Category: Events

Pakistan’s Salman Ali Agha, left, chats with Sri Lanka’s Charith Asalanka as they wait for coin toss before the start of the second one day international cricket match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka on Friday named Dasun Shanaka as captain of its preliminary 25-member...

NEW DELHI: The Congress has once again crushed dissidence with an “iron hand.” The expulsion of Odisha leader and former MLA Mohammed Moquim, after he went public about a letter he had written to Sonia Gandhi against the party leadership, was a given. The fact that the Congress justified its action and accused Moquim of...

Tristan Jarry of the Edmonton Oilers warms up before the game against the Boston Bruins (Credit: Getty Images) Tristan Jarry, the Edmonton Oilers’ goalie, left his third game with the team after getting hurt in the lower body while sliding across the crease. The event happened early in the game against the Boston Bruins and...

When senior ministers began promising a $5-trillion Indian economy by 2024–25, it was sold as a near-term milestone that would change everyday life — more jobs, better infrastructure, bigger pay packets. In late 2022, home minister Amit Shah even declared that “India will become a 5 trillion dollar economy by 2025.”Three years on, the goalpost...

AI image (For representative purposes only) When senior ministers began promising a $5-trillion Indian economy by 2024–25, it was sold as a near-term milestone that would change everyday life — more jobs, better infrastructure, bigger pay packets. In late 2022, home minister Amit Shah even declared that “India will become a 5 trillion dollar economy...

Indian GM Raunak Sadhwani during FIDE World Cup Goa 2025 (FIDE Photo) NEW DELHI: The COVID-19 outbreak had not yet caused a hullabaloo across the globe, Lionel Messi was still without a FIFA World Cup title, artificial intelligence (AI) had not entered everyday conversations, and Russia and Ukraine were still “non-hostile” neighbours when Nagpur’s Raunak...

Actor Sivakarthikeyan has found himself in a legal battle with Studio Green Films, as he files a case in the Madras High Court for Rs 15 crore in outstanding payments for the film ‘Mr. Local’. The Madras High Court has been approached by actor D. Sivakarthikeyan, who filed a complaint against Studio Green Films producer...

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief ministerSiddaramaiah on Friday dismissed claims of a two-and-a-half-year “power-sharing arrangement” within the state government. Facing repeated questions from the Opposition over his tenure on the last day of the Legislative Assembly session in Belagavi, Siddaramaiah said there was no such agreement in place and made it clear that...

Severe staff shortages persist at NCERT, NCTE and NIOS, ministry tells parliament NEW DELHI: More than half the sanctioned posts at the National Council of Educational Research and Training remain vacant, according to data shared in Parliament. The figures show that the body carried out no recruitment for two consecutive years.The information was given by...

NEW DELHI: The Sixth Session of the Eighteenth Lok Sabha, which began on December 1, concluded on Friday, after 19 turbulent days marked by protests, repeated disruptions, sloganeering and sharp political confrontations between the government and the Opposition.While the Winter Session saw the passage of several significant legislations, it was also dominated by intense disagreements...