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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has joined UEFA and CONCACAF in opposing FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s proposal to allow private investors to acquire minority stakes in the commercial rights of the FIFA World Cup and other global tournaments, significantly escalating resistance to one of the governing body’s most ambitious commercial plans.In a strongly worded statement...

Samudra Manthan is projected to help add more than 600 million metric tons of oil Equivalent (MMTOE) to India’s reserves. Samudra Manthan scheme: Amid the ongoing Middle East crisis, India has announced a Rs 84,084 crore scheme for oil and gas exploration. PM Narendra Modi-led Union Cabinet approved the ‘Samudra Manthan’ National Offshore Exploration Scheme...

The Karkardooma court had convicted Tahir Hussain (left) and four others in the case earlier this month. NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday sentenced former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and four others to life imprisonment for the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) official Ankit Sharma during the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots.The Karkardooma court had...

Representiative image The US government is reportedly weighing $100,000 fee on foreign students who want to work after graduating. For a generation of Indian engineers already impacted by September’s H-1B hike, the American dream appears to be slipping further away. For years, the promise was simple: get into a good American university, work hard, land...

The screening of Tamil films, including Tamil Nadu CM Vijay’s ‘Jana Nayagan’ has been stopped across Karnataka. MANDYA: The screening of Tamil films, including Chief Minister Vijay’s ‘Jana Nayagan’, has been suspended across Karnataka until further notice after protests over the Cauvery water-sharing dispute.The Karnataka Film Exhibitors Association announced the statewide suspension on Friday, a...

Hamid Mondal (face covered) had been staying in the flat for the past two to three months, allegedly to evade detection by law enforcement agencies. BURDWAN: A suspected member of the banned terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) has been arrested in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district, news agency PTI reported on Friday.The Special Task Force (STF)...

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal (File Photo) NEW DELHI: AAP Delhi chief Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday offered protection to students who participated in the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP)-led protest at Jantar Mantar, saying the party would stand by those facing threats. In a post on X addressed to “Delhi GenZ”, Bharadwaj said: “If any student...

NEW DELHI: NEW DELHI: The Parliament complex turned into the scene of a political street play on Friday after a saffron-clad Independent MP Pappu Yadav along with other opposition MPs staged a symbolic protest over the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, leader of opposition in Lok Sabha...

A young Army Major tragically died after his SUV collided with a camel near Jaisalmer. JAISALMER: A tragic late-night road accident near Jaisalmer Military Station claimed the life of a young Indian Army major and left two lieutenant-rank officers injured after their SUV collided with a camel and overturned multiple times on Thursday night, about...

The controversy surrounding the Indian hockey teams’ change in jersey colour ahead of the World Cup took a fresh turn on Friday after Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey — a veteran of 412 internationals for India — wrote to the federation’s executive board claiming that the decision was taken without his knowledge.In an email sent...