File photo: UP CM Yogi Adityanath and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said the state had shed its image as a “Bimaru” state and now commanded a “respectable image”, citing improvements in healthcare, connectivity, education and law and order.His remarks in Deoria came as Samajwadi Party…
Adityanath also revisited the issue of encephalitis, which he said had caused widespread fear in eastern Uttar Pradesh for decades. NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday attacked the Samajwadi Party, calling it a “gang of dacoits” and accusing its leadership of looting the state exchequer during its tenure.Speaking in Deoria, he…
Neeraj Chopra (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s javelin star Neeraj Chopra’s 2026 season has come to a premature end after the Olympic and world champion suffered a ligament tear in his ankle during training, ruling him out of next month’s Diamond League Final and Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.Chopra made the announcement on Saturday, revealing…
Russian strike near Kyiv kills over 20, triggers massive fire in Bucha district (Image used for representation) At least 27 people were killed after a Russian strike hit Ukraine’s Bucha district near Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said Saturday, with dozens of homes damaged and a large fire breaking out in the area.Tymur Tkachenko, head of the…
Rahul Gandhi on Sonia Gandhi memoir row NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said he had “no interest” in the controversy surrounding the upcoming memoir of his mother and former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, saying his sole focus at present was the “crime” committed against party chief Mallikarjun Kharge.The Lok Sabha leader of…
Indian Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa Until this summer, no Indian had won the elite Norway Chess title. There was no Indian name alongside the Grand Chess Tour finale either. R Praggnanandhaa, that shy and super-sharp boy from Chennai, a Viswanathan Anand mentee like many from the city, now has both crowns to call his own.Late on Thursday,…
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has opened recruitment for Scientist, Engineer ‘SC’ positions in Electronics, Mechanical, and Computer Science. The recruitment drive offers 176 vacancies across various ISRO Centres and the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL).Eligible engineering graduates can submit their applications through the official recruitment portal until September 16, 2026, by 11:55 pm. Candidates…
Dilli door ast (Photo: Saurabh Sinha) NEW DELHI: Zurich Airport has prepared itself for a longer takeoff roll at Noida Airport before the traffic here takes off. Multiple factors like the last-minute pullout by on of the three launch airlines; Delhi’s IGI Airport operating way below its existing and still expandable capacity and Noida International…
Pakistan’s Azan Awais ducks a bouncer (AP Photo) Pakistan’s struggles in England have deepened after their batting collapsed for 110 in the first innings of the Lord’s Test, prompting a brutal assessment from former England captain Michael Vaughan.Pakistan arrived at Lord’s hoping for a response after being beaten by an innings and 53 runs in…
A man navigates through a mud-covered street next to damaged houses following the flash floods and mudslide in Nepal Nepal may need between $4 billion and $5 billion to rebuild after this week’s devastating floods, finance minister Swarnim Wagle told Reuters on Saturday, as authorities continued to assess the scale of loss and damage.“The initial…