Following their exit from T20I cricket last year and the sudden retirement from Test cricket in May, world cricket has been waiting for Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma‘s next appearance in the India jersey. While the day of return was slated to be in August, with the Men in Blue set to begin their preparations…
KOLKATA: The hockey stick with which ex-Trinamool Chhatra Parishad union president Manojit Mishra inflicted a head injury on the 24-year-old Kolkata law student he and two others allegedly gang-raped on campus last Wednesday now sits inside an evidence bag at Lalbazar, the city police headquarters. So do the red kurta, light brown six-pocket trousers and…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar will visit the United States from June 30 to July 2 at the invitation of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. During the visit, he will take part in the next edition of the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (QFMM), scheduled for July 1 in Washington, DCThe Quad foreign…
This is a representative image (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: An Air India Boeing 787 (VT-ANI) operating from Tokyo Haneda to Delhi on Sunday safely diverted to Kolkata due to persistent air-conditioning trouble, due to which the cabin was uncomfortably hot. The flight AI357 had taken off from Tokyo at 12.31 pm and landed in…
Relief work ongoing after landslide in Uttarakhand (Image: Uttarakhand Police) DEHRADUN: A devastating cloudburst in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi triggered widespread damage and chaos. leaving several workers missing, landslide and disrupting key pilgrimage routes in Uttarakhand. In the aftermath, the state government on Sunday suspended the Char Dham Yatra for 24 hours, citing a heavy rain alert…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Sunday dismissed claims made by the Pakistan army blaming India for a deadly suicide bombing in North Waziristan, calling the statement “deserving of contempt.”In a response issued in the early hours of the day, the MEA said, “We have seen an official statement by the Pakistan…
MUMBAI: Uddhav and Raj Thackeray will hold a joint protest march of their parties here on July 5 against what they allege is the imposition of Hindi in Maharashtra’s schools from Class 1 through the new three-language policy. This will be the first time that the two will come together on a political platform after…
After multiple delays, the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission was finally launched at 2.31am Eastern Time (12.01pm IST) Wednesday and India’s Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla with three of his crew mates — veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson (US) as commander, Polish engineer Sławosz Uznański, Hungarian researcher Tibor Kapu — soared into space.Ax-4’s designated pilot, Shukla is only the…
Air India on Friday announced that it has cancelled seven flights, including four international and three domestic routes, due to “enhanced maintenance and operational reasons.” The cancellations come days after an Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London crashed.Affected flights include services between Dubai, Chennai, Delhi, Melbourne, Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, and Mumbai.Also read: Air India…
In the wake of Operation Sindhu, Indian students returning from Iran shared their chilling accounts of survival amidst missile strikes and destruction. One student vividly recalled the sight of missiles raining down, leaving Tehran in devastation. The Indian government stepped in, offering comprehensive support for their safe return, including personalized assistance. NEW DELHI: Indian students…
