New Delhi: The Indian men's and women's hockey teams will be seen in saffron jerseys instead of their traditional blue kits at next month's FIH World Cup in the Netherlands and Belgium, a change that has been questioned by former captain Viren Rasquinha. Unveiling the new jersey on its social media pages, Hockey India said the design...

Chennai: The makers of director Raja Karuppasamy's upcoming Tamil rural comedy entertainer, Modha Rathiri, featuring actors Rishikanth and Anishma Anilkumar in the lead, have now announced that their film will hit screens worldwide August 21 this year. Sources close to the unit of the film say that Modha Rathiri will revolve around an ordinary village wedding that...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu showered praise on Indian para-athletes Dilip Mahadu Gavit and Mohammed Basil Morssinganakathi for their historic 1-2 finish in the men’s T47 100m event and long-jumper Murali Sreeshankar for winning the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games 2026. Gavit clinched the gold medal with a games record, clocking 10.71 seconds, in the men’s...

Mumbai: Senior batter Ajinkya Rahane, who famously led an injury-ravaged Indian team to an improbable Test series win over Australia during a 2020-2021 tour, announced his retirement from international cricket Thursday, saying that the time is right for him to move on. The 38-year-old played 85 Tests, 90 ODIs and 20 T20Is for India in a career...

Thiruvananthapuram: Bringing the curtain down on an eight-year-old controversy, the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) has closed its probe into allegations against Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan over the collection of funds in the UK for rebuilding homes after the devastating 2018 Kerala floods. Announcing the decision, state Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala Thursday said the Vigilance probe had...

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm Thursday after the Opposition ruckus disrupted the House proceedings during the Question Hour. The session commenced with acknowledgements for India's medal winners at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow. Following this, the Speaker presided over the proceedings for the Question Hour. However, the Opposition started with sloganeering...

Washington: Former top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination before a sharply divided Senate committee, as Republican lawmakers revived allegations over US-funded coronavirus research at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology and sought answers on the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. The hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental...

Cairo: Jordan's air defences shot down five missiles launched from Iran Thursday morning, the spokesman for the country's armed forces said, according to Jordan's state-run Petra news agency. The news agency said no casualties were reported. The interceptions come after the US military said it had completed a heavy wave of strikes against Iran, conducted in response...

Vadodara: As polling progressed in the by-election to Gujarat's Manjalpur Assembly constituency Thursday, voter turnout reached 6.06 per cent by 10 a.m., according to data released by the Election Commission of India (ECI). The bypoll, being held in Vadodara district, was necessitated by the death of veteran BJP MLA and former Gujarat minister Yogesh Patel, whose passing...

Kolkata: After almost 24 hours of marathon raids and search operations coupled with interrogation, the Birbhum District Police in West Bengal Thursday arrested Minar Mondal, a relative of Tulu Mondal, an influential stone-quarry owner in the district. Following the marathon operations that started Wednesday afternoon, the police recovered huge unaccounted cash and gold from Minar’s residence. The...