Jasprit Bumrah and Prince Yadav (Agency Image) New Delhi: As the Indian team awaits Jasprit Bumrahâs fitness reports ahead of the T20I series against Afghanistan next week and the subsequent Asian Games, the national selectors have identified Prince Yadav as a probable backup.TOI understands that Bumrah, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar and Harshit Rana are…
JP MP Sanjay Jaiswal made chairperson NEW DELHI: Three weeks after Lok Sabha decided to send the contentious Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill to a parliamentary committee for scrutiny, Speaker Om Birla Thursday named 31 members of the panel, with BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal made chairperson.BJP-led NDA’s 19 MPs will be in the committee, while…
Nick Kyrgios, of Australia (AP Photo) Nick Kyrgios has accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for cocaine at a tournament in Spain in June, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced on Thursday.The 31-year-old Australian had been provisionally suspended since August 4, although the development was only made public more than two weeks later.According…
Abhishek Sharma (AFP Photo) Abhishek Sharma has come a long way from the little boy in Amritsar who first picked up a cricket bat at the age of three-and-a-half. On his birthday, his journey stands out as one of the most remarkable rises in modern T20 cricket, from a promising youngster in Punjab to an…
The order stands in stark contrast to the lengthy judgement by a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Ujjal Bhuyan on July 21 NEW DELHI: The full benefit of protective provisions of Juvenile Justice Act has not yet been extended to children who generally develop delinquent behaviour due to having grown up in poverty…
Smriti Mandhana (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: Smriti Mandhana has already established herself among the finest batters in women’s cricket, but on Thursday she reached a new pinnacle â becoming the most prolific run-scorer in the history of the women’s game.During India’s Women’s Asia Cup 2026 clash against Hong Kong China in Dubai, the Indian…
Smriti Mandhana of India bats (Getty Images) Smriti Mandhana produced a record-breaking knock as India stormed into the Women’s Asia Cup semi-final with a 137-run win over Hong Kong on Thursday. The India opener smashed 124 off 64 balls, helping her side post 193 for five before Hong Kong were bowled out for 56 in…
Details have also been sought regarding the regulatory status and obligations of Meta NEW DELHI: National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the ministries of electronics and information technology (MeitY) and information and broadcasting (I&B) as part of the ongoing scrutiny of circulation of child sexual abuse material on Instagram.NHRC member Priyank Kanoongo, whose…
India and Belgium signed deals to deepen defence and clean-energy ties and agreed to double bilateral trade New Delhi: India and Belgium signed deals to deepen defence and clean-energy ties and agreed to double bilateral trade within five years as PM Modi held talks with Belgian counterpart Bart De Wever, the first Belgian PM to…
ISROâs GSLV-F17/EOS-05 mission successfully accomplished SRIHARIKOTA: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) successfully launched EOS-05, Indiaâs first imaging satellite designed to operate from a geosynchronous orbit, aboard GSLV-F17 in the early hours of Friday.The 51.7-metre-tall, 420.5-tonne, three-stage rocket lifted off from the second launch pad at Sriharikota at 2.55am and placed the around 2,367kg Earth…
