jay Shah last Sunday took charge as the chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Ravi Shastri has backed the former BCCI secretary to do wonders at cricket’s world governing body.Shah, who was the BCCI secretary for the last five years, last week became the fifth Indian to head the ICC.Shastri…
Harmanpreet Kaur. (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Harmanpreet Kaur has expressed complete support for Shafali Verma, who was recently omitted from India’s ODI squad. The captain is hopeful for Shafali’s return to form before the Women’s World Cup, scheduled in India next year.The team will also miss wicketkeeper-batter Yastika Bhatia, who is recovering from a wrist…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Ramadas Athawale, who is an NDA ally, backed Devendra Fadnavis for the Maharashtra CM post, saying the BJP leader should be given opportunity to become the chief minister again.The Republican Party of India (Athawale) leader, however, said he would accept the BJP high command’s decision on the matter.“The RPI (A), which…
Hong Kong’s top court on Tuesday upheld earlier rulings that favored subsidized housing benefits and equal inheritance rights for same-sex married couples, in a landmark victory for the city’s LGBTQ+ community. The Court of Final Appeal’s dismissal of the government’s appeals ended some yearslong legal battles over the differential treatment facing same-sex couples married overseas…
After House Speaker Mike Johnson indicated support for Republic proposal preventing Trans Congresswoman elected from Delaware Sarah McBride from using women’s restrooms in the Capitol , McBride said that she will use the men’s restroom on Capitol Hill. In her statement, she said that she is not here to fight about bathrooms but to fight…
Nathan McSweeney (AP Photo) Former Australian opener David Warner has publicly endorsed Nathan McSweeney as a potential standout performer in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The prestigious Test series between Australia and India is scheduled to commence on Friday in Perth.McSweeney, the 25-year-old captain of the South Australian cricket team, is poised to make his Test…
David Warner (Photo credit: X) NEW DELHI: Nathan McSweeney has been tasked to open on his Australia debut despite not being a specialist in that position but David Warner believes the young batter has got the technique and expects him to score big. The first Test of the blockbuster Border-Gavaskar Trophy begins on November 22…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday praised the newly released movie Sabarmati Report, saying the film “defies the ecosystem with unparalleled courage and exposes the truth behind the fateful episode to broad daylight”.The movie chronicles the aftermath of the train-burning incident in Gujarat’s Godhra in 2002.“No matter how hard a powerful ecosystem…