Colombo/New Delhi : The second T20 International between India and Sri Lanka here on Tuesday was postponed by a day after visiting all-rounder Krunal Pandya tested positive for COVID-19, forcing him out of the series with seven days of isolation. As per Sri Lanka”s health safety protocols, Krunal will not be able to travel back … Read more
Bengaluru : Amid heightened suspense, a meeting of the ruling BJP”s legislature party in Karnataka is underway here, which is slated to pick a successor to outgoing Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa. BJP”s central observers — Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and G Kishan Reddy — are attending the meeting being held at a private hotel … Read more
New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha proceedings were again adjourned till 4 pm on Tuesday as Opposition members continued to raise slogans and protest in the Well of the House over the Pegasus snooping controversy. Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh adjourned the House after the protesting members refused to return to their seats. The Upper … Read more
Patna : RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday suggested that a committee headed by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and comprising some other members of the state legislature be set up for meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and press the demand for a caste-based census. The leader of the opposition in the Bihar Assembly made … Read more
New Delhi : A total of 355 personnel of central paramilitary forces and the Assam Rifles were killed in the line of duty in the last five years, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. The maximum personnel were from the country”s largest central armed police force — the Central Reserve Police Force — at 209. The … Read more