Sylhet: India continued their dominant run against Bangladesh with a 56-run win via Duckworth-Lewis method in the rain curtailed fourth women's T20 here Monday. A late start and then over an hour-long delay due to persistent rain and hail meant that the contest had to be shortened. Harmanpreet Kaur (38) and Richa Ghosh (24) shared a 44-run...

Mumbai: Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to field against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their do-or-die IPL match here Monday. The five-time champions also handed a debut to 23-year-old all-rounder Anshul Kamboj, replacing pacer Gerald Coetzee. As for the visitors, the 2016 champion brought back Mayank Agarwal, with skipper Pat Cummins stating that he will be their...

New Delhi: Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena has recommended an NIA probe against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly receiving political funding from the banned terrorist organisation 'Sikhs for Justice', Raj Niwas sources said Monday. AAP alleged that the recommendation is "yet another conspiracy" against Kejriwal at the behest of the BJP. In a letter to the...

New Delhi: Homegrown FMCG major Marico Ltd Monday reported a 4.9 per cent rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 320 crore in the fourth quarter ended March 2024. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 305 crore in the same quarter previous fiscal, Marico said in a regulatory filing. Consolidated revenue from operations...

Bhubaneswar: An aircraft carrying Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was diverted to Jharsuguda Monday, as it could not land at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar due to inclement weather, officials said. Patnaik, along with close aide Kartik Pandian, were in the aircraft while returning to Bhubaneswar, after an election meeting at Khariar in Nuapada district....

New Delhi: India's services sector continued to register robust growth in April on the back of strong domestic and foreign demand, which lifted business confidence to a three-month high, according to an HSBC survey published Monday. The HSBC final India Services Purchasing Managers' Index, compiled by S&P Global, came in at 60.8 in April, which was marginally...

New Delhi: Girls outshone boys yet again in Class-X and XII board exams conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), while the pass percentage for both the classes recorded an increase. The results were announced Monday morning. The board also discontinued the practice of issuing merit lists from this year to avoid unhealthy...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik Monday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that BJP will form government in Odisha as "daydreaming". Modi addressing two elections rallies at Berhampur and Nabarangpur in Odisha asserted that the expiry date of the BJD government in Odisha is June 4, the day the Assembly election...

Mumbai: Actress Preity Zinta took a trip down memory lane and reminisced about the "tough shoot" of her 1999 film Sangharsh, where she endured injuries including a broken leg, chipped teeth, and a cut lip. Preity Monday engaged in a quick chat session with her fans on X. A user asked if actor Ashutosh Rana’s convincing act...

New Delhi: India and Ghana have agreed to operationalise Unified Payment Interface (UPI) with Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems within six months in order to enable instant fund transfers for users in both countries, the Commerce Ministry said Monday, The discussions were part of a Joint Trade Committee (JTC) meeting between Indian and Ghanaian officials in...