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David and Victoria Beckham’s £6.15 million Cotswolds home gets the green light for ‘Blackpool-style’ lake illuminations, a hot tub and firepit despite objections from a critic based in Australia. (Photo: Instagram/Alamy) David and Victoria Beckham have secured planning permission to install extensive lighting around a lake at their £6.15 million Cotswolds home, despite objections from...

India coach Sjoerd Marijne A day after the Indian women’s hockey team held China to a 2-2 draw in their World Cup opener at Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands, coach Sjoerd Marijne questioned the interpretation of the penalty-stroke rule by the International Hockey Federation’s (FIH) Rules Committee.Marijne took to social media to share footage of...

Denmark’s Anders Antonsen (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: World No. 4 Anders Antonsen has urged the BWF to reconsider the timing of the India Open, arguing that the tournament should be held in Delhi during a season when the capital’s air quality is more conducive to high-intensity sport.The Danish shuttler, who defeated Azerbaijan’s Dicky Dwi Pangestu...

Ayush Shetty with fans (PTI Photo) New Delhi: The last time Ayush Shetty was up against Shi Yu Qi, he was rendered clueless. In a contest that lasted only 42 minutes at the Asia Championships in April, Shetty could only win 18 points, extending the head-to-head in favour of the Chinese to 3-0. The overwhelming...

Both Ram Madhav and Smriti Irani secured key positions in the BJP, while Amit Malviya was dropped from the new team. NEW DELHI: The BJP on Monday hit the reset button as party president Nitin Nabin announced a new national team of office-bearers to prepare the party for the upcoming round of assembly elections, leading...

ONGC gets US nod to step up Venezuela operations State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is set to expand its presence in Venezuela after receiving a licence from the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), easing the sanctions-related restrictions that had kept its operations in the country limited.The clearance gives ONGC more...

At a time when tech leaders worldwide continue working to extract tangible value from artificial intelligence (AI), there is a group of forward-looking executives who are already setting their sights on the next frontier of technological disruption: quantum computing. Thomas J. Wilson, CEO and president of Allstate insurance powerhouse, is sounding an alarm for corporate...

Tamil CM Vijay completes 100 days in office For decades, Tamil Nadu politics looked like a pendulum swinging predictably between the AIADMK and the DMK. But C Joseph Vijay disrupted that familiar rhythm with his thumping entry into politics. Vijay took oath as chief minister of Tamil Nadu on May 10, 2026. One hundred days...

Trump claims US backchannel with IRGC; IRGC denies Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Monday denied US President Donald Trump’s claim that Washington was engaged in backchannel talks with the force over the war.Trump, speaking to Fox News on Monday, said the United States had established contact with the IRGC but indicated he was...

Image credit: Society for Science ​US high school student Connor Hill won first place at the 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS). He has won the award for solving a longstanding problem in geometry involving a class of shapes known as noble polyhedra. His research produced a complete classification of these geometric objects, identifying two...