Category: Events

The soldier, whose identity has not been made public, left India in mid-September. An Israeli soldier accused of alleged war crimes in Gaza has left India weeks after the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), a Palestinian rights group, filed a criminal complaint against him, according to a report by Middle East Eye.The soldier, whose identity has...

Manu Bhaker remembers late coach Jaspal Rana (Image credit: Agencies) NAGOYA: Manu Bhaker wore a disappointed look after finishing fifth (181.1) in the women’s 10m air pistol event. The position was unchanged from the previous edition of the Asian Games, but almost everything else had.In Hangzhou, she had been part of the gold-winning trio in...

Tilak Varma plays a shot during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. (AP Photo) Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson admitted on Wednesday that his team still has ground to cover if they want to challenge India at the Asian Games.India’s men’s team has...

Opposition leaders have stepped up demands for action against the Election Commission, with calls for CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s removal, an investigation into the poll panel’s functioning and, in some states, fresh elections. Leaders have also questioned the SIR exercise and alleged irregularities in electoral-roll revisions. NEW DELHI: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday accused the...

Why does Russia hold elections if Putin is bound to win Russians went to the polls. The votes were counted. Russian President Putin’s party United Russia won again, and comfortably.The result itself was hardly the mystery. The more interesting question is why Russia still goes through the elaborate business of elections when the system makes...

The most revealing part of the Trump-Xi meeting may come after the cameras leave. The handshake will last seconds. The bargaining could shape the next phase of the world’s most consequential rivalry.When Donald Trump and Xi Jinping sit down in Washington on September 24, neither man arrives empty-handed. Trump can threaten tariffs, restrict China’s access...

She said that INDIA bloc will meet soon amid concerns over the “issue” NEW DELHI: Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday demanded fresh Assembly elections in West Bengal using the pre-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) voter list while announcing pan-India protests against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, after a report claimed two Election...

‘UP ke ladke’ vs each other? SP-Congress spar over who can beat BJP in 2027 NEW DELHI: The “UP ke ladke” bonhomie is beginning to look less like a united front and more like a contest for the upper hand, with Congress and Samajwadi Party leaders trading jabs over who can take on the BJP...

He said opposition parties had questioned the functioning of the three election commissioners both when they appeared to agree and now when correspondence between them has emerged. NEW DELHI: The BJP on Wednesday defended the election commission over the row surrounding an alleged split among the poll panel’s commissioners, with party MP Sambit Patra saying...

Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav addresses a press conference at the party office in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday questioned the functioning of the Election Commission, saying governments formed during a period when the poll panel was not acting impartially were “unconstitutional”.Addressing a press conference...