BENGALURU: Barring a last-minute surprise, chief minister Siddaramaiah is set to resign Thursday, ending a political journey that saw him serve more than eight years and 12 days as Karnataka chief minister across two terms, surpassing the record of his mentor and backward class champion D Devaraj Urs. A senior official at Karnataka Lok Bhavan…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: A video of former India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik heaping massive praise on Bhuvneshwar Kumar has gone viral again after the veteran pacer produced a sensational match-winning display for Royal Challengers Bengaluru against Mumbai Indians in IPL 2026.Ahead of Bhuvneshwar’s historic 200th IPL appearance against Lucknow Super…
Rebel TMC MPs meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla at his residence, in New Delhi on Sunday. AGARTALA: The only Bengal link of the Nationalist Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI), oddly, is its Howrah address. Interestingly enough, the six-year-old Tripura-based party, registered in Howrah’s Sankrail, is now tipped to be BJP‘s biggest coalition partner with…
A police sub-inspector and four associates allegedly stormed a Dehradun polytechnic college, vandalizing property and threatening staff after his son was caught cheating. DEHRADUN: Teachers at a polytechnic college in Pitthuwala in Dehradun have alleged that a police sub-inspector (SI), accompanied by four others, forcibly entered the examination control office on June 5, vandalised property…
Glenn Phillips (Screengrab) NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru completely outplayed Gujarat Titans in IPL 2026 Qualifier 1, winning by 92 runs after posting a huge total of 254/5. Rajat Patidar led the charge with a stunning unbeaten 93 off just 33 balls, smashing nine sixes and five fours. Virat Kohli and Krunal Pandya also chipped…
India, the world’s second-largest consumer of gold after China, largely imports the precious metal to meet demand from the jewellery sector. These purchases result in a significant outflow of foreign exchange. Under the duty revisions announced on Wednesday, the government doubled the basic customs duty on gold to 10%, while the agriculture infrastructure and development…
Buffalo Bills could bring back former $12M defensive end amid roster reshuffle.(Image via Getty Images) The Buffalo Bills have been a force to be reckoned with on the field in the last few seasons, with 12 wins and just 5 losses in 2025.While the Buffalo Bills were expected to break records in the last season,…
Edappadi K Palaniswami (File photo) NEW DELHI: The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) failed in its attempt to regain power in Tamil Nadu, slipping to third place behind arch-rival, the MK Stalin-led ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and actor-politician Vijay’s newly formed Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), as votes for the April 9 assembly…
PV Sindhu (Photo by @BAI_Media on X) NEW DELHI: Indian badminton star PV Sindhu made a winning start to her Indonesia Open campaign, overcoming a tough challenge from Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan to advance to the second round. However, it was a disappointing day for several other Indian shuttlers, including Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen, who…
Royal archives unlocked for first authorised biography of Queen Elizabeth II / Image: File For the first time since the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022, her private papers are being opened to an authorised historian, marking a significant step in documenting the life of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch.Anna Keay, a respected historian and…