2 days ago · NEW DELHI, Apr 16: India skipper Rohit Sharma has revealed that his decision to opt out of the Sydney Test against Australia earlier this year was not an unanimous one and involved an “argument” with head coach Gautam Gambhir and chief selector Ajit Agarkar. The captain, who played at Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, failed in five consecutive innings ...

3 days ago · SRINAGAR, Apr 16: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah Wednesday reacted angrily to claims of former R&AW chief A S Dulat that he had “privately backed” the Article 370 abrogation, and accused him of “cheap stunts” to boost the sales of his forthcoming book. Dismissing Dulat’s claims that the National Conference (NC) would have “helped” pass the proposal to ...

3 days ago · SRINAGAR, Apr 16: National Conference (NC) patron and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah had privately endorsed abrogation of Article 370 and even expressed readiness to “help” in the process if taken into “confidence”, former head of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) A.S. Dulat has reportedly claimed in his latest book, triggering sharp reactions from the ...

2 days ago · Deepak Sharma The recent enactment of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 has stirred political debate, with some quarters alleging that the amendments amount to interference in religious affairs. However, such criticism reflects either a misunderstanding of the constitutional and legal status of waqf institutions or a deliberate attempt to politicize a progressive administrative reform. To begin ...

2 days ago · DUBAI, Apr 16 : The operator of Dubai’s sprawling Mall of the Emirates, home to an indoor ski slope in the desert sheikhdom, announced plans Wednesday for a $1.3 billion renovation at the mall. The Dubai-based firm Majid Al Futtaim said the project would turn the mall “into a next-generation lifestyle destination.” It said another 20,000 square meters of additional space would be added ...

2 days ago · Jammu, Apr 16: PDP MLA Waheed ur Rehman Parra lashed out at the National Conference on Wednesday over former RAW chief A S Dulat’s disclosure in his latest book that Farooq Abdullah privately backed the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, saying “the party (NC) has played a role to justify every erosion and normalise that erosion since 1947”. Parra accused the NC of entering ...

2 days ago · NEW DELHI, Apr 16: Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Wednesday recommended to the Centre the name of Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai as the next CJI. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp Justice Gavai, the second senior-most Supreme Court judge after the incumbent CJI Khanna, is set to become the 52nd CJI on May 14 after the retirement of CJI Khanna on May 13. Justice Gavai ...

2 days ago · By Nitya Chakraborty Though there is a 90 day pause in Trump’s latest unilateral imposition of reciprocal tariffs on most of the countries, the trade war between the USA and China, the two largest economies of the world is in full steam imparting tremors in global trade and economy. Close advisers of Trump were expecting a response from the Chinese President Xi Jinping in the form of a zoom ...

2 days ago · NEW DELHI, Apr 16: Delighted at breaching the qualification mark for the Asian Athletics Championship with an effort of 6.45 metres, Indian long jumper Shaili Singh is now looking forward to securing more podium finishes in top international events this year. Shaili, 21, started the new season with a strong jump, breaching the Asian Athletics Championships qualification mark of 6.41m on her ...

3 days ago · NEW YORK, Apr 14: An advocacy and civil rights organisation has welcomed the introduction of a Bill in Georgia State Senate that would formally recognise Hinduphobia and anti-Hindu hate in the state’s penal code, marking the first time any US state has taken such a step at the statutory level. The Coalition of Hindus of North America (CoHNA) said in a statement that it “proudly welcomes ...