Ramesh Powar (File photo) MUMBAI: Former India and Mumbai off-spinner Ramesh Powar is spending a few days with the Australian Under-19 team as a short-term coach for their spinners.Powar was present at the Australian junior team’s nets at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot on Sunday, giving some useful tips to Australia’s young tweaker.“Cricket Australia…
Punjab CM launches door-to-door election campaign Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann on Sunday launched the AAP’s door-to-door election campaign for the 2027 Punjab assembly polls, pitching his government’s ‘Mann Da Munafa’ narrative, claiming that every family is receiving an annual benefit of Rs 1.82 lakh from its welfare initiatives like free electricity and healthcare.Mann said the…
India’s women’s hockey team will play Indonesia in its second Pool B match India will look to add to its medal tally on Day 2, of the Asian Games 2026 on Monday, with shooting, mixed martial arts, hockey, kabaddi and table tennis among the key events on the schedule.After winning two silver medals in shooting…
Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu minister A Rajmohan on Sunday defended the state government’s decision to build a new assembly-cum-secretariat complex, saying “severe space constraints” at the existing premises have made an alternative necessary.“The space constraints at the current premises are genuine. The number of visitors, petitioners, legislators and…
Vidarsa Vinod, Sonam Maskar and Elavenil Valarivan pose after winning silver medals. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India opened their medal account at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with two silver medals on Sunday, both coming in the women’s 10m air rifle competition, as Elavenil Valarivan emerged as the standout performer on a day that also brought…
PM Modi mimicry at Rahul Gandhi event NEW DELHI: BJP on Sunday criticised the Congress after stand-up comedian Pulkit Mani mimicked Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an event attended by party leader Rahul Gandhi in Madhya Pradesh, with Union ministers and other BJP leaders targeting the opposition party and Congress MP over the performance.The comedian…
India’s double Olympic medalist from Paris 2024 Manu Bhaker and kabaddi player Pawan Sehrawat lead the contingent at the athletes’ parade, during the opening ceremony of the 20th Asian Games, in Nagoya, Japan. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Manu Bhaker wore a borrowed ceremonial kit at the opening ceremony in Nagoya after the kit issued to…
Shashi Tharoor is known for his use of rarely-used and often difficult-to-pronounce English words NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, known for his English vocabulary and his use of rarely-used and often difficult-to-pronounce English words, on Sunday used another such word to take a dig at the ruling BJP.He described “quockerwodger” as the “word of…
Indian men’s hockey team at the Asian Games (Photo/ Hockey India) The Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams wore saffron jerseys in their respective opening matches at the Asian Games on Sunday, despite Hockey India’s pre-event announcement that the teams would return to their traditional blue kits.Both teams wore saffron in their opening matches against…
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