. NEW DELHI: If assembly polls since the Lok Sabha elections in 2024 reiterated BJP’s dominance and deflated hopes of its rivals emboldened by their LS poll bump, the fresh round of electoral battle will test the party’s mettle and determine if it can build on its momentum to make new strides in regions considered…
Australia’s players celebrate (AP Photo/Gary Day) Cricket Australia are facing the prospect of a major financial setback after the Ashes opener between Australia and England wrapped up in just two days at the Optus Stadium in Perth. With the match ending far earlier than expected, the board now stands to lose more than AUD 3…
Higher tuition fees, ballooning student loans, and the changing nature of the job market are some of the reasons why high school students are increasingly hesitant to commit to four years of college. Besides career readiness and opportunities after graduation, students are now adding suitability and affordability to their checklists. Consequently, many kids are tempted…
BJP challenged Nitish Kumar’s criticism with similar video of Ashok Gehlot. NEW DELHI: A day after Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s video went viral, showing him attempting to remove the hijab of a Muslim woman, Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday countered the criticism with an old footage of former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot. The…
Team India captain Suryakumar Yadav and head coach Gautam Gambhir (PTI Photo) MS Dhoni, who always tends to wear a poker face and is usually frugal with his words on cricket, broke character at an event when he was asked about India’s chances in the T20 World Cup. His eyes widened as he ominously declared,…
AMBALA: A wedding ceremony in the family of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president Simranjit Singh Mann has triggered a widespread debate within the Sikh community after a video from the event went viral on social media, drawing objections over the use of religious symbols traditionally now reserved for Sri Guru Granth Sahib.The video shows Govind…
NEW DELHI: “When I reached International Space Station for the first time, the first thing I did was to locate India (on Earth), from where my father belonged to, and Slovenia, from where my mother belonged,” said Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams in Delhi on Tuesday — the only female astronaut who has set the…
NEW DELHI: In his first major reaction, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha on Friday shared a video message addressed to the “aam aadmi”, a day after the party moved to remove him as its deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha. “Silenced, not defeated,” Chadha said in the post on X, adding: “I have…
Germany’s Kai Havertz scores during the FIFA World Cup Group E match against Curacao in Houston. (AP Photo) Germany announced their FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign in emphatic fashion and, in the process, rewrote history. Julian Nagelsmann’s side thrashed tournament debutants Curaçao 7-1 in Houston on Sunday to surpass Brazil as the highest-scoring nation in…
Sanju Samson (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Sanju Samson‘s childhood coach, Biju George, has strongly criticised the selectors after the star wicketkeeper-batter was left out of India’s squad for the three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe. The decision came as a surprise because Samson had played a key role in India’s T20 World Cup triumph earlier this…