NEW DELHI: Indian cargo ship MSV Faize Noore Oliya was hit by a projectile in Red Sea off Yemen Tuesday, causing the vessel to capsize and sink, shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal said, adding all 14 seafarers, including 13 Indian nationals, have been rescued.India condemned this “unprovoked attack on the defenceless mechanised sailing vessel” and said…
Savitha Shri will represent India at Women’s Chess Olympiad this year (Special Arrangements) NEW DELHI: The last time the Indian women’s team took part in the biennial Chess Olympiad, they won gold. The team consisted of Harika Dronavalli, Rameshbabu Vaishali, Divya Deshmukh, Vantika Agrawal, and Tania Sachdev. Two years have passed since that Budapest conquest,…
CHENNAI/THANJAVUR: Former Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin was on Tuesday arrested for his alleged double entendre alluding to a popular female actor. He was released later in the evening on station bail.Udhayanidhi, TVK supporters said, had made a sexually loaded remark linking CM Joseph Vijay with an actress whose name the crowd was…
NEW DELHI: Dismissing reports of fuel quality issues at outlets, govt Tuesday said additional checks have been introduced by oil marketing companies (OMCs) to detect fuel contamination and adulteration.In a post on X, the petroleum ministry said OMCs were regularly monitoring fuel quality, water ingress and contamination, and that only two cases of chloride contamination…
India’s Rohit Sharma (ANI Photo) Former India cricketer Mohammed Kaif believes Rohit Sharma has made up his mind not to retire from ODI cricket on his own and will instead leave it to the selectors to decide when his journey with the national team should end. Rohit’s future has been under intense scrutiny since India’s…
NEW DELHI: Auto industry body SIAM flagged concerns over “high chloride” presence and moisture content in fuel resulting in a “huge increase” in issues related to vehicle parts and replacements, including fuel pumps, fuel injectors and EGR valve. It demanded stringent checks, arguing that contamination raises a wrong impression about E20 fuel in customers’ minds,…
West Bengal government has approved land acquisition for a new railway line. This project aims to improve connectivity to the India-China-Bhutan tri-junction area. The new rail link will boost tourism in the Jhaldhaka-Bindu-Todey Tangta region. Railways and the forest department will conduct a joint survey after the monsoon. This strategically important project was previously stalled…
Rizwan Hanif, a commander affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba, has alleged that Indian agents have systematically killed more than thirty individuals in different Pakistani locations since 2020. He characterized these murders as acts of religious persecution and rejected the authority of foreign entities. This statement comes amid heightened rhetoric from Pakistan’s military, and experts suggest it serves…
In the first phase of the census — involving housing and houselisting operations — those opting for self-enumeration were not able to submit the form with blank fields NEW DELHI: Census authorities are considering allowing persons self-enumerating for the population enumeration phase of Census 2027 to submit a partially filled form online.In the first phase…
Former England captain Ben Stokes. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) Former England Test captain Ben Stokes could become the highest-paid player in Big Bash League (BBL) history after retiring from international cricket after series defeat against New Zeland. According to reports from Code Sports, the all-rounder is attracting significant interest from multiple BBL franchises, with…