Category: Events

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday became the first world leader and politician to cross 100 million followers on Instagram, marking a new milestone in his global digital presence.PM Modi, who joined the Meta-owned platform in 2014, now has more than twice the followers of US President Donald Trump, who stands second with...

Vijay’s ‘Jana Nayagan’ continues to face major hurdles as it awaits clearance from the censor board. Directed by H Vinoth the action entertainer has been delayed indefinitely.Reports confirm that the Central Board of Film Certification denied the film a certificate despite all instructed cuts and mutes. The reason, as per industry chatter, is its “politically...

Abhishek Sharma during a net session at MA Chidambaram Stadium on February 23, 2026 in Chennai, India. (Photo/Getty Images) With India facing a must-win T20 World Cup match against Zimbabwe, batting coach Sitanshu Kotak has expressed support for under-pressure opener Abhishek Sharma and number three Tilak Varma, saying both are close to delivering.India are coming...

NEW DELHI: A two-month pregnant woman and her three daughters aged between three and five were found dead with their throats slit in their house in Outer Delhi’s Samaypur Badli.The killings took place Tuesday night and the woman’s husband, identified as Munchun Kewat, has been missing since then. Kewat, a vegetable vendor at Azadpur Mandi,...

NEW DELHI: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Wednesday speedily moved to drop references of “corruption at various levels of the judiciary” from its new Class VIII social science textbook after drawing fire from the Supreme Court over what a bench led by CJI Surya Kant called a “deep-rooted conspiracy to...

Sanju Samson of India (Photo by Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images) Defending champions India national cricket team are weighing changes to their struggling opening partnership ahead of a must-win Super Eights encounter against Zimbabwe national cricket team in Chennai on Thursday. With semi-final qualification hanging in the balance, India are considering wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson as a possible...

NEW DELHI: It begins innocently. One short video while waiting for a cab. Another before dinner. A few more before sleeping. Somewhere between swipe and scroll, 40 minutes pass.Short-form videos are everywhere – on Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts and similar platforms. But a global review of nearly 98,000 people, published in Psychological Bulletin, suggests that...

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Wednesday stayed proceedings in the ED case against Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren for disregarding repeated summons in relation to an alleged land amassment case and in respect of properties owned, possessed and occupied by him.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi issued notice to...

As he became the first Indian PM to address the Israeli Knesset, Narendra Modi solidly backed Israel on the issue of terrorism, strongly condemning the Oct 7, 2023, attacks and naming Hamas for the “barbaric” act, while also asserting that India stood with Israel and with full conviction “in this moment, and beyond”.Modi did not...

NEW DELHI: PM Modi’s visit to Israel rendered a rare moment of bipartisanship in its bitterly fractious and fragmented polity as its leader of opposition Yair Lapid called him a true friend of his country, while PM Netanyahu along with his wife Sara received Modi at the airport, a special gesture that signified their chemistry...