UP minister OP Rajbhar (File photo) NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh minister Om Prakash Rajbhar has claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured him that the state would be divided into four parts, reviving a nearly two-decade-old debate over dividing the country’s most populous state.Rajbhar, who heads BJP ally Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), claimed that…
Thailand’s Pitchamon Opatniputh (AP Photo) Teenage Thai badminton player Pitchamon Opatniputh has become the first athlete to be provisionally suspended from the Asian Games 2026 after testing positive for a banned substance, the International Testing Agency (ITA) said on Monday.The 19-year-old, ranked 18th in the world in women’s singles by the Badminton World Federation, returned…
India-New Zealand trade deal to come into force on Dussehra (representative image) NEW DELHI: The India-New Zealand free trade agreement (FTA) will come into force on Oct 20 (Dusshera), providing duty-free access to 100% of India’s exports, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal announced Monday. And, talks with Canada for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement…
File photo: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath MEERUT: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday launched an attack against the opposition parties, accusing them of dynastic politics and casteism.Addressing the Shakti Kendra Sanyojak Sammelan in Meerut, the CM said, “For a long time, politics was plagued by the maladies of dynastic politics and casteism….
Evgenii Romanov of Israel, Petar Arnaudov of Bulgaria, Nurgyul Salimova of Bulgaria (Photo by Rafal Oleksiewicz for FIDE) NEW DELHI: Israel Chess Federation chief Zvika Barkai has accused FIDE of failing to honour a prior agreement over scheduling arrangements for Yom Kippur, after both Israel’s men’s and women’s teams forfeited their Round 6 matches at…
For decades, a stretch of Mill Brook in Athol, Massachusetts, was hidden beneath asphalt, largely out of sight beneath what had become a downtown parking area. This month, the small central Massachusetts town celebrated a very different landscape: the stream is flowing in the open again, new wetlands surround it and much of the former…
A view of the Barapullah Phase-3 elevated corridor that is scheduled to be inaugurated on September 29, 2026, in New Delhi on Saturday. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: New access-controlled high-speed national highway corridors will have no median (divider) openings and no at-grade (surface level) intersections, a move that aims at eliminating conflict points and reducing…
Japan will host India in a historic one-off T20 International in Sano on Tuesday, marking the biggest match in the country’s cricket history and celebrating 75 years of diplomatic relations between India and Japan.The fixture was announced recently and has been scheduled ahead of India’s Asian Games campaign in Aichi-Nagoya.On paper, it is a one-sided…
The Air Traffic Control tower at Ronald Reagan International Airport in Arlington, Virginia (Reuters image) Flights were disrupted across the US Northeast on Monday after a key air traffic control connection failed and a backup fiber optic cable was cut during construction work, forcing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to temporarily halt some incoming flights…
“BJP’s Punjab conspiracy exposed”: Sanjay Singh alleges drug trafficker Jagga was called ‘Bhai’ by BJP, being portrayed as revolutionary The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday alleged a conspiracy by the BJP, ShiromAkali Dal and Congress to defame Punjab and undermine the Bhagwant Mann government’s campaign against drugs.Senior party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh…