Mulani, Deshpande help India A thump Australia A by 162 runs

IANS | September 25, 2026 2:47 PM

Puducherry, Sep 25 (IANS) Left-arm spinner Shams Mulani took three wickets in the second innings to return a match-haul of seven for 124 as India A recorded a thumping 162-run win over Australia A about half an hour after lunch on the concluding day of the first four-day fixture at the CAP-Siechem Stadium here on Friday.

From Kanya Kelavani Nidhi to Namami Gange: How auction of PM Modi’s gifts funded iconic programs

IANS | September 25, 2026 2:43 PM

New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) observes the month-long ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’, starting from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on September 17, to mark 25 years of his public service and unmatched contribution to nation-building, the one aspect that has escaped larger public attention is how the gifts, souvenirs and memorabilia received by him have turned into ‘public good’.

Ahead of PTI protests, police detains over 150 party leaders, workers in Rawalpindi

IANS | September 25, 2026 2:42 PM

Islamabad, Sep 25 (IANS) Ahead of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) planned long march to Islamabad on September 27, police have detained more than 150 party leaders and workers in Rawalpindi division under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance and confined them in different prisons, local media reported on Friday.

BJP should stop making lame excuses, says Priyanka Gandhi on ECI row

IANS | September 25, 2026 2:21 PM

Wayanad (Kerala), Sep 25 (IANS) Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its remarks that her party questions electoral validity when it is unable to win polls, saying that the latter should stop making "lame excuses".

Centre’s PLI scheme gives booster shot to pharma and medtech sector

IANS | September 25, 2026 2:12 PM

New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes have succeeded in strengthening India’s pharmaceutical, bulk drugs and medical devices manufacturing ecosystem, which has helped to reduce import dependence and encouraged technology adoption to build globally competitive capabilities in the pharma and medtech sector, according to a factsheet issued by the government on Friday.