Middle order batsman Ajinkya Rahane was on Monday named captain of the 15-member Indian cricket team that will tour Zimbabwe in July as Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli, among other seniors, were rested. Batsmen Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rohit Sharma and Umesh Yadav were also rested by the Board of
In a significant development, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Monday asked his ministry officials to prepare a draft plan for Mumbai Urban Transport Project 4. This is in view of the tremendous increase in the number of passengers — 75 million per day — handled by the Mumbai suburban railway system. "In
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will arrive here on Wednesday on a two-day visit to review the security arrangements for Amarnath Yatra and offer prayers at the Himalayan cave shrine on July 2. The home minister will review the security arrangements for this year's Amarnath Yatra along with Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed
A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook the Kashmir valley in the early hours of Tuesday. "A moderate intensity earthquake occurred at 3.40 a.m. today," an official of the local MET department here told IANS. "The magnitude of the earthquake was 5.5 on the Richter scale. The epicentre
By Apurva Bhatt The railways will introduce the much required Automatic braking for local trains in a week in both the Central and Western lines to avoid the Sunday morning mishap. At present, the AWS provides the motorman with advanced warning of an upcoming signal via a display on the driving panel. The system works
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic will face German Phillip Kohlschreiber on Monday in the first round of Wimbledon, media reported on Saturday. The world No. 1, who is playing on grass for the first time this year, will debut in front of the world No. 33, who plays very well on grass.
The much anticipated Hockey World League (HWL) Semi-Final Pool A clash between traditional rivals India and Pakistan ended in a 2-2 stalemate at the Brasschaat Municipal Park here on Friday. Ramandeep Singh (13th and 39th) scored for world No.9 India while his brace was matched by world No.10 Pakistan captain Muhammad Imran, who
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday claimed that in her four-year tenure so far, the state's revenue is set to double to Rs.44,000 crore. "Our revenue earning increased from Rs.21,000 crore to Rs.44,000 crore in four years. Initially, it was Rs.21,000 crore, then in second year, it was Rs.25,000 crore. Then
The Reserve Bank of India said on Friday that state-run banks are adequately capitalised, but would need additional funds to comply with international capital adequacy norms in the future. "Right now the banks are adequately capitalised. That is right. What we are telling banks and government is that going forward, keeping in view
Actress Deepika Padukone has made a special request to keep the earrings from this year's successful film "Piku" as a memento. "'Piku' has been an extremely special film for me so I wanted to keep something that will remind me of the film even years later," Deepika said in a statement. Deepika