Neel Patel (Pic credit: Cricket NSW) Indian-origin opening batter Neel Patel has earned one of the biggest opportunities of his young career after being named in Australia’s Under-19 squad for next month’s multi-format tour of India.The New South Wales youngster is among 16 of Australia’s brightest emerging cricketers selected for the four-week tour, which will…
MHT CET engineering CAP Round 1 results announced; candidates begin admission formalities MHT CET CAP Round 1 allotment: The State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra released the provisional CAP Round 1 allotment lists for engineering and management admissions on August 2, 2026. Candidates allotted seats under the Centralised Admission Process (CAP) can now check their…
PM Modi called for rejecting stigma on the issue. “Youth who come out fighting addiction are not weak; they are real warriors,” he said. NEW DELHI: Drugs can give a momentary high but family and professional lives will hit a low, PM Modi told youth in a warning against substance abuse on Sunday, and exhorted…
Commonwealth Sport president Donald Rukare, centre, presents the David Dixon Award to Melanie Woods. (PTI/AP Photo) Scottish wheelchair racer Melanie Woods capped an unforgettable home Commonwealth Games by winning the prestigious David Dixon Award, recognising her as the outstanding athlete of Glasgow 2026 after a campaign defined not only by two gold medals but also…
NEW DELHI: For the first time since the Covid pandemic, fatalities on national highways (NHs) declined last year, even as overall road deaths rose in India. Govt data submitted in Lok Sabha last week shows that deaths on NHs, including Centre-run expressways, fell by 4.1% to 62,122 in 2025 from 64,772 in 2024.Among states and…
Former England all-rounder Moeen Ali has named former India fast bowler and Gujarat Titans head coach Ashish Nehra as the sharpest cricketing mind he has worked with, placing him ahead of several well-known figures, including MS Dhoni.Moeen, who has played under some of the game’s leading captains and coaches, said his time with Nehra at…
The attack is believed to be linked to Yadav’s recent skit outside Parliament over the alleged donation theft at the Ayodhya Ram temple. NEW DELHI: High drama unfolded at the New Delhi address of Independent MP Pappu Yadav Sunday after a man allegedly threw a slipper at him and another allegedly brandished a knife when…
The Mekedatu dam row has snowballed into a political slugfest in Tamil Nadu, The Mekedatu dam row has snowballed into a political slugfest in Tamil Nadu, with governing and opposition parties trading barbs instead of closing ranks against Karnataka’s proposed project on Cauvery. The project, opposed by Tamil Nadu, has become a flashpoint after multiple…
NEW DELHI: Signaling continuing disruption in Parliament in the coming week, Congress has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah of avoiding Parliament at a time when the Opposition has been raising the crucial issue of Ayodhya donation scam.Congress MP Pramod Tiwari alleged that all “chanda chor” belong to BJP family, even…
Venkataramani told SC that he had extensive consultations with Punjab, Haryana, Himachal and Union ministry of power after getting the records examined by CAG for independent determination of the historical capital cost liability NEW DELHI: Punjab govt’s stiff resistance to attorney general R Venkataramani’s proposal for amicable implementation of a 15-year-old Supreme Court decree settling…
