Akash Deep has been out of action for seven months owing to an injury. (ANI File Photo) Bengaluru: “Chai ya coffee kuch lenge aap (Will you have tea or coffee?),” says Akash Deep while adjusting his chair in the hotel lobby. “Saat mahine se cricket nahi khela ab finally khelunga(I have not played competitive cricket…
“Not at all”: Iran President Pezeshkian denies nuclear weapon ambition, blames US for starting conflict Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has ruled out any ambition to develop a nuclear weapon and said Tehran is ready to allow international inspectors to verify its nuclear programme, including measures to dilute its enriched uranium stockpile.Speaking to Fox News on…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: Eight years after Ayushman Bharat was launched with the aim of making quality and affordable healthcare accessible to people, the scheme now covers more than 60 crore beneficiaries, with over 13 crore people having availed treatment worth over Rs 2 lakh crore through 39,000-plus empanelled public and private hospitals.PM…
India have been put on the back foot early in their men’s team foil Ro16 tie against Hong Kong at the Asian Games. Sachin began with a 2-5 loss to Chun Choi, before Hemash Singh went down 3-5 in the second relay, leaving India 5-10 behind. Aaditya then gave India some hope with a 6-5…
Netanyahu holds up pager at UN, recalls Israel’s Hezbollah attack Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held up a pager during his address to the UN General Assembly on Thursday as he defended Israel’s military operations against Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran, while dozens of delegates walked out of the hall as he began speaking.Netanyahu used the…
NEW DELHI: National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) Thursday declared NEET-PG 2026 result, with 2,65,960 candidates having appeared in the exam held in two phases this year. The result includes candidates’ raw scores and overall NEET-PG ranks, reports Anuja Jaiswal.The qualifying percentile criteria remain unchanged from last year. For General and EWS categories,…
Indian players at the national anthem before the first T20I cricket match between India and Afghanistan, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Muthoot Fincorp has secured the title sponsorship rights for Indian cricket for the next two years. India’s bilateral cricket sponsorship bouquet already includes Campa, SBI Life and ChatGPT.The agreement is expected to…
Bengal BJP spending on polls NEW DELHI: BJP spent Rs 287 crore on its campaign and candidates during the April 2026 polls in West Bengal, which accounted for more than 54% of its total expenditure of Rs 529 crore in five assembly elections earlier this year, according to statements filed with EC.Besides Bengal, polls were…
NEW DELHI: Facing the task of implementing Supreme Court’s ruling on calculating creamy layer criteria for OBC reservation from the retrospective date of 2012, Centre pleaded with the court to make the enforcement of the verdict prospective and grant it two years’ time to implement it.The court had in March held that the income of…
Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur Mumbai Indians on Thursday appointed Luke Williams as their head coach ahead of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2027 season after Lisa Keightley decided to step down from the role.Keightley had been appointed Mumbai Indians head coach in September 2025. The franchise confirmed her departure in a statement on Thursday.“Mumbai…