Ganges Grandmasters become GCL 2026 champions BENGALURU: Who doesn’t love a good underdog story? Everyone does, right? Nobody had Ganges Grandmasters finishing on top of anything when Season 4 of the Global Chess League (GCL) began in Bengaluru just less than a fortnight ago. Six teams, a league stage so tight, and a final that…
NEW DELHI: An attempt by the Mamata Banerjee faction of TMC to hammer out an alliance with Congress for upcoming bypolls in Bengal did not materialise after the latter insisted on going it alone, reports Subodh Ghildiyal.Trinamool’s decision to announce candidates in Nandigram and Rejinagar Monday came well after Congress had named its nominees.But it…
Salem was extradited from Portugal on November 11, 2005, after a prolonged legal battle. NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has ruled that if a person is convicted in two cases and sentenced separately, the period of imprisonment undergone as an undertrial can be offset against only one of the sentences and not both even when the…
England’s opener Emilio Gay reacts after hitting his knee with his bat during the third Test vs Pakistan at Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, Britain, September 9, 2026. Joe Root was on 23, England were 36 for two and chasing 130 in the final Test at Edgbaston when an expansive cover drive crashed into his leg…
NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said it has arrested former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel’s former OSD Chetan Borghariya, who is presently additional collector of Balrampur-Ramanujganj, in the case of illegal appointments of DSPs and collectors through exam paper leaks.ED, which had earlier arrested former state public service commission (PSC) chief Taman Singh Sonwani,…
NEW DELHI: Leading lawyers Harish Salve and Mahesh Jethmalani Monday advocated a reset in the judiciary, as happened after the Emergency, and said the complaint redressal mechanism needs to be reformed for the public to continue reposing faith in the institution.Referring to the unprecedented discovery of burning cash at Justice Yashwant Varma’s residence in March…
Pakistan’s Babar Azam, center, with teammates following his side’s defeat to England at Edgbaston. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s disastrous 0-3 Test series defeat against England has been compounded by a significant over-rate penalty, with the side losing 11 World Test Championship points and being fined 50 per cent of their match fee following the…
LONDON: Elected representatives of three devolved UK legislatures – Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales – signed a historic pact on Monday, declaring their intent to break free of Westminster’s control.Also Read | Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales sign MoU to break away from UK“The political landscape across these islands is changing. For the first time…
Photo taken from Instagram account of ‘Backpacker Arunima’ NEW DELHI: A popular Indian travel vlogger from Kerala, who has been travelling in Afghanistan and posting videos from the country, on Monday claimed that she had been “arrested” by the “Mujahideen” in Bamyan and appealed for help in contacting the Indian embassy.In a post on her…
Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates with Saudi Pro League trophy. (Pic credit: Al Nassr) Cristiano Ronaldo is back where he believes Al Nassr belong. After spending last season in Asia’s second-tier competition, the Saudi giants return to the AFC Champions League Elite on Tuesday, with Ronaldo once again chasing the one major continental club trophy that has…