Union Minister Kiren Rijiju departs for Qatar to convey India’s condolences over former Emir’s demise NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju has departed from Delhi Airport for Qatar to convey official condolences on behalf of India following the demise of the Gulf nation’s former Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.Sheikh Hamad, who was widely…
Rob Dieperink (Image credit: KNVB) NEW DELHI: Dutch football referee Rob Dieperink has died at the age of 38, just weeks after he was removed from FIFA’s list of officials for the FIFA World Cup 2026.Dieperink had been selected to work as a Video Assistant Referee (VAR) at the tournament but was dropped in May…
Goldman Sachs has told its employees to stay away from prediction markets, unless the bet in question involves a football match or a reality show finale. The Wall Street bank recently updated its personal trading policy to prohibit employees from trading event contracts tied to specific companies, election outcomes, or the performance of any financial…
NEW DELHI: Since environmentalist-activist Sonam Wangchuk began his indefinite fast here in solidarity with the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) campaign against alleged irregularities in NEET, political developments have moved at a fast pace in his own backyard, Ladakh. The Ladakh administration on Monday announced its decision to constitute autonomous hill development councils for each of…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Gautam Gambhir and Shreyas Iyer (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India captain Kris Srikkanth has strongly criticised the Indian team management over the way 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was handled during the T20I tours of Ireland and England.Sooryavanshi did not get a game in the Ireland series and was later drafted into the playing…
AI generated image used for representational purpose NEW DELHI: A district consumer commission in Punjab has directed Northern Railway to pay Rs 80,000 to a couple whose handbag, containing a gold mangalsutra and cash, was stolen during a journey on the Dibrugarh–New Delhi Rajdhani Express. In its June 30 order, the commission held the Railways…
After conservative treatment in Iraq failed to provide relief to Ahmed Abdulmueen Kadhim over several years, he travelled to India seeking treatment. NEW DELHI: A 36-year-old Iraqi man weighing 162 kg has regained his ability to walk after undergoing a technically challenging total hip replacement at a private hospital, in what doctors describe as one…
NEW DELHI: France coach Didier Deschamps has played down concerns over Kylian Mbappe‘s fitness, confirming that the captain is expected to be available for the FIFA World Cup 2026 semifinal against Spain.Mbappe suffered a minor ankle injury during France’s 2-0 quarterfinal win over Morocco but is not expected to miss the crucial clash. Deschamps provides…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday urged Sonam Wangchuk to call off his indefinite hunger strike as the climate activist’s indefinite fast against examination irregularities and the NEET paper leak controversy reached Day 17.In a post on X, Moitra said Wangchuk had achieved his objective as his fast had united the country’s…
NEW DELHI: Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has cancelled the registration of resolution professional Chandra Prakash Jain after an ED investigation into at least 10 corporate insolvency resolution processes (CIRPs) linked to Reliance Commercial Finance Ltd (RCFL) pointed to an alleged nexus among parties involved in the insolvency proceedings.The probe showed Jain had…