NEW DELHI: A stampede broke out in the early hours of Wednesday at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, just ahead of the most significant ritual ‘Amrit Snan’ on Mauni Amavasya, which is expected to draw nearly 10 crore pilgrims from around the world. Later, UP Police said that 30 people were killed while 60 were…
Shadab Khan. (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Love stories between cricketers and actresses have always been a hot topic, blending the glamour of the film industry with the excitement of cricket. It’s the same in India and Pakistan.There have been numerous cases about affairs between cricketers and actresses, both in India and Pakistan.Go Beyond The Boundary…
Surging violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has ignited fears of large-scale instability in one of Africa’s most conflict-ridden countries.On January 27, the M23 rebel group, backed by soldiers from neighboring Rwanda, seized control of Goma, the largest city in eastern DRC. Home to around 1 million people, Goma plays an essential role…
Jasprit Bumrah (BCCI Photo) ‘ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year’ and India’s bowling icon Jasprit Bumrah is being hailed as one of the best fast bowlers to grace the game, but it’s surprising to hear him being compared to the late Bollywood icon Dilip Kumar in greatness.To describe Jasprit Bumrah’s stature on Star Sports show…
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order late on Tuesday limiting gender transition procedures for people under the age of 19. This follows his inauguration speech, where he had said that his administration would only recognize two genders, male and female. The order says, “Across the country today, medical professionals are maiming and sterilizing…
NEW DELHI: The opposition has raised serious concerns over the management of the UP government after a stampede broke out leaving several injured on Wednesday morning at Sangam, Maha Kumbh. While Congress president slammed the Yogi Adityanath government for “paying more attention to self-promotion than management and mismanagement”, Samajwadi Party chief called upon the BJP-led…
NEW DELHI: Following India’s loss, Varun Chakravarthy reflected on the conditions in Rajkot, emphasizing how the surface slowed down in the second innings, which helped England’s spinners. Dew was expected, but it never showed up, which benefited England. “What I observed was the pitch definitely got slower in the second innings. We thought that there…
The ‘world’s biggest iceberg’, “A23a iceberg“, which is more than twice the size of London, is drifting toward South Georgia Island, raising concerns among scientists that it could disrupt the feeding patterns of young penguins and seals.The massive ice block is slowly moving from Antarctica and could collide with South Georgia, a vital wildlife breeding…
NEW DELHI: Hungarian-American chess grandmaster Susan Polgar criticized Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Yakubboev after he refused to shake hands with Indian GM R Vaishali during the 2025 Tata Steel Chess tournament in the Netherlands.Yakubboev cited “religious reasons” for his decision, but Polgar challenged his stance by sharing a photo on social media showing him shaking hands with…
The index is expected to remain bearish whilst below 23,000. (AI image) Stock market today: Indian equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex and Nifty50, opened in green on Wednesday. While BSE Sensex moved up over 300 points, Nifty50 was above 23,000. At 9:22 AM, BSE Sensex was trading at 76,148.51, up 247 points or 0.33%. Nifty50…
