Category: Events

NEW DELHI: Newly elected Suvendu Adhikari’s government on Monday allocated portfolios to five ministers in West Bengal. Dilip Ghosh received the state’s rural development, panchayats, and animal resources department and Agnimitra Paul is set to head women and child welfare.Moreover, Ashok Kirtania got the state’s food department, Khudiram Tudu received backward class welfare department and...

India’s successful test of an advanced Agni missile equipped with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) capability has once again pushed the country’s strategic missile programme into the global spotlight, with fresh speculation emerging over whether the newly tested system represents an upgraded variant of Agni-V or an early precursor to the much-awaited Agni-VI programme....

NEW DELHI: Cracks within the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) came out in the open on Monday after some party MLAs, led by senior leader C Ve Shanmugam, submitted a letter to pro tem Speaker M V Karuppaiah seeking the appointment of former minister S P Velumani as the AIADMK legislature party leader....

Sunil Gavaskar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Agency Image) Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar has proposed a major tweak to IPL playing conditions, suggesting that bowlers who take a certain number of wickets in their spell should be rewarded with an additional over.Writing in his column for Mid Day, Gavaskar argued that modern T20 cricket, especially the...

NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Ajendra Singh’s inflammatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi sparked row on Monday with the Bharatiya Janata Party calling on SP chief Akhilesh Yadav to take action against him.“Disgraceful rant by Samajwadi Party MP Ajendra Singh. This reflects the debased and diseased mindset of the SP leadership. Does Akhilesh...

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party on Monday received another setback as its key strategist and critic Gyan Singh Mann joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. The move comes as Punjab is set to vote for the civic polls later this month and state assembly elections next year.Gyan, who is also the cousin of Punjab CM Bhagwant...

Vinesh Phogat (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s star wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Monday hit back at the Wrestling Federation of India and said the federation wants her to quit the sport. Vinesh insisted that she is fully eligible to return to competitive wrestling, rejecting several of the federation’s claims regarding timelines and rule violations.After arriving...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivered a fiery speech on Monday, framing his leadership as a “battle for Britain’s soul” amid growing unrest within his own Labour Party and calls by senior leaders to step down.With backbencher MPs issuing ultimatums and heavy losses in recent local elections fueling revolt, the address was positioned as make-or-break,...

Michael Burry. America’s biggest investor Michael Burry who is known for predicting the 2008 US housing crash and portrayed in The Big Short, has now issued a warning about the stock market’s current obsession with artificial intelligence. As reported by CNCB, “Absolutely non-stop AI. Nobody is talking about anything else all day,” Burry wrote in...

NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday released a detailed report on the alleged sexual harassment case at TCS Nashik, flagging major violations of the POSH Act and describing the workplace as “deeply toxic.” The report said that young and vulnerable employees, particularly Gen Z women, were frequently subjected to sexual and...