Spread the love       Saina Nehwal of India (Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: India’s star badminton player Saina Nehwal has confirmed her retirement from competitive badminton as she revealed on Monday that a chronic knee condition had left her unable to cope with the physical demands of elite sport.The 2012 London Olympic bronze medallist last appeared in competition at...

Spread the love       Valentino Garavani, the legendary Italian fashion designer who defined modern couture and dressed royalty, first ladies and Hollywood stars for more than five decades, died on Monday at his home in Rome. He was 93. His death was announced in a statement by the Fondazione Valentino Garavani e Giancarlo Giammetti, the foundation set up by the designer...

Spread the love       Madras high court CHENNAI: Expressing concern over live-in relationships ‘happening everywhere’ and calling it a ‘cultural shock’, Madras high court said women in such relationships ought to be protected by granting the status of a wife.“Live-in relationships are a cultural shock to Indian society, but they are happening widely everywhere. The girls assume that they are modern...

Spread the love       New Zealand’s Kristian Clarke celebrates with teammates after taking wicket of Nitish Kumar Reddy during the third ODI cricket match between India and New Zealand, at Holkar Cricket Stadium, in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. (PTI Photo) Following India’s first-ever ODI series defeat to New Zealand at home, former India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin said the team’s response to the...

Spread the love       An escort vehicle from Akshay Kumar’s convoy was involved in a serious road accident in Mumbai on Monday evening after it reportedly collided with an auto-rickshaw near the actor’s residence in Juhu. According to preliminary reports, at least two people sustained injuries in the incident. Akshay Kumar was not present in the escort car at the time...

Spread the love       Priyanka Chopra achieved stardom quite early on in her career after she became Miss World at the age of 18. Soon, she started getting movie offers and her mother Madhu Chopra was constantly by her side while she dealt with all of it. Her mother had earlier revealed since she was academically inclined, she was hesitant to...

Spread the love       Pakistan’s Ramiz Raja embarrasses himself in front of Bangladesh crowd (Screengrabs) NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan captain and well-known commentator Ramiz Raja had an awkward moment during a Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2025–26 match when the crowd did not respond to him.The incident happened at the toss, before the match began. Raja was on the ground with the...

Spread the love       Bangladesh’s interim government on Monday said that the majority of incidents involving members of minority communities in the country during 2025 were “criminal in nature” and not driven by communal motives, asserting that only 71 of the 645 cases recorded had communal elements.The statement, issued by the office of chief adviser Muhammad Yunus and later highlighted by...

Spread the love       Iran’s national police chief gave people who were “deceived” into joining- what the authorities have called “riots”- a limited window to turn themselves in with lighter punishment.“Young people who became unwittingly involved in the riots are considered to be deceived individuals, not enemy soldiers,” Ahmad‑Reza Radan said on state television, adding that those individuals have “a maximum...

Spread the love       Elon Musk has joined the high-stakes ‘war for talent’ with Facebook-parent Meta, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI, among others. The Tesla CEO is said to be taking a personal interest in recruitment for his artificial intelligence (AI) startup, xAI. The company has announced that it is hiring a “small, elite unit” of talent engineers who will be tasked...