MEDIA RELEASEAugust 23, 2020Lisa Sthalekar inducted into ICC Hall of FameCricket Australia congratulates Lisa Sthalekar for being inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Dubai today. Sthalekar, 41, scored 3,913 runs and claimed 229 wickets across a decorated international career that featured eights Tests, 125 One-Day Internationals and 54 Twenty20 […]
Petrol prices across the four metros increased for the fifth consecutive day on Monday, with the fuel being priced over Rs 88 per litre in Mumbai. In the country’s financial capital, petrol was sold for Rs 88.28 per litre on Monday, higher by 12 paise from its previous level of Rs 88.16 per litre. At […]
In a relief for Bollywood actor Swara Bhasker, Attorney General K.K. Venugopal refused to give his consent for initiating proceedings for criminal contempt of court against her for allegedly making “derogatory and scandalous” statements against the Supreme Court in connection with Ayodhya title dispute case verdict. The plea against Swara contended that in February, a […]
Arindam Chaudhuri, Director of Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) has been arrested by the CGST South Delhi Commissionerate over alleged undue claim of Central Value Added Tax (CENVAT) of service tax credit of around Rs 23 crore. Chaudhuri was arrested on Friday and sent to 14 days in judicial custody by a Delhi […]
Five Uttar Pradesh Police personnel have been dismissed for allegedly helping gangster Badan Singh Baddo escape from police custody during transit. The dismissed policemen are head constable Santosh Kumar, constable Sunil Singh, Rajkumar, Omvir Singh and driver Bhupinder Singh. Earlier on July 31, sub-Inspector Deshraj Tyagi was dismissed from the police service in the same […]
MS Dhoni has won several hearts, both on and off the cricket field, due to his performances in a stellar international career and his down-to-earth attitude. An example of his humble nature was seen recently when Dhoni, en route to the UAE for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with his Chennai […]
A pair of Mahatma Gandhi’s circular rimmed, gold-plated glasses left in a Bristol auction house’s letterbox were sold for 260,000 pounds ($340,314). Earlier this month, the staff at the East Bristol Auctions, the largest auction house in South West England, found the glasses in its letterbox inside a plain envelope. The staff estimated that the […]
The BJP has suspended its leader Sanjeev Gupta, whose son Sachin Gupta is absconding after being named as an accused in the printing of duplicate NCERT books worth Rs 35 crore. While 12 people have so far been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police in connection with this case, Gupta remains at large. An FIR […]
Vishal Kirti, a brother-in-law of Sushant Singh Rajput, has revealed that he was not in touch with the actor on a one-on-one basis after Rhea Chakraborty came into the latter’s life in 2019. He has also requested people not to reach out to him for details about the actor’s death. Vishal expressed his views in […]
To provide fodder to the growing curiosity among the people about the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, a number of books have mushroomed in the market over the past couple of months since his death. The 34-year-old actor was found dead in his Mumbai residence on June 14. The books released soon after his death […]