Two mountaineers made history by paragliding directly to a roadhead in Ladakh. (Representative image) JAMMU/LEH: From a towering 5,921-metre summit, two Indian mountaineers made history by paragliding directly to a roadhead in Ladakh, combining a high-altitude ascent with a pioneering aerial descent, the Army said Monday.Colonel Hem Chandra Singh, principal of Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering…
Denmark’s Anders Antonsen (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: World No. 4 Anders Antonsen has urged the BWF to reconsider the timing of the India Open, arguing that the tournament should be held in Delhi during a season when the capital’s air quality is more conducive to high-intensity sport.The Danish shuttler, who defeated Azerbaijan’s Dicky Dwi Pangestu…
Taylor Barnard won London E-Prix on Sunday. (Image credit: Instagram) Taylor Barnard became Formula E’s youngest-ever race winner after a dramatic victory in the season finale at London’s ExCeL on Sunday. The 22-year-old DS PENSKE driver made a late move on Mahindra Racing’s Nyck de Vries with just two laps remaining to take his maiden…
Both Ram Madhav and Smriti Irani secured key positions in the BJP, while Amit Malviya was dropped from the new team. NEW DELHI: The BJP on Monday hit the reset button as party president Nitin Nabin announced a new national team of office-bearers to prepare the party for the upcoming round of assembly elections, leading…
Team India (Pic credit: Hockey India) NEW DELHI: India head coach Craig Fulton has urged his side to show greater composure and sharpen their defensive discipline against Pakistan after England exposed their weaknesses in a 2-4 defeat in their second Pool D match of the Hockey World Cup on Monday.India produced a strong first half…
BHOPAL: “Ask him to collect left over of his wife. But tomorrow. Let me die in peace right now,” was the final message of 34-year-old model-turned-actor Twisha Sharma sent to her sister-in-law minutes before she allegedly died by suicide, according to a CBI chargesheet filed in a Bhopal court on Monday.The message, sent to Twisha’s…
Security agencies arrested 253 alleged operatives across 14 states, foiling the ISI-backed Shahzad Bhatti Network’s plans for attacks around Independence Day. NEW DELHI: In a major crackdown on terror ahead of Independence Day, security agencies have busted the ISI-backed Shahzad Bhatti Network (SBN) active in the country, arresting 253 operatives in over 80 FIRs registered…
New Delhi: There was a time when Ashmita Chaliha could only watch while fellow players were training, travelling and discussing their next tournaments.The Assam shuttler was confined to rehabilitation for a career-threatening medial meniscus tear in her right knee that she sustained during the 2024 Korea Open in Aug. She was repeating the same exercises…
Iranian drones targeted the office of Iraqi Kurdistan PM Masrour Barzani and the residence of the region’s security chief Two drones launched from Iranian territory targeted the office of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and the residence of the region’s security chief early Monday, with no casualties reported, Kurdish authorities said.The strikes…
NEW DELHI: Centre on Monday said that Elon Musk-owned X will have to “follow the law of the land” after the social media platform introduced a new rule to make government-driven restrictions on content more visible to users.“X will have to follow the law of the land,” the officer told news agency PTI.In a post…