R Praggnanandhaa is Norway Chess 2026 champion (Photo by Michal Walusza for Norway Chess) NEW DELHI: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, what have you done?Just this Thursday, Norway’s national football team came up with an avant-garde Viking-themed photoshoot with their squad destined for the upcoming FIFA World Cup. With superstars like Erling Haaland and Martin Ødegaard donning the...
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‘I don’t care who we’re leaving out’: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi backed for India debut
Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (ANI Photo) Former England captain Nasser Hussain believes India should not wait too long before handing teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi an international debut, insisting the Rajasthan Royals opener has already done enough to force his way into the national conversation.Speaking on The ICC Review, Hussain was full of praise for the...
Won’t allow demographic change through influx: Amit Shah
GUWAHATI: A “smart border” pilot project integrating technology, local administrative resources and security forces will be launched simultaneously at seven to eight locations across the country’s frontiers soon, Union home minister Amit Shah announced Friday, signalling the Centre’s intent to do whatever it takes to prevent demographic change through India’s borders.“Whether it is Tripura, Bengal...
‘Gill will not come back’: Ex-India batter makes big T20I captaincy claim
Former India batter Mohammad Kaif has strongly backed Shreyas Iyer as the ideal candidate to take over India’s T20I captaincy if the team management decides to move on from Suryakumar Yadav.India are likely to hand the T20I captaincy to Shreyas ahead of the upcoming series in Ireland and England. While no official announcement has been...
2 behind DU professor’s murder? Cops probe
NEW DELHI: Investigators probing the murder of Debosmita Paul, an assistant professor at a Delhi University college, are trying to trace two persons seen in her housing complex with their faces covered.The duo, a man and a woman, were seen walking one behind the other and exiting the premises in east Delhi’s Vasundhara Enclave separately,...
CJP’s NEET stir today, Youth Congress rejects overture
NEW DELHI: On the eve of its much-touted NEET protest, newly minted online outfit Cockroach Janta Party is learnt to have approached Indian Youth Congress for coordination, even though the overture was not reciprocated by the latter.Sources said a key CJP figure met IYC president Uday Bhanu Chib at the latter’s office. While the details...
Facing desertion by MPs, Mamata Banerjee clips Abhishek’s wings
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress was jolted Friday by speculation of an impending split in its parliamentary wing as several of the party’s 28 Lok Sabha MPs converged on Delhi, prompting party chief Mamata Banerjee to clip her nephew and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s wings in a last-ditch attempt to stall a repeat of what the...
FIR filed against ‘Khan Sir’ in coaching centre firing case
PATNA: Tutor Faisal Khan, popularly known as Khan Sir, could face arrest after Patna police registered an FIR against him in connection with a firing incident at his coaching centre in the Kadamkuan area.The FIR was lodged at Kadamkuan police station under attempt to murder and Arms Act provisions. Police action followed statements by Khan...
1st tranche of US trade deal by mid-July: Piyush Goyal
VISAKHAPATNAM: A day after India and the US completed another round of negotiations, commerce & industry minister Piyush Goyal said Friday that the two countries are moving towards finalising the interim trade agreement and are expected to execute the first tranche of the trade deal by mid-July.“I also met with them yesterday, and we are...
Taylor Swift reportedly rejects Meghan Markle-style wedding spotlight buzz
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are reportedly planning a deeply personal wedding, far from a celebrity-filled spectacle. Sources claim Swift does not want a Meghan Markle and Prince Harry-style event packed with famous guests for publicity. Instead, the couple allegedly wants only close friends and family present. Insiders said Swift “has no interest in turning...
