File photo (Picture credit: AP) Asian markets rose on Wednesday, following strong gains on Wall Street. Lower oil prices and renewed hopes for talks between the United States and Iran increased investor confidence.MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 1.5% to a six-week high, while Japan’s Nikkei gained 1.2%, inching closer to its…
A Chinese researcher working in the United States has pleaded guilty to smuggling E. coli into the country. 32-year-old Youhuang Xiang, a Chinese national and former postdoctoral researcher on a J-1 visa at Indiana University, was sentenced to more than four months in prison after admitting to concealing bacterial DNA in a shipment sent from…
Former South Africa cricketer Shaun Pollock believes Rishabh Pant’s comments after Lucknow Super Giants’ Super Over loss to Kolkata Knight Riders may have indirectly put the blame on the team management.After LSG lost to KKR in the Super Over, Pant said that having too many opinions during the game made decision-making difficult.The match had gone…
NEW DELHI: Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday alleged that Nitish Kumar was stepping down as Bihar Chief Minister under “pressure” from within his own party, claiming some colleagues had been “intimidated or allured” by ally BJP.The remarks came a day after Kumar was sworn in as a Rajya Sabha MP and as his belongings were being…
File pics NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday called out PM Modi and said that it was “deeply unfortunate” that Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose to “mislead the nation” over the women’s reservation bill.She also alleged that the Centre was attempting to push the delimitation exercise by “using women as a…
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Tuesday adjourned to 2046 a defamation suit for Rs 20 crore against managing committee members of a south Mumbai housing society by a senior citizen, now aged almost 90, and her daughter. “I do not wish to state anything further except that this matter should not be taken up…
KEDARNATH: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday attended the ceremonial opening of the sacred Kedarnath Dham, offering prayers and reviewing arrangements as thousands of devotees thronged the Himalayan shrine on the auspicious occasion. Accompanied by his wife, Geeta Dhami, the chief minister participated in the rituals and offered special prayers to Lord Nandi…
5 key battles to watch in SRH vs CSK clash Sunrisers Hyderabad will rely on their young pace duo, Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain, in their IPL 2026 clash against Chennai Super Kings in Hyderabad. Hinge starred in the previous match with figures of 4/34, supported by Hussain’s four wickets, as SRH dismantled Rajasthan Royals.They…
NEW DELHI: After 35 years without a single witness being called to record oral evidence, the Supreme Court has stayed the trial proceedings against a police officer, indicating that it was in favour of quashing the case on the ground of delay alone. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Vijay Bishnoi issued notice…