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Rohit, Jadeja, star as India thrash Australia by innings & 132 runs


Nagpur: India capitalised on the fear of spin in the minds of the Australian batters on a spin-friendly wicket, to bowl them out for 91, their lowest total in India and second lowest ever, winning the first Test by an innings and 132 run defeat in the first Test at the Vidarbha Cricket Association...

I-T ‘survey’ operations at BBC offices continue


New Delhi: The Income Tax (I-T) department 'survey' related operations at the BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai continued for the second day this week, according to sources aware of the developments. The 'survey' operations, which had begun on Tuesday at around 11.30 a.m., continued the whole day and even throughout the night, and are...

Statement from President Joe Biden on Air India’s Historic Purchase of Boeing Aircraft


The United States can and will lead the world in manufacturing. I am proud to announce today the purchase of over 200 American-made aircraft through a historic agreement between Air India and Boeing. This purchase will support over one million American jobs across 44 states, and many will not require a four-year college degree. This...

Navika group acquires two stylish hotels with views of NYC skyline


Uniondale, NY: Navika Group of Companies has acquired two stylish hotels with magnificent views of the New York City skyline from across the Hudson river. The premier commercial real estate company has added EnVue, Autograph Collection by Marriott and Residence Inn by Marriott, Port Imperial, Weehawken, NJ, to its stable that already boasts iconic hotels...

WPL2023: RCB ropes in Indian Tennis stalwart Sania Mirza as women’s team mentor


Days after constituting a strong team for the inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL), the Royal Challengers Bangalore have roped in Indian tennis stalwart Sani Mirza as the team’s mentor. This comes as an inspirational step by the franchise which made some sensational buys at the players’ auction on February 13.  As stated...

Smriti Mandhana becomes first and most expensive buy of inaugural IPL Women’s League auction


Royal Challengers Bangalore bought Team India’s star batter 26-year-old Smriti Mandhana for Rs.3.4 crore at first-ever Women’s Premier League auction. She was the most expensive and the first buy of the auction and had a base price of Rs.50 lakh.    With a purse of Rs 12 crore for every team, 3 teams got into...

Gunman kills 3, injures 5 in Michigan State University campus shooting


A suspect has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after a mass shooting at Michigan State University that left three people dead and five others injured Monday evening, police told CNN.  Addressing the presser, Interim Deputy Police Chief Chris Rozman said some of the victims sustained "life-threatening injuries".  Police initially received the calls at 8.18...

‘Tax survey’ at offices in India: Fully cooperating says BBC


The BBC said on Tuesday that it is "fully cooperating" with the Income Tax authorities who are at its offices in New Delhi and Mumbai and hoped that the situation will be resolved "as soon as possible".  The British Broadcasting Corporation, the UK-headquartered public broadcaster, did not give further details of what has been described...

Indian American Nikki Haley announces 2024 US presidential bid, to challenge Trump first


Prominent Indian-American politician Nikki Haley launched her presidential campaign on Tuesday, becoming the first Republican to challenge former US President Donald Trump in his 2024 bid for the White House.  Haley, 51, is the two-term Governor of South Carolina and the former US Ambassador to the United Nations.  "I'm Nikki Haley, and I'm running for President,...