Category: Events

Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina (AP image) DHAKA: Ahead of former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s likely Aug 5 virtual address, state minister for foreign affairs Shama Obaed Islam Monday asked India to clarify whether it supports the online meeting of the Awami League chief.The event at Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia in Delhi will...

HI president Dilip Tirkey (ANI Photo) BENGALURU: What began as a controversy over the Indian hockey team’s switch from its traditional blue jersey to saffron has now snowballed into a governance battle within Hockey India (HI).In a strongly worded letter to the federation’s director general (DG), Cdr RK Srivastava, HI president Dilip Tirkey has raised...

Yash Vir Singh NEW DELHI: Before Yash Vir Singh walked up for his sixth and final throw in the men’s javelin final at Scotstoun Stadium, two voices stayed with him.One came from Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra.“You’re throwing well. Just keep it straight and believe in yourself. It’s your last throw, just make sure you don’t...

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday sought responses from the Centre, Delhi govt and the commissioner of Delhi Police on a PIL seeking the earmarking of designated protest sites in the National Capital Region in place of Jantar Mantar, claiming that the latter lacked basic amenities and facilities for protesters.A bench led by CJI Surya Kant...

Prashant Kishor’s suggests Bihar may accommodate a third political force. PATNA: Bihar has been green. It has been saffron. Now Prashant Kishor brings yellow.Kishor, architect of poll victories for others, has finally written one for himself, winning his electoral debut in the Bankipur bypoll. It is a signal flare and perhaps a glimpse of a...

A parliamentary panel suggests lowering the minimum director age to eighteen years. NEW DELHI: The joint committee of Parliamentary panel examining the amendments to the Companies Act has recommended reducing the minimum age for appointment as managing director and whole-time director from 21 years to 18, bringing it in line with similar age caps in...

This divestment aims to meet minimum public shareholding norms ahead of schedule. MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: The govt is selling up to 6.5% in LIC, currently worth nearly Rs 35,000 crore ($3.7 billion) through the offer for sale (OFS) route that will be launched on Tuesday and close on Wednesday. The base offer is for 2.5% of...

Kulgam: Security personnel keep a vigil during an inspection of vehicles to maintain public safety following the recent terror attack in Anantnag, at Qaimoh, Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. SRINAGAR: A suspect was arrested Monday in J&K’s Pulwama with a hand grenade, three “anti-national” posters and a mobile phone during a security overdrive spurred by...

NEW DELHI: India performed a record 20,138 organ transplants in 2025, crossing the 20,000-mark for the first time and registered a 6.5% increase over the previous year, according to National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation’s (NOTTO) annual report. The figure marks a fourfold rise from 4,990 transplants in 2013.Delhi-NCR recorded the highest number of transplants...

The Supreme Court permitted governments to withdraw cases against student protesters. NEW DELHI: Paving the way for the dropping of cases against student protesters, Supreme Court on Monday permitted Delhi and state govts to withdraw or close FIRs lodged during NEET paper leak protests in different parts of India and said these youngsters must be...