RJD targets Nishant Kumar over flag-hoisting video, asks ‘who is he saluting?’ The Rashtriya Janata Dal on Sunday targeted Bihar health minister Nishant Kumar by sharing a video of him hoisting the Tricolour on Independence Day. The Lalu Yadav-led party mocked former chief minister Nitish Kumar’s son over his gesture shortly after the flag-hoisting.Posting the…
India’s Devdutt Padikkal (ANI Photo) Devdutt Padikkal marked his return to Test cricket in style, scoring his maiden century in the format during India’s first innings of the Galle Test against Sri Lanka.The Karnataka left-hander produced a composed yet attacking knock, handling the challenging conditions with maturity and putting pressure on the Sri Lankan bowlers….
File photo: A Romanian fighter jet taxis on the runway amid heightened security concerns over cross-border drone incursions linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine A Spanish F-18 fighter jet operating on a Nato air-policing mission shot down a drone that illegally entered Romanian airspace on Sunday, marking the fourth unmanned aircraft Romania has brought down…
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, vice president C P Radhakrishnan and other senior leaders on Sunday paid tribute to former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his memorial, Sadaiv Atal, in New Delhi on his eighth death anniversary.Defence minister Rajnath Singh, BJP president Nitin Nabin, Lok Sabha speaker…
Indian women’s hockey captain Salima Tete For Indian women’s hockey captain Salima Tete, the message ahead of their World Cup opener against China is simple — stay confident, stick to the plan and fight until the final whistle.India begin their campaign on Sunday against World No. 4 China in Pool D at Wagener Hockey Stadium…
Temperatures exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit across large parts of Spain and Italy in late June Around 16,000 more people than usual died across Europe during a week of extreme heat in late June, according to a report based on European mortality data. The sharp rise in deaths came as temperatures surged across much of the…
File photo: PM Modi and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram NEW DELHI: Former Union minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his “dimagi naxal” remarks, saying he was “proud” to be described by the term.“I am proud to be a dimagi naxal!” Chidambaram said in…
Ryan Gravenberch of Liverpool celebrates (Getty Images) London: A consortium headed by British-Indian entrepreneur Amit Bhatia, the son-in-law of billionaire Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, has agreed to buy a 30% minority equity stake in Liverpool FC in an investment understood to be worth around £1.7 billion.Liverpool’s owners Fenway Sports Group (FSG), which bought the…
Murky floodwaters swallowed streets and surrounded homes in Indiana, US At least six people, including a 4-year-old kid, died after powerful storms and flooding swept across Indiana, state officials said on Saturday. Emergency crews used boats to rescue residents from rising waters in Indianapolis.Flooding was particularly severe along the White River in Indianapolis. Footages showed…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court, which has recently become the preferred place to secure “personality rights”, has raised concerns over the expanding nature of such rights.While hearing a suit filed in 2023 over “misleading” YouTube content about the health and private life of Aradhya Bachchan, the minor daughter of actors Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya…