US President Donald Trump on Saturday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling him a “great guy” who is loved by his countrymen. Terming his recent visit to India “worthwhile”, President Trump, while addressing a rally in South Carolina, a southern eastern US state, also quipped that he would never be excited again about crowds after having addressed over 1 lakh spectators in Ahmedabad’s Motera Stadium earlier this week. “I was with the Prime Minister of India, Modi. Great guy, loved by the people of India. And we had an amazing thing. And I went in, and here’s the problem. This is a…
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India outclassed Sri Lanka by seven wickets in Melbourne to register their fourth win on the trot in the ongoing Women’s T20 World Cup on Saturday. Shafali Verma, who top-scored for India, set up the chase for India with a quickfire knock of 47 off 34 balls. Earlier, Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu won the toss and decided to bat at the Junction Oval in Melbourne. Radha Yadav was the pick of the bowlers for India, finishing with figures of four for 23 in her spell of four overs. Radha was also named player of the match for her impressive…
India handed over the fifth tranche of humanitarian assistance consisting of sewing machines, office tents, rescue kits, etc for the displaced persons from Rakhine province of Myanmar to Bangladesh today. High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das handed over the relief material to Bangladesh State Minister for Disaster Management Enamur Rahman in Cox Bazar on Thursday. According to a press release issued by the High Commission of India in Bangladesh, 1000 sewing machines with pedal, 32 office tents, 32 rescue kits and 99 family tents have been provided to the government of Bangladesh for distribution among the displaced…
India is likely to attend the landmark signing event of the peace deal between the US and the Taliban as an observer. 19 years after it deployed troops in Afghanistan in response to the 9/11 terror attacks, the US is set to sign a deal with the Taliban today. The agreement, which will be signed in Qatar’s capital Doha, will see the phased withdrawal of thousands of US troops from Afghanistan and require the Taliban to initiate a formal dialogue with the Afghan government and other political and civil society groups on a permanent nationwide ceasefire and power-sharing in post-war…
Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova, one of the world’s most recognisable sportswomen, today announced her retirement from tennis. In an article for Vogue and Vanity Fair magazines, Sharapova said, “Tennis – I’m saying goodbye,”. Sharapova said that her body had become a distraction after a struggle with shoulder injuries. The Russian won her first Grand Slam at Wimbledon in 2004 aged 17 and completed the career slam, all four major titles, by winning the French Open in 2012. In 2016, she served a 15-month ban after testing positive for meld onium. in 2017, Sharapova struggled to recapture her best…
BJP today questioned Opposition in what it termed as selective silence of Congress and Aam Aadmi Party over the violent clashes in Delhi. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar addressing media said that rather than consolidated efforts towards peace both Congress and Aam Aadmi Party are trying to politicise the act of violence. He questioned the silence of both the parties over the issue of death of police personnel and attack on police and media persons. Mr. Javadekar criticised Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over identification of victims in the clash by religion and said that AAP MLAs should have worked for…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee were seen dining together at Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s place. While Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren could not make it, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was also present. Mamta Banerjee and Mr Shah had travelled to Bhubaneswar to attend a meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council (EZC), a forum of eastern states, chaired by the Home Minister. Naveen Patnaik, the vice chairman of the EZC and host of its 24th meeting, tweeted a picture of the leaders dining at his home together. Mr Shah, who is on…
The railway’s catering arm IRCTC will resume services of the luxury train Golden Chariot on March 22 after a gap of a few years, officials said on Friday. IRCTC took over the operation, management and marketing of the special train through a recent agreement with Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC), which launched the Golden Chariot train in 2008. “The Golden Chariot is again going to hit the tracks in a new look and feel on an exciting week long itinerary. IRCTC has planned three trips of Golden Chariot on ‘Pride of Karnataka’ itinerary on March 22, March 29 and…
Myanmar president Win Myint arrived here on Friday on a two-day tour of Bodh Gaya, the holy town where Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment more than two millennia ago. Accompanied by wife Cho Cho and a 28-member delegation of top Myanmarese officials, Myint landed at the international airport in Gaya where he was received by Bihar minister Ashok Choudhary and officials of the civil and police administration. On way to the hotel in Bodh Gaya where Myint and the delegates will be staying, they were accorded a warm welcome by schoolchildren who stood on both sides of road…
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Tahir Hussain was suspended from the primary membership of his party on Thursday evening, after he was charged with murder and arson in connection with the death of Ankit Sharma, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) employee found dead in one of the areas in northeast Delhi most affected by violence over citizenship law protests. Mr Hussain will remain suspended until the charges against him are investigated and he is cleared, a tweet by Delhi’s ruling AAP added. Ankit Sharma, whose body was found in a drain near his home in Jafrabad, was allegedly attacked by a…