NEW DELHI: The road transport and railway ministries have achieved a record capital expenditure utilisation of 63% and 56.5%, respectively, during the first half of the current financial year. The combined capex of the two ministries by Sept end was over Rs 3.1 lakh crore, as against the budgetary allocation of Rs 5.2 lakh crore…
Richa Ghosh celebrates her half century. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh etched her name in the record books on Thursday, smashing the highest-ever score by a batter at No.8 or lower in Women’s ODI history with a blistering 94 off 77 balls against South Africa in the ICC Women’s World Cup at…
Raghav Juyal shared amusing anecdotes from ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’. He described his spontaneous on-screen chemistry with Emraan Hashmi, noting their intense emotional scenes. Juyal also recounted learning Arabic lyrics for a song and the high-octane energy on set with Ranveer Singh, even mentioning the presence of ambulances due to the sheer excitement. Raghav Juyal…
JAIPUR: Governor Haribhau Bagde Wednesday granted assent to Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act, 2025, passed by the state Assembly in Sept this year. Law minister Jogaram Patel said the Act had now also been notified.Putting an end to the traditional notion of ‘chat mangni-pat byaah (prompt wedding)’, the new law mandates that priests…
Canara HSBC Life Insurance Company Ltd NEW DELHI: Canara HSBC Life Insurance Company Ltd on Thursday said it has raised a little over Rs 750 crore from anchor investors, just a day before its initial share-sale opening for public subscription.The anchor book received participation from institutional investors including ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund (MF), HDFC MF,…
Prithvi Shaw and Musheer Khan got into a heated altercation when the former swung his bat at the 20-year-old and grabbed him by the collar (Screengrabs/X) Mumbai: Prithvi Shaw on Thursday apologised to Musheer Khan after being involved in an altercation with his former Mumbai teammate during Day One of a friendly match between Mumbai…
After wrapping up his role in The Ba***ds of Bollywood, Raghav Juyal took a moment to reflect on his on-screen companions. He characterized Salman Khan as a wild card—with humor to match, and described Remo D’Souza as his emotional anchor. Raghav couldn’t speak highly enough of Varun Dhawan, crediting him for his consistent backing during…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission Thursday pointed out falsehoods in affidavits presented before Supreme Court by NGO, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), which alleged that names of people were deleted from Bihar’s final voter list without intimation.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi told ADR counsel Prashant Bhushan, who handed over the affidavits, that…
NEW DELHI: Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek – the world’s biggest chipset provider to smartphone brands apart from automotive and home product makers – has said that it is ready to get its chips manufactured in India once fab production begins here.MediaTek, which globally designs and contract-manufactures chips for companies such as Xiaomi, Samsung, Oppo and Vivo,…
Kranti Gaud of India takes a incredible catch (screengrab) Kranti Gaud pulled off a moment of brilliance to give India a flying start against South Africa in the ongoing Women’s World Cup match in Visakhapatnam.After scoring a century in the previous match, Tazmin Brits departed for a duck.It was a length ball from Kranti Gaud,…
