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D Gukesh and Anish Giri (FIDE Photo and Screengrab) Despite its rich history, centuries-old traditions, and evolution across eras, chess remains a strangely solitary soul. Even today, barring a few occasional team events, it remains a sport where battles are fought alone, move by move, with the clock always pressing.Go Beyond The Boundary with our…

Twelve labourers from Pilibhit, reportedly stranded and facing harassment in Kyrgyzstan, are at the centre of a detailed report submitted by the district administration to the Uttar Pradesh Home Department, officials said on Friday.District magistrate Gyanendra Singh stated that the report was prepared following a directive from the Home Department, which had asked for factual…

KOLKATA: Security has been tightened in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district ahead of a contentious foundation-laying ceremony planned by suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir, who has announced he will inaugurate a structure named “Babri Masjid” in Beldanga on Saturday. Safiqul Islam, a resident of Uttar Barasat, was seen carrying bricks on his head, saying his…

NEW DELHI: A 27-year-old student of Delhi University was stabbed to death allegedly by his uncle and other relatives in south Delhi’s Sangam Vihar on Friday.Police apprehended two people, including the victim’s aunt and a 15-year-old relative. Preliminary findings suggest that the incident stemmed from a dispute over keeping the area around the house clean….

Ranveer Singh made it to the big screens yesterday with his highly anticipated movie ‘Dhurandhar’ and shattered his own records. It also broke the record of one of 2025’s top rankers, securing its place as this year’s highest opener. Read on to know more.Dhurandhar Movie Review ‘Dhurandhar’ BEATS ‘Saiyaara’ and becomes the second-highest opener of…

NEW DELHI: Govt has put on hold the new flight duty time limitation (FDTL) norms for pilots with “immediate effect for now” and expects normalcy in IndiGo operations to be restored by Dec 15.The aviation ministry’s decision came Friday when over 1,000 IndiGo flights — more than half its schedule — were cancelled, with none…

BHUBANESWAR: Central Bureau Of Investigation Friday arrested Biranchi Kumar Nayak (43), the alleged key middleman in the Odisha sub-inspector recruitment scam. This is the first arrest in the case.Nayak, a resident of Kalarahanga area near Patia in Bhubaneswar, allegedly approached several candidates and promised them questions for the Combined Police Service Examination 2024 in exchange…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday asked the Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and governor Rajendra Arlekarto sort out their differences and finalise the names for the posts of vice-chancellor of two state universities by consensus and made it clear that the court would have to intervene otherwise and appoint them out of the names…

TN defends defying HC order in SC NEW DELHI: While continuing its defiance of orders from Madras HC allowing lighting of the ‘Karthigai Deepam’ atop Thiruparankundram hills, Tamil Nadu’s DMK govt on Friday requested Supreme Court for an early hearing on its appeal but got no such assurance from CJI Surya Kant.When a counsel mentioned…

Tezpur University (File photo) GUWAHATI: In a dramatic development amid the crisis at Tezpur University, which has been in complete shutdown for a week, senior-most faculty member Dhruba Bhattacharyya assumed charge as acting vice-chancellor suo motu on Thursday night, citing provisions of the Tezpur University Act, 1993.His move came just hours after VC Shambhu Nath…