LSG finished fifth, just one point outside the playoffs spot in the 2025 season after a stop-start campaign (Images via Getty, BCCI) As the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) approaches, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) enter another defining phase in their brief but eventful journey. Since joining the league in 2022, the franchise has experienced early…
Sairaj Pardeshi (Image – X) Ahmedabad: Indian weightlifters flexed their muscles on Friday, the penultimate day of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2025, winning seven medals and setting new records. Sairaj Pardeshi set the stage on fire by lifting 348kg in the junior men’s category in the 88kg weight class. His snatch lift of 157kg and…
James D. Watson, the American scientist best known for co-discovering the double-helix structure of DNA alongside Francis Crick, has died aged 97. His passing was confirmed by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where he worked and led research for decades. Watson, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Crick and Maurice Wilkins,…
MUMBAI: Former Miss India winner, Miss Universe runner-up, and popular Bollywood actress Celina Jaitly Haag has filed a case against her husband, Peter Haag, an Austrian national, under the Domestic Violence Act.The plea alleges that the 47-year-old mother of three boys “has been subjected to continuous acts of domestic violence at his hands.” Celina has…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday that lookout notices have been issued against North East India Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and Zubeen Garg‘s manager Siddharth Sharma in the singer’s death case.In a Facebook live, Sarma said both must come to Guwahati and make their statements on October 6, failing which the police…
Pawan Kalyan’s political success as Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh is mirrored by the anticipation surrounding his upcoming film, *They Call Him OG*. The film has already garnered USD 1.85 million in North American premiere ticket sales, positioning it as a potential top-five Telugu film premiere in the region. Pawan Kalyan is on a…
The government may prioritise targeted support for sectors such as textiles and chemicals, those expected to be severely affected by the new 50 per cent US tariffs, under its export promotion mission, industry sources said on Thursday.As per the news agency PTI, the matter was taken up during consultations held by the commerce ministry with…
HPCET 2026 official exam schedule: Himachal Pradesh Technical University (HPTU), Hamirpur, has formally released the schedule for the Himachal Pradesh Common Entrance Test (HPCET) 2026. The notification, issued on December 10, 2025, outlines a single-day examination plan for all major programmes offered by the university.The announcement is significant for thousands of engineering, pharmacy, management and…
UP CM Yogi Adityanath (Photo credit: ANI) LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that 1,000 quintals of wheat seed have been sent to Punjab for the farmers affected by recent floods in the state, highlighting his government’s support for farmers during natural disasters.The chief minister today attended the seed assistance vehicle…
MUMBAI: Bombay HC dismissed Satara additional sessions judge Dhananjay Nikam, and Palghar civil judge (senior division) Irfan Shaikh for serious misconduct.Shaikh, during his stint as additional chief metropolitan magistrate at Ballard Pier court, was involved in a road accident in 2022. Shaikh told TOI over phone that the allegations were baseless. “I will challenge my…
