Mumbai: Former Delhi captain Mithun Manhas was Sunday elected president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Mumbai. Manhas, 45, became the 37th president of the Board, as he succeeded Roger Binny who resigned last...
United Nations: Bharat will always maintain its freedom of choice, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said, underlining that three key concepts of 'atmanirbharta', 'atmaraksha' and 'atmavishwas' guide India's approach in the contemporary world. "Namaskar from the people of Bharat," Jaishankar said as he began his...
Srinagar: Security forces foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Keran sector Sunday, officials said. Troops noticed suspicious movement along the LoC in the Keran sector of north Kashmir's Kupwara district and challenged the intruders, the officials added....
Agra: Swami Chaitanyanand Saraswati, accused of sexually harassing several women students, has been arrested in Agra, officials confirmed Sunday. The accused, also known as Partha Sarathy, director of the reputed Sri Sharda Institute of Indian Management in Delhi's posh Vasant Kunj, is facing a criminal...
Tehran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that the United States is the main obstacle to reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, as UN sanctions lifted under the pact were set to be reimposed later in the day. Speaking at Tehran airport after returning from the UN...
Chennai: Actor-turned-politician Vijay, whose electrifying campaign tour had been drawing record crowds across Tamil Nadu for the past week, is facing fierce backlash after a stampede at his rally in Karur left 39 people dead and injured dozens. The tragedy struck Saturday evening at Velusamypuram,...
New Delhi: 'Swami' Chaitanyanand Saraswati, accused of sexually harassing several women students, has forged visiting cards for BRICS and the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), police found during interrogation. On one of the accused's visiting cards, he identified himself as a BRICS Commission...
Karur: The Karur Town police have registered a case against Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam’s (TVK) Karur West district secretary V.P. Mathiyazhagan in connection with the stampede at party president and actor Vijay’s rally in Velysamupuram that left 39 people dead and 83 others injured. The incident...
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Saturday expressed anguish over the tragic loss of lives in a stampede-like incident in Tamil Nadu and extended her deepest condolences to the bereaved family members. She also prayed for early recovery of those injured. Twenty-nine people died in a...
Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip): Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 44 people across Gaza, health officials said Saturday, as international pressure grows for a ceasefire but Israel's leader remains defiant about continuing the war. Among the dead were nine from the same family in...
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