NEW DELHI: Former India batter Ajinkya Rahane has spoken about the difficult wait before making his Test debut, revealing that he spent two years travelling with the team as the 12th man. Rahane made his international debut in limited-overs cricket in 2011 but had to wait for 20 Test matches before finally getting his first…
Prashant Kishor met NCP leaders Sunetra and Parth Pawar after his recent election victory. MUMBAI: Jan Suraaj party founder and prominent political strategist Prashant Kishor, who won the Bankipur bypoll in Bihar this week after defeating the BJP, called on the deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar from the NCP and her MP son Parth Pawar,…
The announcement followed a two-day meeting of the CJP core team, where the party also named chief spokesperson Saurav Das and spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka as co-conveners NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has announced its National Working Committee as part of efforts to strengthen its organisational framework, with founder Abhijeet Dipke appointed as the…
Pumped storage projects enable greater renewable energy integration by storing surplus power and supplying it during peak demand, while strengthening grid stability and reliability. Chennai: India’s pumped storage project pipeline is gathering momentum, with around 24 GW of capacity under construction, appraisal or examination by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA).At present, 11 PSPs with a…
Gujarat’s deputy chief minister Harsh Sanghavi has said high-level discussions are on for the task force’s formation Gandhinagar: Deputy chief minister Harsh Sanghavi on Thursday said that the state govt will soon constitute a task force to enforce the ban on analogue paneer, cheese and butter, warning that violators could face closure of their establishments.Speaking…
Kolkata: Police have launched an investigation following allegations that a 30-year-old woman, who was staying in north Kolkata, was lured with the false promise of employment in Tamil Nadu, abducted, and illegally trafficked across the international border into Bangladesh.The revelation has prompted calls for an urgent probe by specialized agencies to dismantle a suspected transnational…
Sanitation workers are expected to get raincoats among other facilities Pune: The standing committee on Thursday approved a Rs 8-crore proposal to provide facilities to conservancy staff handling domestic waste. The funds will be utilised to provide 42 facilities, including raincoats to sweepers and waste collectors. The committee’s chairman Shrinath Bhimale said the funds will…
Colva: Colva police have registered an offence under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act against an minor Instagram user for allegedly downloading, viewing and transmitting pornographic material involving children through an electronic platform.PSI Anil Krishna said the minor accused, allegedly downloaded, viewed and transmitted electronic material depicting children engaged in sexual acts…
Surat police commissioner Wabang Jamir Surat: In a joint operation, sleuths of the Surat detection of crime branch (DCB) and Tapi district local crime branch (LCB) apprehended eight persons in the Satish Maratha murder case. Four of them are minors. Maratha was killed on Wednesday afternoon when he was with a woman friend near Saraswati…
According to draft directions issued by the central bank, NBFCs will be barred from offering revolving credit products and will be required to offer only credit facilities in the nature of term loans MUMBAI: RBI has proposed a sweeping overhaul of credit facility norms for non-banking financial companies, mandating a shift to term-loan structures while…
