Dubai: Pakistan captain Fatima Sana has been fined 10 per cent of her match fee and handed a demerit point for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during her side’s Women’s Asia Cup Group A clash against India, which they lost by seven wickets at the Dubai International Stadium Saturday. In a statement, the...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday said a building-collapse incident at Satya Niketan here that left seven people dead and several injured was "most unfortunate". The court said not only the building owners are responsible for the tragedy, but also the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the Delhi University (DU), which has failed to provide...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Monday sent Hindutva influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj to 14-day judicial custody in connection with the alleged assault on the father of a student activist during a protest at Jantar Mantar, among other charges. Bhardwaj was detained in Bulandshahr Friday, hours after the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) staged a protest outside the Parliament Street...

Mumbai: Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower Monday as elevated crude oil prices, escalation in US-Iran hostilities and concerns over a possible US interest rate hike weighed on investor sentiment. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 382.62 points, or 0.50 per cent, to settle at 76,132.81. During the day, it tanked 544.91 points, or 0.71...

New Delhi: The National Film Awards ceremony will move out of Delhi to Kevadia in Gujarat for the first time in its 72-year history, with President Droupadi Murmu presenting the honours September 22, officials said Monday. Kevadia, which has been renamed Ekta Nagar, is home to the world's tallest statue -- that of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The...

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court Monday quashed an arrest warrant issued against the Trinamool Congress's Krishnanagar MP Mahua Moitra by a court in West Bengal's Nadia district. Besides quashing the arrest warrant issued against Moitra, a division bench headed by Justice Debangshu Basak also transferred the related case from the jurisdiction of the Krishnanagar district court to...

New Delhi: Automobile retail sales in India grew 17.51 per cent to a record 24,23,201 units in August, riding on continued momentum of GST 2.0 despite a seasonal monsoon lull and the delayed onset of the festive calendar, FADA said Monday. In August last year, total automobile retail sales in India stood at 20,62,038 units, the Federation...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government is working on a proposal to bring Class X and XII examinations under a single board by merging the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) and Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), School and Mass Education Secretary N Tirumala Nayak said Monday. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has directed the department to work toward establishing...

Kfar Rumman (Lebanon): Israel's air force carried out two airstrikes early Monday on a southern Lebanese village, killing at least nine people and wounding others, including women and children, Lebanon's Health Ministry said. Monday's strikes came amid a new round of escalation between Israel and the militant Hezbollah group despite a truce reached more than two months...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee has constituted a new team comprising leaders from different categories to strengthen its base in the state for the panchayat elections to be held next year, a party leader said. The All India Congress Committee (AICC) formed a 29-member political affairs committee headed by Lalji Desai, the AICC in-charge for Odisha. Besides...