Virat Kohli and Steve Smith during the fifth Test at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 03, 2025 in Sydney. (Photo by Philip Brown/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: India lost openers KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal early after captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and opted to bat against Australia in overcast conditions and a grassy pitch…
AGRA: The 17th-century Mubarak Manzil, a Mughal heritage site also known as Aurangzeb‘s Haveli, was largely demolished in Agra just three months after the state archaeological department issued a notification to protect the monument. Over 100 tractors of debris were removed from the site after the demolition drive, local residents said on Thursday. They say…
NEW DELHI: Starlink may be heading into fresh regulatory trouble in India with satellite communications devices of the Elon Musk-run company finding its way into the hands of insurgents and smugglers, raising red flags with the home ministry and the department of telecommunications.What has made the situation even more challenging for the government is that…
A senior Iranian official said Thursday that Tehran was ready to take up the case of Nimisha Priya, a nurse from Kerala sentenced to death in Yemen for the murder of a Yemeni national. “We are ready to do whatever we can as it involves a humanitarian issue,” said the official, speaking on condition of…
Television actress Chahat Pandey, currently a contestant on Bigg Boss 18, experienced an emotional yet intense reunion with her mother during family week. Her mother entered the house visibly upset, addressing Avinash Mishra‘s derogatory remarks about Chahat. She criticized Avinash for his behaviour and also voiced her disappointment with the show’s makers for ignoring the…
NEW DELHI: The home ministry, complying with the directions issued by Supreme Court in October 2024, has updated its model prisons law and model prison manual to prohibit classification and segregation of prisoners or any allotment of duty to them on the basis of caste, besides specifically barring manual scavenging in jails.The ministry has also…
South Korean investigators attempted to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol early Friday, with hundreds of his supporters gathering outside his residence in Seoul to block the move. The operation came amid heightened tensions and a heavy police presence, as Yoon’s defiant stance against the allegations continues to draw public and political attention.The Corruption Investigation…
MUMBAI: Ketan Parekh, the infamous market operator who was once jailed for stock exchange-related manipulations, is in Sebi‘s net again. The markets regulator has unearthed a front-running scheme in which Parekh (also nicknamed KP) was one of the main brains. Along with Rohit Salgaocar – a Singapore citizen of Indian origin – KP orchestrated a…
NEW DELHI: US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan is set to visit India early next week to take stock of the India-US Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET). The iCET represents a landmark initiative between the two countries in areas of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, biotech, and defence innovation. Sullivan’s trip…
Chandigarh: Punjab government dismissed Thursday DSP Gursher Singh Sandhu in connection with a September 2022 interview of Lawrence Bishnoi while the gangster was in custody at the premises of police’s Crime Investigation Agency Mohali’s Kharar.The dismissal order was signed by state home secretary Gurkirat Kirpal Singh. It noted that Sandhu, under suspension since October 2024,…
