The second-seeded men were almost assured of top podium finish Saturday night itself, but the top-seeded women had to fight it out. India won its first-ever double team gold at Chess Olympiad in Budapest Sunday – only the third country after the Soviet Union (four times from 1982 to ’86) and China (2018) to do…
INDORE/KANPUR: In what seems to be yet more attempts to sabotage railway operations, it has come to light that railway ‘detonators‘ were placed on tracks in Madhya Pradesh‘s Ratlam on September 18 when an Army special train was passing through. The revelation came on a day when an empty gas cylinder was found on the…
Princess Diana‘s ballet teacher Anne Allan has written a book ‘Dancing with Diana‘ explaining an early sign of a doomed marriage that she picked up from an incident — among many other recollections. In December 1985, Diana danced to Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl” at the Royal Opera House in London. It was meant to be…
TIRANA: The Muslim cleric preparing to lead what will become, if everything goes as planned, the world’s smallest state has laid-back plans for the tiny new country. His hoped-for Muslim state in Tirana, Albania’s capital, will be a Vatican-style sovereign enclave controlling territory about the size of five New York City blocks, and it will…
SRINAGAR: For the first time since their ancestors migrated from Pakistan to J&K during the 1947 Partition, over 5,000 Hindu families will vote in the ongoing assembly elections.Forced to live in 39 squalid camps near Jammu for over seven decades because Article 370 on J&K’s special status denied them land and other rights, these refugees…
IANS photo for representation. JAMMU: A gunfight broke out between security forces and terrorists near Danna Dhar forest of Chatroo in the upper reaches of Kishtwar district in Jammu division of J&K Sunday evening, following a brief exchange of fire that took place in the same area about 23 hours earlier.A police spokesman said firing…
Former president Donald Trump said he won’t be running in the 2028 election if he loses this November. “No, I don’t. I think … that will be it. I don’t see that at all,” the 78-year-old told “Full Measure” with Sharyl Attkisson in an interview. He also spoke about the roles that the three bigwigs…
ISLAMABAD: A roadside bomb exploded near a convoy of foreign diplomats visiting Pakistan’s scenic Swat district in the northwest on Sunday, leaving one policeman dead and three injured.Police officials said the victims were part of the squad leading the convoy of 12 countries. They said all the foreign dignitaries were unharmed.The foreigners included ambassadors from…
Videos circulating online on Sunday showed a snake in the AC G17 coach of the 12187 Jabalpur-Mumbai Garib Rath Express, sparking mixed reactions from netizens.Reports indicate that upon the snake’s detection, passengers were quickly evacuated from the affected coach and relocated to another section of the train. And the G17 coach was securely locked to…
Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has been elected as Sri Lanka’s next President after the first elections since the country’s economic crisis. Dissanayake is the leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)’s broader coalition National People’s Power (NPP).Dissanayake secured almost 42% of the popular vote against his nearest rival…
