FORMER Saurashtra captain Sitanshu Kotak and ex-India seamer Paras Mhambrey have replaced Rahul Dravid as head coaches of India A and U-19 sides respectively following a reshuffle in the support staff for juniors. Dravid has recently been appointed as the National Cricket Academy's head of cricket operations and will be…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi launched the 'Fit India' Movement' on Thursday (29), saying the initiative is the need of the hour and will take the country towards a healthier future. At a colourful ceremony, which included a presentation of India's indigenous martial art forms, dances and sports, Modi said…
GOOD governance and zero corruption are needed for sustainable economic development in the country, Indian minister Prakash Javadekar said on Thursday (29). Speaking at the 60th SKOCH Summit here, he exuded confidence that India will become a five trillion dollar economy under the leadership of prime minister Narendra Modi in…
PAKISTAN has no locus standi on Kashmir and no country is backing it on the ‘current issue’, Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday (29) amid Islamabad's efforts to internationalise India’s move to abrogate provisions of Article 370. Addressing a DRDO event here, Singh asked how can India talk…
JASPRIT BUMRAH'S situational awareness is unmatched and his five-wicket haul in the second innings of the opening Test against the West Indies is one of the "best spells of fast bowling" by an Indian, feels the team's bowling coach Bharath Arun. Bumrah, who was given a month's break after the…
WITH a career spanning over 30 years and having acted different shades of characters including dark and comic roles, or a common man struggling against the system, actor-director Pankaj Kapur believes he hasn't done enough and wants to explore more. "There are millions of people in the world, I have…
INDIA’S anti-terror squad, National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday (29) conducted searches across multiple locations here in connection with a recent terror alert issued to Tamil Nadu. According to police, the NIA searches were conducted at the residences of five people in the city to ascertain if they had any…
RISHABH PANT will be desperate to pay back the faith reposed in him by the team management when India look to steamroll West Indies with another dominant show in the second World Test championship encounter starting on Friday (30). Having won the first Test by 318 runs, India are runaway…
PAKISTAN on Thursday (29) said the resolution of the Kashmir issue as per the UN resolutions was its top foreign policy agenda. India has not been engaging with Pakistan since an attack on the Air Force base at Pathankot in January of 2016 by Pakistan-based terrorists, maintaining that talks and…
RUSSIAN helicopters, a part of Rostec state corporation of Russia, is looking for promoting its chopper Ansat for the civilian market in India. “We are hopeful of promoting Ansat in India. We have very good prospects. We have applied for certificate to aviation officials of India in the beginning of…