Footwears lie on the ground outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium following a stampede. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: In the aftermath of the tragic stampede at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium that claimed 11 lives, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to formulate standard guidelines for post-match and victory celebrations. On Saturday, June…
BCCI selection committee Chairman Ajit Agarkar along with committee member Shiv Sunder Das India are stepping into a brand-new chapter in Test cricket and the man tasked with shaping that future, Ajit Agarkar, didn’t hold back during Saturday’s press conference. As he addressed the media following the announcement of India’s squad for the five-Test tour…
BCCI selection committee Chairman Ajit Agarkar along with committee member Shiv Sunder Das India are stepping into a brand-new chapter in Test cricket and the man tasked with shaping that future, Ajit Agarkar, didn’t hold back during Saturday’s press conference. As he addressed the media following the announcement of India’s squad for the five-Test tour…
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri NEW DELHI: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri, during a meeting of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, categorically stated that the call for pause in Indo-Pakistan hostilities was taken after DGMO-to-DGMO talks, rebutting Trump’s claims about brokering the end of hostilities on May 10 – the subject making for animated questions from…
In the wake of the deadly terrorist strike in Pahalgan in Jammu and Kashmir, an Indian technical team has arrived in New York to engage with the United Nations Security Council’s 1267 Sanctions Committee, seeking global action against The Resistance Front (TRF). The TRF, which has claimed responsibility for the April 22 attack that killed…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah dismissed the opposition to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, which was tabled in Parliament on Wednesday. “…It was your (opposition) insistence that a Joint Parliamentary Committee should be formed. We do not have a committee like the Congress. We have a democratic committee, which brainstorms,” he said.“‘Congress ke zamane…
New Delhi: Highlighting that Manipur has been reeling under an “extraordinary crisis” for 21 months, with “hundreds” of lives lost and 50,000-60,000 people internally displaced, a parliamentary panel has recommended that the govt establish a dedicated special committee with a separate programme to address the concern of displaced women and children in the state.The department-related…
The NFL competition committee proposed changes to rules for next season around replay review and kickoff rules, which will be voted on next week along with several team proposals, including eliminating the tush push. The committee announced a proposal Wednesday that would expand the reach of instant replay to overrule on-field calls on issues such…
The Special Investigation Team of Sambhal police on Sunday took Zafar Ali, the president of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, into custody to record his statement in connection with the violence that eruted in the district on November 24. The Mughal-era mosque has been at the center of a significant controversy following claims that…
Kirsty Coventry (Image credit: IOC Media) NEW DELHI: Kirsty Coventry made history on Thursday by becoming the first woman and the first African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), calling it an “extraordinary moment.”At 41, the two-time Olympic swimming champion is also the youngest person ever elected to lead the most…