Nagoya: Sheetal Devi delivered another memorable performance at the Asian Para Games 2026, overcoming Singapore’s Nur Syahidah Alim 142-139 in the women’s compound individual final to secure India’s 17th gold medal at the continental showpiece. The Indian para-archer recovered from a four-point deficit to successfully defend the title she won at the 2023 edition in Hangzhou. The...

Mumbai: Global icon Priyanka Chopra Jonas wished her cousin-sister Parineeti Chopra on her 38th birthday Thursday. The actress shared a picture of Parineeti on her social media account where the birthday girl was dressed in a pink, pearl-embellished outfit and wearing matching makeup and earrings. “Happy Birthday Tisha, @parineetichopra! Here’s to a beautiful year filled with love,...

New Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi made her social media debut Thursday by joining Instagram and sharing a post on her upcoming book 'Belonging: A Journey of Love'. Gandhi's memoir is set for a worldwide release November 10. "Hello everyone, I'm truly grateful to share this moment with you all: the first look of...

Bhubaneswar: Two promising young athletes, Mrutyam Jayaram Dondapati and Malaya Barik, died in a late-night road accident near Nakhara on the Kataka-Bhubaneswar National Highway, leaving Odisha’s athletics fraternity in shock. According to reports, the accident occurred around 10:30 pm. Both athletes were rushed to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Kataka, where doctors declared them dead on...

New Delhi: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has condemned the alleged racial abuse of a youth from Tripura by a Delhi-based content creator and said the Delhi and Tripura police would teach the accused a hard lesson. In a post on X, Rijiju said there had been a delay in lodging an official complaint but asserted...

Christchurch: India have brought back express pacer Mayank Yadav and seam-bowling all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy as skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bowl first against New Zealand in the T20I series opener at the Hagley Oval Thursday. This is the first T20I meeting between the two teams since this year’s T20 World Cup final...

New Delhi: An online meeting of the INDIA bloc will be held Thursday evening to discuss the roadmap for protests regarding the vote chori issue and to press for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation, sources said. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge will chair the meeting, which will also review the preparations for the INDIA bloc's rally in...

Mumbai: Mommy-to-be Kiara Advani seems to be living her best phase. The actor was seen embracing a fresh look. The actress, who is expecting her second child with husband Sidharth Malhotra, recently flaunted her new hairstyle in a mirror selfie, sporting a baggy and loose brown shirt paired with grey trousers. Kiara took to her social media...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he spoke to Indian-American Google CEO Sundar Pichai about renaming the Atlantic Ocean on Google Maps, but was told that oceans were different because they “cover a lot of countries”, as he riffed at a midterm rally in South Carolina about renaming the Gulf of Mexico and the Strait of...

Riyadh: One Saudi resident was killed in an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam in eastern Saudi Arabia on the Persian Gulf near Bahrain and Qatar, the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority announced early Thursday. The aviation authority also said eight people were injured in the late Wednesday attack and the airport suffered some material damage....