Month: April 2025

[ad_1] Prabhsimran Singh and Shreyas Iyer (Pic credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: An all-round show from Punjab Kings ended Chennai Super Kings’ playoff hopes with a clinical four-wicket win at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday. With the defeat, CSK became the first team to be officially eliminated from the IPL 2025 playoff race.The victory propelled Punjab Kings to second place in the standings with 13 points from 10 matches, just one point behind table-toppers Royal Challengers Bengaluru (14 from 10). Meanwhile, CSK, who suffered their fifth consecutive loss at home for the first time in IPL history, remain anchored at the bottom with only four points from 10 games.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!After being sent in to bat, CSK were poised for a big total thanks to a blistering 88 off 47 balls by Sam […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India has barred aircraft operated by Pakistan-registered airlines, including military planes of that country, from its airspace effective the midnight of April 30-May 1. No aircraft registered in Pakistan, or owned, operated, or leased by any Pakistani airline or operator — including military flights — is allowed to fly in Indian airspace till May 23, 2025, for now, according to a notice to airmen (NOTAM) issued late Wednesday. All of Indian airspace (from ground level to unlimited altitude) across multiple flight information regions (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai & Kolkata) remain out of bound for Pakistan-registered planes.Pakistan had barred aircraft operated by Indian carriers, charter operators and private jets registered here last Thursday (April 24) from 6 pm IST. While a large number of Indian airliners’ flights between north India, especially Delhi, followed by Amritsar, Chandigarh and Lucknow, and […]

[ad_1] BHOPAL: A masked gunman barged into a police station and shot a head constable in the chest in MP's Satna district in the early hours of Tuesday.It's not known what triggered the attack. The injured policeman, 36-year-old Prince Garg, was grievously injured and is under treatment at Rewa District Hospital.Police have identified a suspect but are yet to track him down. Satna SP Ashutosh Gupta has announced a reward of Rs 30,000 for the arrest of the accused.Prince was sleeping in the barracks of Jaitwara police station, around 25km from Satna district headquarters and 550km from Bhopal, when the gunman burst in some time after midnight. He shot the off-duty cop at point-blank range and fled unchallenged.PollWhat do you think is the most effective way to prevent violent crime?"The accused was identified as 20-year-old Adarsh alias Acchu Sharma. He […]

[ad_1] FARIDABAD: A 49-year-old man was arrested for allegedly strangling his live-in partner and hiding her body in a bed compartment following an argument over his daughter from a previous marriage. The incident took place on April 21 in the city's Jawahar Colony area. Police said Jitendra concealed 40-year-old Sonia's body inside a bed compartment in their apartment and stayed in the room for two days. He attempted to mask the foul smell with incense sticks and fled when the odour worsened."The accused said a rat had died in his flat, which was causing the stench," Surender Singh, Jitendra's landlord said. Fearing arrest, he later locked the room and left.PollWhat do you think is the most crucial step in preventing domestic violence?A police officer said Jitendra had confided in her grandmother and alerted the police of the incident. "She called […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, known for his stringent anti-corruption stance during his 34-year career marked by 57 transfers, is set to retire from his position as additional chief secretary of the Transport Department in Haryana on Wednesday after his last posting in December 2024.Read also: Who is Ashok Khemka? IAS officer who cancelled Robert Vadra land deal mutation in 2012 to retire after 57 transfers in 34 years of serviceThe 1991-batch Haryana-cadre IAS officer gained national attention in 2012 when he cancelled the mutation of a Gurugram land deal connected to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law, Robert Vadra. A mutation is a process involved in transferring land ownership.Born in Kolkata on April 30, 1965, Khemka holds impressive academic credentials, including a B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Kharagpur, a PhD from TIFR, and an MBA in […]