India’s men’s kabaddi team had one thing on their mind before the Asian Games final – winning gold.So much so that the players did not eat properly before their title clash against Iran.“Khali pet gold jita hai,” captain Pawan Sehrawat said after India defeated Iran 40-34 to retain their Asian Games men’s kabaddi title on…
Unlike Heineken’s usual round bottle, the WOBO was rectangular and designed to double as a building brick. In 1963, Heineken produced 50,000 rectangular bottles designed to work as both beer containers and building bricks. The idea came from Alfred Heineken, who wanted the bottles to serve a second purpose after the beer had been consumed….
NEW DELHI: Australian PM Anthony Albanese has credited PM Narendra Modi with providing energy access to India’s population on a scale that, he said, no other country has achieved before.Talking to former Australian PM Kevin Rudd on Sept 24 at an event organised by Asia Policy Institute in New York on the sidelines of the…
L-R: Joshna Chinappa, Prachi Choudhary and Tajinderpal Singh Toor NEW DELHI: India enjoyed one of its most productive days at the Asian Games 2026 on Saturday, winning seven medals with the kabaddi teams providing the biggest highlights by successfully defending their respective gold medals.The men defeated Iran 40-34 in a hard-fought final, while the women…
Trump’s outreach to Xi and praise for Sharif come as India faces a more transactional US relationship TOI correspondent from Washington: The clearest sign yet of a widening US-India diplomatic rift came this weekend from the White House and the United Nations, where India was denouncing Pakistan for what it called a litany of “falsehoods”…
Angad Singh Dhillon appointed as Canada’s ambassador to the UAE BATHINDA: Hailing from Ludhiana village in Punjab, Angad Singh Dhillon has been appointed as Canada’s next ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Arab Emirates. Dhillon, whose appointment has been announced by Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand on September 25, will succeed Radha Krishna…
NEW DELHI: Tajinderpal Singh Toor’s bid for a historic hat-trick of Asian Games gold medals ended with a silver on Saturday as the defending champion finished second in the men’s shot put at Aichi-Nagoya.Toor, who won gold at the 2018 Jakarta and 2022 Hangzhou Games, produced a best throw of 20.64m to claim his third…
Prachi Choudhary (Pic credit: X) NEW DELHI: India’s medal tally at the Asian Games swelled to 30 on Saturday after Prachi Choudhary won bronze in the women’s 400m final, adding another athletics medal to a productive day for the country.Prachi clocked 53.21 seconds to finish third in the final. Bahrain’s Salwa Naser claimed the gold…
The proposed meeting comes amid opposition parties’ growing coordination over the Election Commission’s electoral roll revision exercise. NEW DELHI: Opposition INDIA bloc parties are set to meet at the Constitution Club in New Delhi on September 30, with top leaders expected to attend amid growing concerns over the Election Commission and its Special Intensive Revision…
Jyothi Yarraji (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s hopes of a medal in the women’s 100m hurdles suffered a setback on Saturday after last edition’s silver medallist Jyothi Yarraji did not start her first-round heat at the Asian Games 2026, having felt pain during her warm-up.A top official of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) told…