New Delhi : All’s well that ends well. The Indian cricket fans would have thought so after BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) named Ravi Shastri as the head coach and Rahul Dravid and Zaheer Khan as members of the support staff. The announcement brought a sort of closure to the distasteful episode between Anil Kumble […]
London : Roger Federer insists he is only slightly surprised to find himself tantalisingly within touching distance of a record eighth Wimbledon title despite his 36th birthday fast approaching. The Swiss star reached the Wimbledon semifinals for the 12th time on Wednesday with a 6-4 6-2 7-6(4) win over Milos Raonic. It was his 100th […]
Chandigarh : The Punjab Police are reviewing all arms licences issued in the past decade after two modules of terrorists and criminals were found carrying licensed weapons. Senior police officials said norms were bypassed in issuing licences, allegedly under political pressure. “The number of licences doubled to 4 lakh from less than 2 lakh in 2007. […]
Ludhiana : Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) legislator Simarjit Singh Bains said here today that various parties should come together on the SYL issue and ensure that Punjab was not forced to share its water. Addressing a press conference, Bains said the Congress government should call an emergency session of the Vidhan Sabha and table a Bill […]
Chandigarh : Appearing to be making most of the absence of the Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, the state government today rushed through the appointment of Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari, former Chief Justice of Patna High Court, as the State Human Rights Commission Chairman. The appointment was finalised despite the law suggesting that […]