Security was tightened around the Election Commission headquarters on Tuesday, with police barricading roads along the route between parliament and the commission’s office. Police officers, some carrying batons and wearing body cameras, reportedly outnumbered protesters along the route to the poll panel’s office. In the afternoon, they detained several MPs who tried to take alternative
Journalist Namita Bhandare who writes a popular column on gender issues in the Hindustan Times newspaper told the BBC that contrary to what people say, many “women in India of course swear, it’s not new”. In many villages of northern Indian, an important wedding ritual involves women from bride’s family singing a medley of expletives
Former India coach Rahul Dravid says he is still open to coaching jobs despite having forayed into franchise ownership. Dravid is co-owner of the Dublin Guardians in the inaugural edition of the European T20 Premier League (ETPL) taking place later this summer. The 53-year-old played 164 Tests and 344 one-day internationals for India and coached
Former Australian international Justin Langer, coach of the Lucknow Super Giants, was, like Sooryavanshi, a left-handed opener. “Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is only the second selfie I’ve asked for! The other was with an AFL champion I used to watch when I was little. “I said, ‘I’ve never done this before in the IPL, but do you
