Forest rights activist Alok Shukla gets 'Green Nobel'

Forest and tribal rights activist Alok Shukla will on Friday receive the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize -- 2024 for successfully leading a community campaign that saved 4.45 lakh acres of......

Jolt to Cong as Gandhi family loyalist joins BJP in MP

In a significant political development in Madhya Pradesh, veteran leader and former Union minister Suresh Pachouri bid adieu to his five-decade allegiance with the Congress, and joined the......

Bidhuri ducks query on LS rant; more BJP MPs seek probe into Danish Ali

As more Bharatiya Janata Party MPs urged Speaker Om Birla to probe Bahujan Samaj Party MP Danish Ali's conduct in Lok Sabha, the lawmaker on Sunday claimed a narrative was being set for "lynching"......

Mobile internet suspended in Nuh amid call for 'Shobha Yatra'

The Haryana government on Saturday ordered the suspension of mobile Internet and bulk SMS services in the communally-charged Nuh district till August 28 in view of a call for a 'shobha yatra'.......

ICICI Lombard rolls out weather insurance

ICICI Lombard General Insurance, in association with Weather Risk Management Services (WRMS), has launched a hybrid weather-cum-satellite imagery-based insurance product in India to cover the risk......

CDMA handsets to dominate entry-level market

The Indian Code Division Multiplex Access operators have made the cost to go mobile and stay mobile the cheapest in the world. Figures show that subscribers are lapping up these cheap phones -- as......

The multiplex boom sweeps India

When Rakesh Prabhu, a 38-year-old public sector executive, landed at Aurangabad, once the southern capital of the last great Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, after being transferred from Mumbai a year......

Ranji round-up: 23 wickets fall as Bengal, Baroda struggle at 'green' Lahli

A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played across India on Monday The inability of second rung domestic batsmen to cope with movement on a green top came to the fore once again as the Ranji Trophy......

Ranji Trophy: Lad, Patil rally Mumbai against champions Karnataka

Nikhil Patil (left) and Siddesh Lad during the course of their unfinished partnership of 175 for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy match against defending champions Karnataka at the Wankhede stadium.......

Jaffer's 50th first class ton rescues Mumbai

Wasim Jaffer scored a milestone 50th century in first class cricket to rescue Mumbai on Day 1 on the Ranji Trophy Group A match against Vidarbha, at the Wankhede stadium, in Mumbai, on......

Himachal bowlers leave Kerala reeling at 196-8

Despite Sanju Samson hitting an unbeaten century, Kerala were struggling at 196 for eight on the opening day of their Group C Ranji Trophy match against Himachal Pradesh in Himachal. At stumps,......

Ranji Trophy: Mumbai well-placed after Marathe's ton

Sushant Marathe scored a brilliant century, and added 189 runs for the opening wicket with Kaustubh Pawar, to help Mumbai post 203 for 3 against Uttar Pradesh on the first day of their Ranji Trophy......