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Tough pitch: Making sense of the Cape Town Test

642 balls, 464 runs, 33 wickets.

BWH Hotels eyes expansion in south Asian market

BWH Hotels, a hospitality company, which runs mid-market hotel brands like Best Western Hotels & Resorts, and SureStay Hotels, is looking to expand its presence in the south Asian market. At present, the company has 27 hotels in India, globally it has 4,300 hotels.

Services sector growth hits 3-month high in Dec

The services sector PMI climbed to 59 in December from 56.9 a month before

That familiar unease

Vivek Shanbagh's terrific new novel, Sakina's Kiss (translated from the Kannada by Srinath Perur) is an intimate portrait of a middle-class, middle-aged man bewildered and isolated by the changes brought to his life, which he had painstakingly built for himself and his family over the years.

Amid fighting, Israeli defence minister lays out post-war plan

The health ministry in Gaza said it had recorded 162 deaths in the past 24 hours as a result of massive Israeli bombardment

Portfolio allocated in Raj, CM keeps 8 depts

The long-awaited portfolio distribution of the new ministers was announced on Friday with chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma retaining the home department while deputy chief minister Diya Kumari got the finance and tourism departments.

Koreas conduct drills, escalating animosities

The rival Koreas fired artillery rounds into the sea as part of provocative drills along their disputed sea boundary on Friday, in violation of the fragile 2018 inter-Korean agreement, and threatened strong responses against each other if provoked.

Shah calls for tech upgrade at key meeting of top cops

India's top police and intelligence brass on Friday began annual deliberations on a host of internal and external security issues, with a focus on cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), deepfakes, security at India's borders, unauthorised people staying in the country, and a road map for the implementation of three new criminal codes, people familiar with the matter said.

After 126 days, Aditya-L1 to reach final destination today

Aditya-L1, the country's first solar observatory, is set to reach its destination on Saturday evening, after completing a 126days long journey to Lagrange Point 1 (L1) about 1.5 million kilometres from us The craft has already covered the intended 1.5 million kilometres and the Indian Space Research Organisation will inject the satellite into a halo orbit around L1 on Saturday, Jagdev Singh, from Bengaluru's Indian Institute of Astrophysics, said.

Justice Nagarathna calls for inclusive, diverse judiciary

The participation of women in the judiciary is not only a constitutional imperative but also a necessary step to achieve the goal of robust, transparent, inclusive, effective and credible judicial process, Supreme Court judge BV Nagarathna said on Friday, emphasising that having more women on the bench can contribute to a more effective space for the delivery of justice in India.

17/17/5/1: INDIA appears to seal Bihar seat share pact

Bihar's four-party ruling coalition is close to sealing a seat-sharing agreement for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, three leaders aware of developments said on Friday, making it the potentially the first state where members of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) are on the verge of resolving an issue that can prove thorny across India.

Ensure double-engine govt's benefits reach all: PM tells Raj BJP leaders

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Rajasthan to \"work towards providing the benefit of the double-engine government to every household\", people familiar with the matter said.

Pleas on withdrawal of CBI sanction referred to CJ for a larger bench

A single-judge bench of Karnataka High Court on Friday referred a batch of petitions challenging the withdrawal of sanction given to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), to probe an alleged disproportionate assets case against deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar, to the chief justice for placing it before a larger bench of his choice.

'India will give $75mn as quake aid to Nepal'

India will provide a financial assistance package of Nepali Rs 1,000 crore or $75 million for rebuilding infrastructure damaged by an earthquake that hit western Nepal in November last year, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Friday.

DDA flat sold for ₹5.77 cr

Seven of the 14 penthouses that the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) offered for sale via e-auction have been sold, officials aware of the matter said on Friday, adding that the highest bid received for one of the flats was 5.77 crore.

Fog blanks out sun as Delhi shivers on another cold day

Delhi's bitterly cold and grey start to 2024 continued with the peak temperature staying under 15 degrees Celsius five notches below normal for this time of the year - and Friday being officially classified by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) as a \"cold day\".

Once symbolic of old Calcutta, trams may halt in their tracks

For 150 years, they have been part of every picture postcard, the living symbol of the romance of a city.

India's economy pegged to grow at 7.3% this year

The Indian economy will grow at 7.3% in the fiscal year 2023-24 according to the first advanced estimates released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Friday a number that is a full percentage point higher than the International Monetary Fund's October forecast of 6.3%, and also higher than estimates put forth by the Reserve Bank of India and many research firms.

Max temperature 14.6°C on another cold day' in Capital

Delhi's bitterly cold and grey start to 2024 continued on Friday with the day's peak temperature again remaining under 15°C-five notches below what is normal this time of the year- and being officially classified by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) as a \"cold day\".

PROCEEDS OF CRIME IN HERALD CASE ₹988CR: ED DOCUMENTS

TO ED, ACCORDING AJ ACQUIRED MOST OF THE ASSETS AS 'FREEHOLD' OR ON LONG-TERM LEASE' GIVEN BY CENTRAL AND STATE GOVTS

Plea on renaming Mathura's Shahi Idgah Masjid junked

THE SC SAID ENTERTAINING THE ISSUE AS A PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) WAS NOT MAINTAINABLE

3 years after Bangladeshi ship sank in Hoogly, siltation puts Gangasagar festival under cloud

A Bangladeshi cargo ship that sank in the Ganges delta at the height of the pandemic-induced lockdown three years ago has resurfaced to haunt authorities in West Bengal, threatening the year's first major religious festival, the Gangasagar Mela.

WOMAN ALLOWED TO END 29-WEEK PREGNANCY AFTER HUSBAND'S DEATH

THE COURT CITED HER PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION BY AIIMS AND SAID CONTINUING HER PREGNANCY COULD IMPAIR HER MENTAL STABILITY

Oscar Pistorius out of prison after serving 9 yrs for murder

Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was released from prison on parole early Friday morning and was believed to be at his uncle's mansion after authorities secretly moved the world-famous double-amputee athlete who killed his girlfriend at an undisclosed time to avoid the glare of news crews waiting outside the jail.

HC TELLS OBEROI TO HAND OVER WILDFLOWER HALL TO STATE GOVT

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Friday directed the Oberoi Hotel Group to hand over the possession of the iconic Wildflower Hall Hotel to the state government within two months.

Farishtey scheme: SC tells LG to clear stand

The Supreme Court on Friday asked Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena to make his stand clear on the stoppage of funds for the Delhi government's Farishtey scheme, which promises free medical treatment for road accident victims, and said that exemplary cost will be imposed if it is found that the court was taken for a ride in the case.

HINDU TEMPLE DEFACED WITH KHALISTAN GRAFFITI IN CALIFORNIA, U.S.

A Hindu temple in California, US, was defaced with pro-Khalistan graffiti, two weeks after another temple was vandalised in the state, the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) said on Friday.

TERRORIST KILLED IN ENCOUNTER WITH FORCES IN J&K'S SHOPIAN

DURING THE OPERATION, ARMS AND AMMUNITION, INCLUDING AN AK SERIES RIFLE AND THREE MAGAZINES WERE RECOVERED

AAP picks Maliwal for RS, Sanjay Singh renominated

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday nominated Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal to the Rajya Sabha and renominated sitting parliamentarians Sanjay Singh and ND Gupta for a second term in the Upper House.

Parties hit out at TMC over fresh escalation

The attack on the Enforcement Directorate (ED) team in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Friday triggered a row with opposition parties calling it an \"assault on the federal structure\" and demanded imposition of President's rule in the state.