Hyderabad: Shai Hope produced a stunning unbeaten century, completing the landmark with a six off the final ball, as West Indies piled up 247 for three against India in the fourth T20 International Wednesday, exposing the hosts' bowling frailties. Hope smashed 102 off just 50 balls, while Sherfane Rutherford provided the finishing flourish with an unbeaten 49...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Centre and states to file their response in four weeks on a plea for banning the sale of alcohol in inconspicuous packaging such as tetra packs and sachets. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, R Mahadevan and Aparesh Kumar Singh gave the petitioner NGO 'Community Against Drunken Driving' two...

Kathmandu: Nepal's parliamentary committee Wednesday endorsed the names of proposed ambassadors to 10 countries, including India, according to an official. The Parliamentary Hearing Committee approved Nischal Nath Pandey as the proposed ambassador to India, Kalyan Raj Sharma to China and Chiranjung Thapa to the US, Parliament Secretariat spokesperson Ekram Giri said. The committee also endorsed the nominees...

Mumbai: The rupee appreciated 19 paise to close at 95.17 against the US dollar Wednesday, registering the fourth straight session of gain, supported by Reserve Bank of India interventions designed to ease near-term dollar demand and limit speculative foreign exchange exposure. Forex traders said the Indian rupee rose to a one-month high on RBI's measures to curb...

New Delhi: Congress general secretary Sachin Pilot Wednesday said he has no personal animosity against senior party colleague Ashok Gehlot and asserted that they, along with other party leaders in Rajasthan, have to fight unitedly to take on the BJP double engine in the 2028 Assembly polls. In an interview with PTI Videos, Pilot also said Gehlot...

New Delhi: A Delhi court has issued fresh summons to YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in an eight-year-old criminal defamation case filed by Vikas Pandey over a video titled “BJP IT Cell Part 2”, with the social media influencer now having been served at his residence in Gurugram. The case, pending before the Saket Court, relates to allegations that...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke Wednesday urged "patriots" to gather at the Central Park in New Delhi's Connaught Place, to wave the Tricolour in protest against the arrest of his party's co-conveners Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka. In a video message posted on social media platform X, Dipke termed the agitation as "Lehra...

Meerut: The family of Saurabh Rajput, former Merchant Navy officer, whose body was found stuffed inside a blue drum after his cold-blooded murder by his wife Muskan and her lover, Sahil Shukla, welcomed the capital punishment for the duo, as awarded by the district court Wednesday. The two were awarded death penalty by the district judge, while...

Dubai: India Wednesday advised its nationals in Saudi Arabia to stay indoors in case of an aerial attack and follow the instructions issued by local authorities. The new advisory comes amid tensions in the Gulf kingdom due to a series of deadly drone and missile attacks targeting civilian infrastructure by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The Indian Embassy...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday likened critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "cockroaches", accusing them of attempting to create anarchy and disrupt the country's development. Addressing a gathering at Kalinanagar in Jajpur district, Majhi said while India was progressing under Modi's leadership, some critics were trying to obstruct the process by turning non-issues...