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Lovlina Borgohain (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India has secured its first medal at the Commonwealth Games 2026 even before the opening ceremony, with Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain guaranteed at least a bronze in the women’s boxing competition.The Assam boxer received a direct entry into the semifinals after being handed a bye in her 75kg weight...

PM Modi and Shashi Tharoor (R) (File photo) NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday took a poetic swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s announcement on paper leak cases, using a famous couplet by Pakistani Urdu poet Munir Niazi to suggest that the government’s response had come too late.Responding to the Prime Minister’s...

Delhi HC cracks down on stray dog issue with suo motu PIL NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday initiated a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) to oversee the implementation of the Supreme Court’s directions on the management of stray dogs in the national capital.“I don’t know about Delhi, but in Rajasthan, there...

The order came after the Meghalaya government challenged the Meghalaya high court’s decision to grant Sonam bail. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the bail granted to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the alleged murder of her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi, during their honeymoon in Meghalaya in May 2025. The apex court...

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel with Mahatma Gandhi and Anshul Bhatt with chess legend Viswanathan Anand NEW DELHI: As a young barrister in Ahmedabad, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel spent his evenings at the Gujarat Club, where he would play bridge and smoke cigars, and it was there that he first heard about a man named Gandhi returning from...

Rhiya Ahir confronted police in Mumbai, questioning their response to student demonstrations (Photo credit: X, shared by multiple users) MUMBAI: A young woman standing with her arms outstretched in front of a police van during heavy rain has emerged as one of the defining images of protests in Mumbai held in solidarity with the CJP’s...

Portage College of Calgary, Canada has asked Indian students protesting after their work visa got rejected by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to seek legal advice, stating that it “continues to seek clarification regarding this issue”. In an update shared on the website dated July 21, the college said: “Portage College continues to...

PM Modi said the Centre would establish fast-track courts to ensure speedy trials and strict punishment in paper leak cases NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced that the Centre will set up fast-track courts to ensure “swift and stringent punishment” for those involved in examination paper leaks.In a post on X, PM...

CJP mocks PM Modi’s paper leak action plan with Pradhan meme (Picture from X) NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday reacted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s announcement of fast-track courts and stricter action over the NEET paper leak row, taking a satirical swipe at the Centre for not addressing the students’...

The US government plans to give money to individual scientists directly, instead of large universities and established institutions like Harvard, Stanford and MIT for science and research, especially in the AI era. The Trump administration has sent a memo to federal departments and agencies, outlining the roadmap to revitalize American research and development (R&D). According...