Abneet Bharti first earned an India call-up last year and travelled to India this year ahead of fixture vs Hong Kong. (Instagram) New Delhi: As India played Jamaica and went down 0-2 in London as part of the Unity Cup, Abneet Bharti sat over 10,000 kms away in La Paz, Bolivia. Instead of potentially taking…
Mohammed Shami (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Mohammed Shami kept it simple, raw and deeply personal as he returned to his ‘home’ ground, Eden Gardens, ahead of Thursday’s Lucknow Super Giants’ clash against Kolkata Knight Riders — a contest loaded with subplots for the veteran pacer.Fresh off a match-winning spell against Sunrisers Hyderabad, where he delivered…
CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI: Punjab police are believed to have filed two FIRs against Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak, who switched from AAP to BJP a week ago along with six others.While sources close to govt confirmed the FIRs, no one was willing to talk about it. No official statement on the nature of the allegations had…
At least 331 children in Pakistan’s Punjab province contracted HIV between November 2024 and October 2025 in a suspected healthcare-linked outbreak, with a BBC investigation uncovering unsafe injection practices at a government hospital in Taunsa.The identified cases have raised serious concerns about infection control after evidence emerged that syringes were repeatedly reused on medicine vials,…
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has started the registration process for the NCERT Common Entrance Examination (CEE) 2026 for admission to various undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) programmes.Interested and eligible candidates can apply for the entrance examination through the official website, cee.ncert.gov.in.According to the official schedule, the last date to submit…
NEW DELHI: Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the BJP, accusing it of practising politics in the name of religion, undermining democratic institutions and using central agencies against political opponents. Speaking at an award ceremony in Jaipur, the senior Congress leader said the Constitution does not permit politics…
Two Indian Sikh men were shot dead by gunmen in Covo, in the province of Bergamo, in Italy on Friday. The Indian nationals had just come out of a building used as a gurdwara when they were killed.The two, aged 48, were identified as Rajinder Singh and Gurmit Singh. Eyewitnesses said the shooter was also…
US President Donald Trump; Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian The United States believes it is close to reaching an agreement with Iran on a one-page memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the war and establishing a framework for more detailed nuclear negotiations, Axios reported on Wednesday.Washington is expecting Tehran’s response on several key issues within the…
As ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ continues its strong run at the box office, its director Aditya Dhar has secured interim relief from the Bombay High Court in a defamation case tied to allegations of script theft.On Wednesday, the court passed an interim order restraining filmmaker Santosh Kumar from repeating claims that Dhar had copied the script…
Celine Dion will return to the stage this fall with her first series of concerts since revealing her diagnosis with stiff-person syndrome, announcing a five-week limited engagement in Paris.The Grammy-winning star said Monday that she will perform 10 shows at Paris La Defense Arena from Sept. 12 through Oct. 14, marking a major milestone after…