Category: Events

Sourav Ganguly and Javagal Srinath CHENNAI: If Javagal Srinath had been the match referee when former India captain Sourav Ganguly famously kept his Australian counterpart Steve Waugh waiting at the toss during the 2001 Eden Gardens Test match, Ganguly may well have faced a suspension!“I would have banned Sourav for a few games,” Srinath said...

While one might assume that lowering huge white blocks of concrete into the sea was an attempt at dumping construction waste offshore, in Britain’s North Sea it is a conservation effort. The country is dumping 20 carefully designed structures into the deep waters to restore the population of the European native oyster, Ostrea edulis, along...

Abdul Ghafoori charged with murder of Himanshi Khurana Canadian police have arrested and charged a 32-year-old Toronto man with first-degree murder in the death of his Indian-origin partner, 30-year-old Himanshi Khurana, in December last year.Toronto police said officers from the fugitive squad and homicide unit worked with national and international law enforcement agencies to bring...

After heavy depletion of missile stocks, Pentagon asks defence firms to ramp up weapons production. Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth (AP image) The US Pentagon has asked defence companies to urgently accelerate weapons production and deliveries as Washington faces growing pressure to replenish critical munitions depleted during the war with Iran, according to a memo obtained...

Wing walker (Instagram) For most adventure lovers, ticking off a bucket-list activity means climbing a mountain or hot-air balloon or skydiving. But for 97-year-old Betty Bromage of England, adventure translates into climbing onto the wing of a vintage biplane and soaring through the skies. The woman loves flying so much that she broke her own...

Tiwari alleged that Prakhar had duped several women across different states, including Maharashtra, of crores of rupees by allegedly luring them into relationships while using fake identities. SSITAPUR: Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA from Sevata Gyan Tiwari has lodged a complaint alleging that his daughter was duped into marrying a conman who had allegedly married around...

Iran releases undated video of Mojtaba Khamenei Days after Israeli media reported that Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was in critical condition and had been hospitalised, Iran’s semi-official Mehr News agency released an undated video showing him appearing to be in good health.The video of Mojtaba Khamenei was published for the first time by Mehr,...

AI generated image, used only for representational purpose India’s economic momentum is set to have domestic strength on its side in 2026-27, but global risks may keep the pressure on.In its annual report 2025-26, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said that resilient economic fundamentals are expected to support financial markets, while geopolitical...

Iran says Hormuz will reopen only after US accepts its demands, while Washington seeks unrestricted commercial shipping. (Donald Trump, Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian) Iran has made clear that a deal with Oman on a new shipping arrangement for the Strait of Hormuz will not, by itself, reopen the strategic waterway. Tehran says the strait will...

FIDE’s official motto, Gens una sumus (we are one family), was adopted in 1952, almost three decades after the chess governing body was set up in 1924. On its face, the motto carries the naïve idealism of a mid-twentieth-century world recovering from the horrors of the Second World War.A hopeful attempt to frame a centuries-old...