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Ravichandran Ashwin was the big impact player for India, with bat and ball, on his home ground, as India crushed England by 317 runs in the second Test to level the 4-match series 1-1 in Chennai on Tuesday. Chasing an improbable target of 482 on a vicious turner, England surrendered to the Indian spinners in the second session on Day 4, being bundled out for 164 in their second innings. This also

Bengaluru, Feb 16: Former Governor of Bihar and Jharkhand M Rama Jois passes away on Tuesday at his residence in Bengaluru. A former Rajya Sabha MP, the 88-year-old legal luminary who had also served as the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, was suffering from age-related ailments, sources said. Born on July 27, 1932, at Shivamogga, Mandagadde Rama Jois did his BA and Law degree. He

Bengaluru, Feb 15: A new Covid-19 cluster emerged in Bengaluru among Nursing College students last week. Now, 56 residents of an apartment complex in ward 188, Bilekahalli have tested positive for Covid-19. As many as 513 have been tested so far, and the testing is still continuing among the complex's 1,500 odd residents living in 435 flats. A party attended by at least 45 people at the apartment

The Delhi Police today appeared to link activists Disha Ravi, Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Mallick, who are being investigated in the toolkit case, with a foreigner under Indian agencies' radar for his connections with the ISI claiming that his name figured in the document they prepared in support of farmers' protest. Under fire from the Opposition parties for "targeting" the youth activists, police

Hisar, Feb 15: The Haryana Police has filed an FIR against former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh over his alleged casteist remarks against Yuzvendra Chahal during an Instagram chat last year, officials said on Monday. It was during one of the Instagram live sessions with Indian vice-captain Rohit Sharma when Yuvraj made the offensive comment about Chahal, while talking about his regular social media

Bengaluru, Feb 15: India plans to have a sustained human presence in space and is coming out with a policy framework and a long-term roadmap. The Department of Space (DoS) has envisaged a national effort to meet the goal of successful demonstration of human spaceflight capability and to achieve the vision of sustained human presence in space. India's maiden human spaceflight module 'Gaganyaan'

New Delhi, Feb 15: The Supreme Court Monday granted 5-day bail to journalist Siddique Kappan, arrested on his way to Hathras where a young Dalit woman had died after being allegedly gang-raped, to visit his ailing mother for five days. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, however, said that during his visit he shall not give any interview to the media, including social media. The bench, also

New Delhi, Feb 12: Non-bailable warrants have been issued against two more activists for allegedly sharing the "toolkit" related to the farmers' protest on social media, the Delhi Police said on Monday, two days after it arrested climate activist Disha Ravi in connection with the case. The 21-year-old activist was arrested on Saturday from Bengaluru and sent to five days police remand on Sunday by

Children’s Cancers are rare compared to those in adults. Worldwide, around 3 lakh children and adolescents are diagnosed with cancer every year and 80% of them live in developing countries. As infectious diseases are becoming more controlled in children, cancer is emerging to be the leading cause of death after accidental deaths. The good news is that most of the children’s cancers are now curable

New Delhi, Feb 15: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and WhatsApp over the privacy policy update of the messaging platform. The top court said that the matter will be heard after 4 weeks. The Supreme Court was hearing an application seeking directions to WhatsApp that it shall not apply lower privacy standards for Indian users and shall apply the same privacy policy and terms