Dipke’s remarks came as IIT Delhi moved to constitute a final external inquiry committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding Rishikesh’s death. NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janata Party founder Dipke has called for a “complete overhaul” of the country’s education system following the death of 31-year-old IIT Delhi MSc Physics student Rishikesh Kumar. Dipke said that students…
The 10th edition of the Women’s Asia Cup begins in Dubai on Friday, with eight teams competing in the T20I format. The tournament will run until September 13, with all 15 matches to be played in Dubai.The eight teams have been divided into two groups. India, Pakistan, Thailand and Hong Kong are in Group A,…
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Mohan Bhagwat’s visit has drawn opposing responses. NEW DELHI: Hours after the X account of the organisation hosting RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s New York event was suspended, the platform restored it, with the organiser saying “we got ‘botted’ by misguided opponents who tried to game the X algorithm and get our handle blocked”.The @AheadForum1 handle…
Sri Lanka’s Sonal Dinusha plays a shot during the fifth day of the second Test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (PTI) Sonal Dinusha finished the two-Test series against India with another century and a new Test record, scoring 176 runs through sweep shots, the most by any batter in…
Raksha Bandhan travel caused significant traffic delays across Noida and Ghaziabad. NOIDA: Raksha Bandhan rush brought traffic across Noida and Ghaziabad to a crawl on Thursday, with commuters facing delays of two to three hours on several major roads and expressways. The congestion intensified in the evening, with long queues also reported on the Delhi-Meerut…
The trail continued into India as Narayani becomes Gandak downstream. SSB teams recovered bodies of two women and a man in Maharajganj. NEW DELHI: Barely seven minutes separated the seismic signal generated by Wednesday’s Himalayan collapse from the destructive surge reaching Rasuwagadhi at the Nepal-Tibet border, but the flood’s trail stretched nearly 200km downstream. Bodies…
Savita Punia (right) with Bichu Devi Kharibam in Amstelveen on Thursday Kolkata: India’s best World Cup finish in 52 years prompted an appeal from former India captain and goalkeeper Savita Punia, who wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media after the team’s historic campaign — asking him to help save the Women’s Hockey…
Apple‘s iPhone 17 has emerged as the world’s best-selling smartphone in 2026 so far, but its successor may not arrive during the company’s usual September launch event. According to Counterpoint Research, the standard iPhone 17 captured 6% of global smartphone sales in the April-June quarter. The iPhone 17 Pro Max and iPhone 17 Pro, on…
PM Modi will begin the trip in Tashkent and will then travel to Bishkek to attend the 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a four-day visit to Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic from August 29 to September 1, with Central Asia’s strategic and economic importance high…