Maxime Vachier-Lagrave names India among Chess Olympiad contenders NEW DELHI: The 46th edition of the Chess Olympiad kicked off in style for the French men’s team on Wednesday as they secured a clean 4-0 sweep over lower-ranked Tunisia. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, popularly known as MVL, was absent from action as the Board 1 player was rested,…
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday alleged that he had “never met” Disha Salian MUMBAI: Disha Salian’s father, Satish Salian, has sent a defamation notice seeking Rs 500 crore in compensation from Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray and former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh over statements concerning his daughter’s death.The notice demands…
File photo: Brics leaders during a joint tree plantation initiative amid the 18th BRICS Summit, at the Bharat Mandapam, in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs has rejected social media posts claiming that multiple world leaders fell sick after attending the Brics summit in New Delhi, warning against “malicious posts” circulating online.The…
Harmanpreet Kaur (ANI Photo) MUMBAI: Amid growing calls for a leadership change in Indian women’s cricket, former India captain Anjum Chopra has backed Harmanpreet Kaur to continue leading the side, insisting she remains the best person for the job despite recent scrutiny over her form.Harmanpreet scored 71 runs in five matches at the Women’s T20…
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday reacted to the passage of a new bill in United States that allows the Trump administration to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on countries buying crude oil from Russia and Iran. The ministry of external affairs, in a statement, said that New Delhi remains committed to ensuring…
Union MoS Jitendra Singh speaks during the launch of the Special Campaign 6 Monitoring portal to track the implementation of the campaign aimed at institutionalising Swachhata and reducing pendency across government offices, in New Delhi. (Photo: ANI) NEW DELHI: Launching the dedicated web-portal for the sixth edition of govt’s ‘special campaign’ to declutter govt offices,…
Kapil Dev dodges Mohsin Naqvi NEW DELHI: India’s women’s cricket team won the Asia Cup for a record eighth time on Sunday. But the post-match celebrations were overshadowed by the team’s decision not to receive the trophy from Asian Cricket Council chief Mohsin Naqvi, who is also Pakistan’s interior minister and the chairman of the…
AI generated image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh high court has refused to interfere with bail granted to a man accused of cultivating opium poppy on one marla of land, noting that he had not violated any of the conditions imposed while on bail. The court dismissed the…
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah backed Centre’s decision to introduce 0.4 percent merchant discount rate on UPI payments above Rs 2,000, saying that “running a UPI system” is not cheap.While talking to reporters, Omar said that people don’t appreciate what they “get for free.”“Not everyone is charged. First of all, person-to-person…
Neeraj Chopra and Gulveer Singh Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who led India’s 1-2 finish in the men’s event at the last Asian Games in Hangzhou, is out with an injury. Two-time defending champion in men’s shot put Tajinderpal Singh is not in his best form and women’s javelin throw gold medallist Annu Rani failed to…