FM asks banks to ensure staff speak local language

Recent Views 9 MUMBAI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has urged banks to ensure that customers are able to get their work done in branches speaking in the local language. She also called upon banks to tweak HR policies to give weightage to local language proficiency during appraisals. She asked banks to restore the human connect…

Read More

All-party meet on Middle East: Opposition backs government steps in crisis, says Kiren Rijiju after briefing | India News

Recent Views 10 NEW DELHI: Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said opposition parties assured full support to the government after an all-party meeting on the Middle East crisis, adding that ministers had answered all questions raised over the fallout of the Iran-Israel-US conflict and its impact on India.Speaking after the meeting in…

Read More

‘Ek Bihari sab pe bhari’: Suresh Raina tips 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi for India T20I debut | Cricket News

Recent Views 11 New Delhi: RR’s Vaibhav Suryavanshi celebrates his fifty runs during the IPL 2025 cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav) Former Chennai Super Kings star Suresh Raina has predicted that Rajasthan Royals‘ young batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi will…

Read More

Namibia coach rues four months of no competitive cricket before T20 World Cup: ‘Exposure will level teams’ | Cricket News

Recent Views 11 Namibia head coach Craig Williams. (TimesofIndia.com) NEW DELHI: The 2026 T20 World Cup has started with the associate teams punching above their weight and has given a scare to the cricket heavyweights.On Sunday, Nepal came agonisingly close to registering the biggest win in their sporting history at the Wankhede Stadium. A day…

Read More

Serious Injury Replacement: BCCI introduces new rule after Rishabh Pant’s injury in Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy | Cricket News

Recent Views 9 Rishabh Pant (Getty Images) The BCCI has formally introduced a new clause in its playing conditions for the 2025–26 domestic season, allowing “Serious Injury Replacements” in multi-day cricket. The move, inspired by incidents in the recent Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy between India and England, is one of the most significant amendments to the game’s…

Read More

Rs 10L insurance compensation given to families of Yakshagana artistes | Mangaluru News

Recent Views 8 Mangaluru: Over the past three years, the Yaksha Dhruva Patla Foundation, led by Patla Satish Shetty, sponsored free accident insurance for thousands of artistes belonging to the Yakshagana, theatre, Daivaradhane, and Kambala community, in association with Mangaluru postal division. An insurance compensation of Rs 10 lakh each was handed over to the…

Read More

‘Too poor to buy crackers’: Punjab family makes bomb at home; explosion kills 1, injures 6 | Amritsar News

Recent Views 8 GURDASPUR: One person was killed and six others injured after a crude explosive device, allegedly made at home, exploded at Dharmabad village in Gurdaspur district during Bandi Chhor Divas celebrations on Tuesday night.According to Ashok Sharma, SHO, Dera Baba Nanak police station, the victims belonged to the families of brothers Gurnam Singh…

Read More

Excluded from IPL, Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman joins Pakistan Super League; PSL confirms | Cricket News

Recent Views 14 NEW DELHI: Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman has signed with the Pakistan Super League (PSL) after being excluded from the Indian Premier League (IPL) following directives from the BCCI. The PSL confirmed Rahman’s signing through a post on its social media handles.“Batters better shake carefully… its going to Fizz in the #NewEra. Mustafizur…

Read More

‘Hits it wherever he wants’: England pacer reveals formula to dismissing Rishabh Pant | Cricket News

Recent Views 7 Mark Wood has explained how to dismiss Rishabh Pant (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) England pacer Mark Wood has shed light on the challenge of bowling to India’s Rishabh Pant, admitting that the left-hander’s fearless style leaves bowlers with little room for error. Pant, known for his unpredictability and audacious hitting, has…

Read More