NEW DELHI: India and Qatar upgraded their ties to a strategic partnership as PM Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with the visiting Qatar Amir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, discussing ways to enhance cooperation in areas like trade, investment, energy and security. Qatar committed to investing $ 10 billion in India, as it announced Qatar…
Deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina blamed Bangladesh’s interim government leader Muhammad Yunus for the country’s “lawlessness” and vowed to return back to her country. During a one-on-one interaction on Zoom with widows of four policemen killed during last July’s student uprising, Hasina claimed Yunus has “unleashed terrorists” on its citizens, PTI news agency reported. Hasina’s…
The TOI correspondent from London: Fugitive Indian businessman Vijay Mallya’s barrister told a London court that the banks pursuing Mallya are “acting in bad faith” and not being transparent as he made a failed attempt to adjourn Mallya’s appeal hearing against his bankruptcy order in the London high court on the first day of its…
Oman vs USA (@usacricket on X) NEW DELHI: The United States successfully defended the lowest-ever total of 122 in a non-curtailed ODI match, defeating Oman by 57 runs in their Cricket World Cup League 2 encounter. This total stands as one of the lowest successfully defended scores in men’s ODIs, excluding matches with a revised…
Being the first? Wow. Being the second? Okay. Being the third? “I was hot… I was mad because I was already the third CB taken… like, I know I’m not the third corner out of this class. I know I’m not the third corner.” says steamed superstar cornerback of the New England Patriots, Christian Gonzalez….
Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Australian cricket legend Ricky Ponting has expressed his preference for Arshdeep Singh over Harshit Rana as a replacement for the injured Jasprit Bumrah in India’s opening match of the Champions Trophy against Bangladesh. Ponting’s recommendation comes despite Rana’s commendable performance ahead of the ICC event, citing…
The uproar against Allahbadia is part of a larger pattern where comedians have frequently faced the law for their content. NEW DELHI: A crude joke on India’s Got Latent, a show hosted by comedian Samay Raina, has landed YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia—popularly known as BeerBiceps—into legal trouble. His comment about parents and sex, which went viral…
NEW DELHI: Gyanesh Kumar will take over as the 26th Chief Election Commissioner tomorrow – on a day the Supreme Court will hear a petition challenging the 2023 law under which his appointment was made by the Centre late on Monday night.The appointment, which is the first under the new law, was made by a…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday thanked the Gujarat voters for giving a decisive mandate to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the local body polls held across the state. The ruling BJP swept the polls in Gujarat by winning the Junagadh Municipal Corporation (JMC) as well as 60 municipalities out of 68…
India and Japan have cranked up their military-to-military ties in recent years, with the Dharma Guardian exercise between their armies. NEW DELHI: India and Japan will next week kick off their ‘Dharma Guardian’ military combat exercise at Mount Fuji, continuing with the upward trajectory in their bilateral military engagements and defence cooperation.The aim of the…
