NEW DELHI: Unaffected by the rebuke from Supreme Court for seeking reference of petitions challenging the validity of the Tribunal Reforms Act to a five-judge bench half-way through the final hearing in the matter, attorney general R Venkataramani made a fresh request for adjournment on Thursday, upsetting CJI B R Gavai, who wondered why the…
US President Donald Trump has once again reiterated his old claim that India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire after his intervention. Speaking at an event in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday, Trump added new details to his claims, saying that after his intervention, the next day he received a call claiming that they had made…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: West Bengal government on Thursday made it mandatory for all government and govt-aided schools to sing the state song, ‘Banglar Mati, Banglar Jal’, at morning assemblies. A notification, issued by the state secondary education board to heads of all upper primary and secondary schools, asked them to “take necessary…
PATNA/NEW DELHI: Bihar’s electorate headlined Round 1 of the “vikas versus badlav” battle Thursday with the state’s highest-ever voter turnout of 64.7% in 121 assembly constituencies of 18 districts, marking a decimal-point improvement over the previous record of 64.6% in the 1998 Lok Sabha election. The assembly poll turnout closest to the new record is…
Ryan Williams is now into his third season at Bengaluru FC Panaji: When Aussie Ryan Williams, an Anglo-Indian with roots in Mumbai, joined Bengaluru FC in 2023, there was more than just football on his mind.Williams had played for England clubs, Portsmouth and Fulham, had represented Australia in the 2013 U20 World Cup, even made…
Vehicles parked on a road closed with barbed wire, a day after violence erupted over statehood and other demands, in Leh, Ladakh. (PTI) SRINAGAR: A judicial commission set up by Union home ministry to probe the September 24 violence in Leh Thursday said it was not getting a “good response” from the public, and appealed…
JAMMU: Enforcement Directorate sleuths Thursday launched simultaneous raids in six locations of Jammu and Kashmir, including the house of former minister from Kathua, Jatinder Singh alias Babu Singh, as part of investigations into a narco-terror funding case.Officials said the searches were conducted at four places in Srinagar and two in Jammu under Prevention of Money…
United States President Donald Trump on Thursday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said he may travel to India next year as the two countries continue discussions on trade. Speaking to reporters at the White House after announcing a move to reduce the prices of weight loss drugs, Trump said his conversations with PM Modi…
INDIAN IDOL: Sunil Chhetri Panaji: Sunil Chhetri is preparing himself for life without professional football and could be calling it a day at the end of the 2025-26 season, should Bengaluru FC fail to win the Indian Super League (ISL) and qualify for continental championship.“If we win the ISL, it will give me a chance…
JAMMU: Security forces on Thursday launched a massive cordon-and-search operation in the forests of Chatroo in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district to track and kill terrorists, a day after an Agniveer sustained minor injuries in a brief gunfight with ultras in the area.Official sources said a joint team of the Army, J&K Police and Special…
