R Praggnanandhaa and Faustino Oro Argentinian chess prodigy IM Faustino Oro, aged 11, has broken two records previously held by India’s Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu. Oro won the Legends & Prodigies 2025 tournament in Madrid with 7.5/9 points, finishing undefeated and achieving his first GM norm.With this result, Oro’s performance rating reached 2759, the highest ever recorded…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the govt’s scheme to provide Rs 10,000 to 75 lakh women in Bihar, alleging that he is engaging in “vote revdi” alongside “vote chori”. Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh said that while PM Modi criticised the Karnataka govt’s Griha Lakshmi scheme, which…
Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Naqvi (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore) Just a day before the much-anticipated Asia Cup final between India and Pakistan, PCB chairman and Asian Cricket Council chief Mohsin Naqvi has stirred controversy with a cryptic post on social media. On Friday, Naqvi wrote: “How much time do you need to explain…
BMW crash accused Gaganpreet Kaur NEW DELHI: Delhi’s Patiala court on Saturday granted bail to accused Gaganpreet Kaur in connection BMW accident case which killed Navjot Singh, deputy secretary in the ministry of finance on September 14.The court granted bail to Kaur on a bond of Rs 1 lakh and two sureties of the same…
Tej Pratap Yadav, Tejashvi Yadav (PTI photos) Tej Pratap Yadav, who recently floated his new party Jan Shakti Janta Dal, has launched an attack on RJD, his ancestral party from which he was sidelined.Speaking to reporters on Saturday, the eldest son of Lalu Prasad Yadav slammed RJD leader and his younger brother Tejashwi on the…
Iraq has restarted oil exports from its autonomous Kurdistan region, ending a suspension that lasted more than two years because of legal disputes and pipeline closures.Baghdad’s oil ministry confirmed on Saturday that crude is once again moving through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline. The line, which had been closed since 2023, has been at the centre of…
Sunil Joshi addresses a press conference (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore) NEW DELHI: Former India spinner Sunil Joshi is all set to become the new spin bowling coach at BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru from October 1. The 55-year-old was keenly involved during the recently concluded Duleep Trophy and even travelled with the India A…
Actor Manish Chaudhari shared his unusual first meeting with Shah Rukh Khan on Aryan Khan’s debut show. Drenched in oil and wearing a short robe after a spa scene, Chaudhari was kindly embraced by SRK despite his awkward state. Their second encounter saw SRK humorously recalling the “practically naked” first meeting, creating unforgettable memories for…
Harjit Kaur, a 73-year-old Sikh woman (Image credits: ANI) NEW DELHI: Harjit Kaur, a 73-year-old Sikh woman who spent 30 years in the United States, shared her ordeal with the ICE after she was arrested and deported to India.“Their behaviour was very bad. I was arrested on 8 September… I was arrested and taken to…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated development projects worth over Rs 60,000 crore in Odisha, spanning telecom, railways, healthcare, higher education, and skill development. In a landmark for telecom sector, PM Modi launched BSNL’s indigenous 4G ‘Swadeshi network stack’, placing India among a select group of nations with homegrown telecom technology.PM Modi…