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Yashvir Singh (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Yashvir Singh had one thought in his mind before stepping up for his final throw at Scotstoun Stadium. The bronze medal mark was just beyond 82 metres, and he reminded himself that he had already crossed that distance before.With that belief, the 24-year-old gave everything on his sixth...

US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to hit Iran “very hard”, as reports suggested his administration was weighing a fresh wave of strikes as early as this weekend, potentially targeting the country’s energy infrastructure.The threat comes after more than five months of conflict, which began on February 28 when the United States and Israel...

BENGALURU: Cybercriminals are exploiting the income-tax return (ITR) filing season by sending fake income tax department notices over WhatsApp and other messaging platforms, using forged govt documents, cloned tax portals and malware to steal banking credentials and gain remote access to victims’ devices, according to a report by Bengaluru-based cybersecurity firm CloudSek.The campaign comes at...

MUMBAI: Zepto will defer its public listing by two to three quarters, co-founder & CEO Aadit Palicha told employees in a town hall on Friday, people familiar with the matter said. The quick commerce startup which was initially eyeing a listing around July has stalled the process after getting a tepid response from investors over...

India’s biggest day at CWG 2026 sees six medals won, 10 boxers reach finals and the tally rise to 23. India enjoyed one of their finest days of the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Friday, collecting six medals across judo and athletics while also producing a flawless performance inside the boxing ring, where all 10 Indian...

Representative image MUMBAI: Gold loans drove a sharp acceleration in personal lending and overall bank credit, with the segment expanding 93.8% year on year at the end of June 2026, as banks added Rs 74,171 crore in Q1FY27 to take the gold loan book to Rs 5.4 lakh crore.The expansion in gold loans accounted for...

NEW DELHI: Average rainfall in India during the second half of monsoon season (Aug-Sept) is most likely to be ‘below normal’, IMD said Friday, flagging the continuing risk of El Niño, which is associated with a weak monsoon.Last month, IMD had cited El Niño’s impact to forecast below normal rains in July. The month’s rainfall...

Nearly 16.4% of the electorate in Haryana and 10.8% in Andhra Pradesh were excluded in draft voter rolls published for the two states Friday as part of phase 3 of special intensive revision (SIR).In Haryana, the total strength of electors in the draft roll was 83.6% of 2.1 crore at the start of SIR on...

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi said on Friday he will forgive young protesters accused of abusing him and his late mother, saying they are misguided children and it is “our job to show them the right way”.In a video message, Modi said punishing these youth and making them run around courts will not change circumstances,...

NEW DELHI: Bringing the six-year-long trial in the murder of Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma to a close, a Delhi court on Friday sentenced former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and four others to life imprisonment, holding that Sharma was lynched “solely on account of his religion” during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.Additional sessions judge Parveen...