Veer Chotrani (Instagram Photo) NEW DELHI: Veer Chotrani doesn’t remember learning to love squash, mainly because there was never a version of his life without it. “I’ve been around squash for the last 20 years,” the 24-year-old told TimesofIndia.com during an exclusive interaction. “I was literally born on a squash court, because my father (Manish…
Gurpatwant Pannun murder plot case delayed to November 20. A US federal court has delayed the sentencing of Nikhil Gupta, who pleaded guilty to plotting to assassinate Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun to November 20, according to court filings.Gupta’s sentencing was originally scheduled for September 25 before the US District Court for the Southern District…
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities NEW DELHI: The parliamentary standing committee on social justice and empowerment has brought into focus the failure of the National Action Plan for Skill Development of Persons with Disabilities (NAP-SDP) to meet setout targets and highlighted that the continued shortfall in achieving even 25% of the set targets…
India are set to begin their two-match Test series against Sri Lanka on August 15 in Galle, with former Sri Lankan all-rounder Farveez Maharoof backing uncapped pacer Gurnoor Brar to provide the visitors with an X-factor. Brar, who was included in India’s squad for the Test series, made his international debut against Afghanistan in an…
Cristiano Ronaldo poses with his partner, model Georgina Rodriguez(AP Photo) Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez are officially married, but a series of photographs circulating online claiming to show football stars such as Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland and Harry Kane at the wedding are fake and AI-generated.Ronaldo confirmed his marriage to Rodríguez on Tuesday…
The Centre’s counsel said that while “adequate security” has already been provided, his request will be decided within three weeks. NEW DELHI: Delhi HC directed the Centre Tuesday to immediately provide an additional personal security officer (PSO) to the Purnia MP, Pappu Yadav, while Union home ministry decides on his request for Y+ security cover.Yadav…
Mohammed Kaif and BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia (Images: Agencies) India’s growing injury crisis has raised fresh questions over the functioning of the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (CoE), with former cricketer Mohammad Kaif expressing surprise that the world’s richest cricket board has struggled to recruit some of the world’s leading medical and rehabilitation professionals.The latest setback…
In a representation to PMO in July, a parent sought uniform implementation of the SC judgement NEW DELHI: More than a year after Supreme Court ruled that residence or domicile cannot be the basis for postgraduate medical admissions under the state quota, parents of NEET-PG aspirants say admission rules still vary across states, leaving students…
Shivraj Singh Chouhan informed the Lok Sabha that the VB-G RAM G scheme has been implemented in rural areas of the entire country. NEW DELHI: Over 9.69 crore person-days have been generated in approximately a month of the rollout of the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act (VB-G RAM G) which replaced…
Salima Tete and Harmanpreet Singh (Image credit: Hockey India) The upcoming FIH Men’s and Women’s World Cups in Belgium and the Netherlands will be played under a new three-stage format, making the league phase even more crucial as points earned in the opening round will be carried forward to the next stage. That is, the…