Harshit Rana (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Fast bowler Harshit Rana has been added to India’s Test squad ahead of the five-match series against England. The 23-year-old Delhi pacer was seen arriving in Leeds alongside the Shubman Gill-led squad, having travelled from London. The series opener will be played at Headingley, Leeds, starting June 20.Rana, who…
NEW DELHI: Air India on Tuesday cancelled at least eight international flights to be operated on Boeing 787 Dreamliner and one on a B777. The B787 cancellations were for: Ahmedabad-London Gatwick; Gatwick-Amritsar; Delhi to Vienna, Paris and Dubai; Bangalore-London & return and Paris-Delhi. A Boeing 777 (not a Dreamliner) operating San Francisco (SFO)-Kolkata (where it…
Siemens will deploy ETCS Level 2-based signalling and train control systems under the contract. (AI image) India’s first bullet train project between Ahmedabad and Mumbai is on track despite several delays. A Siemens consortium has now been awarded the contract for signalling and telecom systems on the high-speed rail corridor by National High Speed Rail…
Trapped in basements, cut off by weak internet, and haunted by the fear of what the next moment might bring, many Indian students desperately await evacuation. Meanwhile, over 100 students have already been moved to neighbouring Armenia as the Israel-Iran conflict spirals out of control.For Mehreen Zaffar, a medical student at the Tehran University of…
Jasprit Bumrah and Ben Stokes (AP | PTI) Over the past few years, England’s brand of cricket across formats has been the reference point for world cricket but as the results started to slide, questions have been asked of their aggressive approach. Ahead of a defining series against India starting this week, Rob Key, the…
Shubman Gill (left) and Graham Gooch (BCCI | File) Leeds: India are set to face England in the first Test of the five-match series in Leeds from June 20. The Shubman Gill-led unit has been preparing for over two weeks now and even featured in an intra-squad game in Beckenham. Ahead of the series opener,…
Representative image (AP) NEW DELHI: As Israel-Iran air strikes intensified, the government Monday said it was relocating Indian students in Iran within the country to ensure their safety. There are roughly 10,000 Indians in Iran, out of whom 6,000 are students. Around 600 Indian students were relocated to Qom from Tehran, which has been the…
NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a red alert warning of extremely heavy rainfall at isolated locations in Raigad as well as the ghat regions of Pune and Satara districts over the next 16 hours. Mumbai has been placed under an orange alert. Mumbai experienced persistent morning showers on Monday, leading…
Indian leg-spinner Kuldeep Yadav has revealed during a press conference on Sunday that he has taken former captain Rohit Sharma‘s seat on the team bus, choosing to sit alongside veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja following Rohit’s retirement from Test cricket ahead of the next World Test Championship cycle. The change in seating arrangements comes as India…
Amit Shah reviews preparations for 16th Census NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday reviewed preparations for India’s 16th Census, which will be conducted in 2027 with caste enumeration included for the first time. The exercise will be carried out in two phases using digital tools, with the official notification set to be…