Category: News

Kharge appointed Pargat Singh as the President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Former Olympian and Jalandhar Cantt MLA Pargat Singh has been appointed as the new president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC), replacing Amarinder Singh Raja Warring.Announcing the appointment on X, the Congress wrote, “Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has appointed Pargat Singh...

A woman was allegedly stripped and assaulted in a nightclub located in Khanapara, Guwahati (Photo credit: X) GUWAHATI: A woman was allegedly stripped and assaulted at a nightclub in Guwahati’s Khanapara area late on Thursday night.The manager of the club has been detained for questioning in connection with the case.People present at the venue claimed...

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has nominated Ram Gopal Yadav and Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani for the Rajya Sabha polls. A ‘family’ man, a corporate executive, a possible third candidate and a high-stakes numbers game: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav‘s Rajya Sabha strategy has a bit of a test run for the 2027 UP assembly polls?His two...

File photo: Travellers board a FlyDubai aircraft at Ben Gurion International Airport (Picture credit: Reuters) Israeli investigators are expected to question the Omani co-pilot accused of attacking the captain and attempting to crash a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight, as part of a UAE-led investigation into the incident, according to a source briefed on the probe.The co-pilot...

Trump had earlier threatened to ban diesel exports to Europe The G7 nations on Friday announced that they agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil from reserves over four months, including a “substantial” release of diesel in the first 20 days, as fuel prices surge amid the war with Iran, while Trump had earlier...

Putin warns of nuclear response over Kaliningrad as the Suwałki Gap emerges as a Nato flashpoint. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Moscow could use “all weapons” in its arsenal, including nuclear weapons, if its Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad comes under direct attack. The warning has brought renewed attention to a narrow stretch of...

Pargat SIngh, Amrinder Raja Warring NEW DELHI: The churn in Punjab Congress is now complete. Or is it?Amarinder Singh Raja Warring is out and Pargat Singh is the new Punjab Congress president. The change came hours after Warring resigned from the post, ending his more than four-year stint as state party chief. Warring met Rahul...

India produced a stunning six-gold haul on the penultimate day of the Asian Games on Friday (Image credit: Agencies) India produced a stunning six-gold haul on the penultimate day of the Asian Games on Friday, with the women’s hockey team, three boxers, archers and wrestler Sujeet Kalkal leading a late surge that took the country...

Nihal Sarin looks back at his Chess Olympiad loss to Uzbekistan NEW DELHI: World champion Dommaraju Gukesh was patiently following the game between his compatriot Nihal Sarin and Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Yakubboev in Round 6 of the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand.The other three boards had already ended in draws, Gukesh’s own game against Shamsiddin Vokhidov...

Brown pleaded guilty to 17 wire fraud counts and two counts involving criminal proceeds. (Representational AI image) An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to running a fake investment scheme that prosecutors say convinced five people in Ohio and Florida to hand over more than $3 million, US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio...