Category: Events

England’s Harry Brook (AP Photo) England legend Sir Geoffrey Boycott believes Harry Brook possesses the rare batting ability to reach the heights of Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, but fears the current world No. 1 Test batter is not making the most of his extraordinary talent.Boycott, who played 108 Tests and 36 ODIs for England,...

Bomaby High Court MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday withdrew two enforcement orders after the Bombay high court pulled up the regulator over its handling of separate cases involving five MCA eateries and a Cipla facility in Pune.The court’s observations came while hearing two matters — one concerning five restaurants at...

A boy looks at the devastation caused by flash flooding along the Trishuli River in Nepal’s Nuwakot district (Photo: PTI). On the morning of August 26, high in Langtang National Park near Nepal’s border with China, a massive wall of ice and rock suddenly broke loose.Within minutes, it had transformed into a violent debris flow...

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday refuted allegations made by Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi that a “purification” ritual was performed after Mallikarjun Kharge’s event in Uttarakhand, calling it a bid to divide society along caste lines.In a press conference, BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said, “There was no caste angle to...

Sourav Ganguly NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer Deep Dasgupta has recalled how Sourav Ganguly transformed the mindset of the Indian team, particularly in its response to sledging, with the former wicketkeeper-batter saying the captain’s “I am the king” attitude gradually rubbed off on the rest of the squad.Dasgupta, who represented India in eight Tests and...

NEW DELHI: Two cabinet ministers – Chirag Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi – in the Narendra Modi-led government sparred over the issue of reservation on Saturday and sought each other’s resignation.The controversy began after Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) president and Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s son, Santosh Kumar Suman, sought a review of the quota...

Smartphones became India’s top exported individual commodity in FY 2025-26. In 2020 when the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme was launched as a cornerstone of the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ push, little did anyone know that smartphones would emerge as the poster boy of its success. Mobile phones assembly and manufacturing is arguably the biggest success story...

Rescue operations underway in flood-hit Nepal as authorities work to evacuate survivors and locate those missing NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Saturday said that 88 Indian nationals have been rescued so far, while 287 remain missing amid the devastating floods in Nepal. It added that 128 persons of Indian origin are...

In the case of Everest, FSSAI has prohibited the sale of compounded (hing powder) variants with immediate effect. NEW DELHI: Food regulator FSSAI on Saturday said it has prohibited Everest Food Products Pvt Ltd and Laljee Godhoo and Company from selling hing powder after finding the products to be sub-standard.In a social media post, the...

(AI image) Every year, India witnesses a familiar wave – the marriage season. Wedding halls fill up, families revive old contacts, matrimonial apps see a surge, and somewhere between the “ladka kya karta hai?” and “ladki ko kya pasand hai?”, the search for a perfect match begins.India records approximately 10 million marriages a year, or...