The India Basketball League (IBL) will take place in the beginning of 2027. New Delhi: Indian sport has seen this script before. A new league arrives with ambition, big money, overseas faces, big promises, a multi-city approach and the inevitable question: can it survive in a country where cricket consumes much of the oxygen?Melburnian Jeremy…
India’s jewellery industry urges against curbing gold purchases, emphasizing its cultural significance as savings and tradition. Instead, they propose enhanced gold recycling and domestic mobilization to ease foreign exchange pressure. This approach aims to protect millions of livelihoods tied to the sector, from artisans to small businesses, by circulating existing gold rather than stifling demand….
Miatta Fahnbulleh, a minister in Keir Starmer’s government, resigned on Tuesday while publicly questioning the British Prime Minister’s leadership and urging him to begin an “orderly transition” within the Labour Party.Fahnbulleh became the first minister in Starmer’s administration to step down openly over concerns about the direction of the government.In her resignation message posted on…
Additional Sessions Judge Ashu Sanjeev Tinjan, after considering the evidence and statements of the victim and her family, awarded 20 years of rigorous imprisonment to the accused and imposed a fine of Rs 40,000. GURGAON: A Fast Track Special Court in Nuh has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a…
Alfred Nobel (Image: Wikipedia) Love, feelings and human connection have always been some of the most complicated aspects of life. For centuries, philosophers, scientists, writers and thinkers have sought to explain why people feel affection, attachment, trust or distance. Alfred Nobel made a very thoughtful remark on this point when he said, “A heart can…
Flamingos have painted Mumbai’s wetlands in shades of flushed pink. While the industrial capital has a dense skyline, something more interesting about the city recently, is a sea of fluttering pink feathers against mangrove greens and shimmering mudflats.Like every year, this time also hundreds of greater and lesser flamingos have arrived in the city’s wetlands…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Centre following NTA’s decision to cancel the NEET-UG entrance test, saying the hard work of students had been crushed by the “corrupt BJP regime.”In a post on X, Rahul took a swipe at the Centre and said…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with newly-elected Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma during the swearing-in ceremony at Veterinary College ground in Khanapara, in Guwahati on Tuesday. Like Odysseus emerging from years of conflict and uncertainty to reclaim his place in Ithaca, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s decade-long journey in the BJP reflects his transition…
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay has appointed astrologer Rickey Radhan Pandit Vettrivel as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the Chief Minister (Political) CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay has appointed astrologer Rickey Radhan Pandit Vettrivel as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the chief minister (Political), according to an official…
Shabnim Ismail in WBBL (Photo by Mike Owen/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: South Africa women’s national cricket team have announced their squad for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, and the biggest surprise is the return of fast bowler Shabnim Ismail.The experienced pacer had earlier retired from international cricket but has now decided to return…