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New row over trials for protesters

Yogeshwar Dutt leads protest against six wrestlers allowed a one-bout shoot-out to enter Asiad squad

Eye on the future: Pujara ousted; Jaiswal, Gaikwad earn call-ups

One of only 13 Indians with 100-plus Test appearances, Pujara may find it tough to stage a comeback after latest omission

If all the pitches are like this, I'm done: Anderson

James Anderson said the lifeless Edgbaston pitch in the Ashes opener was like \"kryptonite\" to him and fears he will be powerless to help England fight back against Australia if the surfaces in the remainder of the series are flat and slow.

Exited Byju's board, say Peak XV, Prosus

Venture capital firms Peak XV Partners and Prosus Ventures have confirmed the resignations of their representatives from the board of Think and Learn Pvt. Ltd, the parent of India's largest edtech company Byju's.

Adani shares dip amid US probe

US is investigating Adani's statements to investors, report said

Ukraine signals main push in counteroffensive yet to come

Ukraine signalled on Friday that the main push in its counteroffensive against Russian forces was still to come, with some troops not yet deployed and the operation so far intended to \"set up the battlefield.\"

Titanic submersible destroyed by a 'catastrophic implosion'

A deep-sea submersible carrying five people on a voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic was found in pieces from a \"catastrophic implosion\" that killed everyone aboard, the US Coast Guard said on Thursday, ending a multinational five-day search for the vessel.

Kin of Amritpal key accused in attack on Indian high commission in Canada

Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh's brother-in-law Amarjot Singh has been named as the primary accused in the March 23 attack on the Indian High Commission in Canada, National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials familiar with the matter said on Friday.

Stone-pelting cannot be our future, says Shah in Kashmir

Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday made an appeal to the youngsters of Kashmir to \"pick up pens and laptops\" instead of stones to write the script of development of Jammu and Kashmir and the country.

AAP: Cong not a team player, must clear ordinance stance

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday said that it will find it difficult to attend future meetings of opposition parties where the Congress is present if the latter does not publicly denounce a controversial ordinance granting the Centre control over Delhi's bureaucracy, highlighting fissures within the opposition camp.

Bridging rifts, seat-sharing in focus at Oppn's Patna meeting

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi sought to cast aside old rivalries, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee played referee between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress, and her Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal maintained that nation came before party, at a mega Opposition meeting in Patna on Friday, said leaders aware of developments.

T-shirt with Modi's quote: Biden offers a special gift

US President Joe Biden gifted a special T-shirt to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, carrying his quote \"The future is Al-America and India\", during a meeting with some of the most powerful American and Indian executives on Friday - the final day of PM's four-day State visit to the US.

Joint statement firms up partnership

The language of collaboration runs through Modi and Biden's historic, 58-paragraph joint statement, which details a widening of India-US ties, with industry and academia set to play key roles

Indian connection: Modi, Kamala bond, reminisce

When vice president Kamala Harris’s mother came to the United States in 1958, phones weren’t easily available. And so, she wrote letters back home regularly. “Never, even for a bit, did she break the connection with India. She kept it alive. She used all means to connect her Indian and American life, despite the distance of thousands of miles,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.

Deep trust, long-term goals: Key visit takeaways for India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US has been an “exceptional, landmark, path-breaking visit”; the decisions are “truly transformative” across areas; and this level of collaboration reflects both “deep trust” between the two sides and the fact that India and the US are in it for the “long-term”, foreign secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said.

Centre pitches common exam for govt technical colleges, IITs object

An April IIT Council meeting saw the Union government suggesting that one way to lessen the pressure on students and lessen the hold of test-prep institutes over admission to the premier engineering institutions was to perhaps have one common entrance exam for all centrally funded technical institutions (CFTIs) -- an idea that was promptly shot down by the IITs.

130 coaching centres fail fire safety test in citywide audit

None of the 130 coaching centres audited by the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) in the city so far were found to be \"satisfactory\" when it came to fire safety standards, said fire department officers.

DTCP issues final order on payment of compensation

The department of town and country planning (DTCP) on Friday issued the final order for payment of compensation to flat owners of towers D, E and F of Chintels Paradiso condominium in Sector 109.

Drones to assess legacy waste at Bandhwari site

Corporation The Municipal of Gurugram (MCG) will carry out a drone survey of the Bandhwari landfill every fortnight to keep tabs on the volume of legacy waste, officials said on Friday.

Two post video of stunts on goods train; cops nab both

A joint team of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Gautam Budh Nagar police arrested two suspects on Friday after a short video allegedly showed them performing stunts on a moving goods train passing through the NTPC plant in Jarchha went viral on social media platforms on Thursday, police said.

Roshanara Bagh nurses 160K saplings in 5mnths

The Roshanara Bagh nursery-a high-tech conservatory the Municipal Corporation of Delhi reopened after major upgrades five months ago - has produced more than 160,000 saplings, with temperature and humidity control features allowing a variety of plants, including those alien to this climate and terrain, to be grown any time of the year.

Bulgarian man arrested for printing counterfeit notes

A Bulgarian national was arrested for allegedly printing fake currency notes in his Palam Vihar flat in Gurugram, Delhi Police officers said on Friday.

Masked assailants shoot at man in car at CR Park, flee spot

Two men on a motorcycle fired at two people in a car driving through a busy residential block of south Delhi's Chittaranjan (CR) Park on Thursday evening, police said on Friday, the latest in a string of brazen crimes taking place in the Capital over the last few days.

Man fends off snatchers in Wazirabad, son injured

An eight-year-old boy suffered multiple injuries, including a fractured leg, after three motorcycle-borne men tried to snatch his father's mobile phone in north Delhi's Wazirabad on Wednesday, police said on Friday.

At power-packed event, diplomacy, chatter...and a toast for teetotallers

“Welcome to the Washington home of PM Modi,” President Joe Biden told a glittering cast of America’s executive, legislative, financial, tech and foreign policy elite, and several accomplished Indians and Indian-Americans, at a pavilion off the south lawns of White House on Thursday night.

Oppn takes key unity step amid AAP-Cong fissures

Thirty-two leaders from 15 Opposition parties came together at a mega meeting in Patna on Friday and all but one outfit vowed to jointly take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and forge a common agenda, marking a significant political development ahead of the 2024 general elections.

'ERA OF A(MERICA) I(NDIA)'

Addressing a joint session of the US Congress, Modi says the two nations will shape global future

'AAJ EK NORMAL-LOOKING BANDA BHI ACTOR BANN SAKTA HAI'

YouTuber Amit Bhadana, who will soon be seen in a web series, is glad that the entertainment industry is opening its doors for all

A 'green' gem of a gift from PM Modi: Bidens in awe

Prime Minister Narendra Modi went with meaningful, special presents to the private dinner at the White House in Washington, DC, with US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden.

Shafaq: People don't think before writing, 'Yeh toh murderer ki behen hai'

Every time I go on social media, I see such harsh comments against us. I can't say mujhe farak nahin padta. It really breaks me.