Sturla Holm Lægreid (Image Via Getty) Sturla Holm Lægreid returned to the Olympic podium just days after facing intense public attention over his personal life. The Norwegian biathlete won his second bronze medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics after finishing third in the men’s 10km sprint biathlon in Milan. His result came only three days...
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India-Pakistan clash sends ad rates soaring 25%
MUMBAI: With arch-rivals India and Pakistan set to face off in the T20 World Cup in Colombo on Sunday, ad rates for the match have soared. Companies are rushing to book slots to place their brands and cash-in on the huge viewership the game is likely to attract.Ad rates for a 10-second TV slot are...
‘Half-burnt body stuffed in suitcase’: Man kills woman, then gets her tattooed on his chest in Punjab
BATHINDA: Bathinda Police solved the case involving the recovery of the body of a young girl from a suitcase by arresting her friend, who was alleged to have killed the girl identified as Sapna, also known as Malika, from Baghapurana town in Moga district.The deceased’s friend, Prince Kumar of Bathinda, conceded that he killed 20-year-old...
Team Canada rules out Brad Marchand, Josh Morrissey vs Switzerland
Canada will be without forward Brad Marchand and defenseman Josh Morrissey (Image via Getty Images) Team Canada will play without two key players as they are all set to lock horns against Team Switzerland in their upcoming men’s ice hockey action at the 2026 Winter Olympics, scheduled for Friday. The news has been confirmed recently...
Power up e-commerce to diversify exports: Niti Aayog
NEW DELHI: Supporting e-commerce, particularly electronics-oriented exports, can contribute to export diversification, job creation, and overall economic growth, govt think tank Niti Aayog has said and called for coordinated policy and regulatory reforms to advance cross-border e-commerce.The report released on Friday said that with growing global demand for Indian products, wider adoption of digital platforms,...
In a first, space PSU Nsil to distribute pvt firm GalaxEye’s satellite data
BENGALURU: Bengaluru-based space start-up GalaxEye has signed a channel partnership agreement with Space PSU NewSpace India Limited (Nsil), marking the first time the State-owned company has partnered with a domestic private player to distribute satellite data.Under the agreement, Nsil will resell high-resolution OptoSAR data generated by GalaxEye’s own satellites. GalaxEye’s upcoming spacecraft will be folded...
CM Omar gets rare praise from BJP MLAs for Amarnath Yatra fund allocation
JAMMU: In the J&K assembly, BJP members miss no opportunity to corner the Omar Abdullah govt over a host of issues. Outside the House, however, some of the party MLAs generously praised the chief minister on Friday over his budgetary allocation for the annual Amarnath Yatra.“Our CM’s move to allocate Rs 180 crore for Amarnath...
Drone-dropped heroin seized in J&K’s Kathua, 2 with Pakistan links held
JAMMU: Police arrested two cross-border drug peddlers associated with a Pakistan-based drone-dropped narcotics module in J&K’s Kathua district and seized about 150g of heroin from them. Kathua Police registered a case and booked the duo under the NDPS Act.Police received information about an episode of drone-dropping along the J&K-Punjab border near Kathua’s Nagri area and...
254 women complained of sexual harassment at workplace under on govt’s ‘SHe-Box’ portal in 2025
NEW DELHI: Data shared by the govt in Parliament shows that as many as 254 women reached out to complain regarding sexual harassment at workplace under the POSH Act on the women and child development ministry’s SHe-Box portal last year. Overall as many as 296 complaints have been received since the portal was revamped and...
With no dowry case in a decade, Bihar’s Tharu community rewrites social norms
Bettiah: At a time when dowry cases continue to reach police stations and courts across the country, a cluster of villages in West Champaran presents a striking counterpoint. Under the Gobarhiya police station in the Bagaha police district, not a single case of dowry demand or dowry-related harassment has been registered in the past several...
