New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) India made a dominant start in their Davis Cup 2025 World Group I playoffs against Togo, with Mukund Sasikumar and Ramkumar Ramanathan securing comfortable victories in their respective singles rubbers at the DLTA Complex here on Saturday. Mukund Sasikumar dispatched Liova Ajavon 6-2, 6-1, while Ramkumar Ramanathan breezed past Thomas…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) Virat Kohli’s eagerly awaited return to the Ranji Trophy ended in disappointment as Delhi secured a commanding innings and 19-run victory over Railways, but still fell short of qualifying for the quarterfinals. Off-spinner Shivam Sharma’s brilliant five-wicket haul of 33 runs sealed Railways’ fate as they were bowled out for…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) Mumbai made history in the Ranji Trophy with their largest-ever innings victory, thrashing Meghalaya by an astonishing 456 runs in Mumbai on Saturday. The win ensured Mumbai’s progression to the knockout stage, regardless of the result between Baroda and Jammu and Kashmir. After dominating the opening two days, Mumbai bowlers,…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) Hurriyat Conference Chairman and Kashmir’s Chief Cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq have proposed the formation of Inter-Community Committee (ICC) to bridge the gap between the communities that will ensure the safe return of Kashmiri Pandits to the valley. Mirwaiz proposed the forming of ICC to a delegation of Kashmiri Pandits represented…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) Indian industry on Saturday hailed the Union Budget 2025-26 saying the Government has made a strong effort to address the immediate challenges being faced by the economy, particularly on the consumption front by presenting a “Bold” budget giving significant relief to individual tax payers while maintaining the fiscal deficit at…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday slammed the Union Budget saying “BJP is wooing the tax paying middle class, Bihar electorate” and “just soothing words for the rest of India”. Addressing a press conference here, Chidambaram along with party leader Gaurav Gogoi said, “The government…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) Reiterating his charge that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was working for a few rich people only, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that the aim of his government’s budget was to benefit just 25 billionaires at the cost of the common people. Addressing a public…
Kadapa, Feb 1 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr Chandrababu Naidu, on Saturday made a promise to complete the Godavari-Banakacherla project with the Centre’s cooperation and supply water to every acre in Rayalaseema besides extending all kinds of incentives for commercial crops in the region. Had the TDP come to power again in 2019, the…
New York, Feb 1 (UNI) A medevac plane with six people on board crashed in a northeast Philadelphia neighborhood shortly after takeoff on Friday evening, sparking a large fire, authorities said. Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, the company operating the plane, confirmed that the aircraft was carrying four crew members, a pediatric patient who had just…
Pune, Feb 1 (UNI) A fresh debate over the ‘like-for-like’ principle in concussion substitutions erupted after India’s Harshit Rana replaced Shivam Dube in the fourth T20I against England here on Friday. The decision, made by match referee Javagal Srinath, has drawn sharp reactions from England’s camp and former cricketers. Dube, who was struck on the…
