Security forces Friday gunned down a terrorist during an anti-terror operation deep inside a forest area SRINAGAR: Security forces Friday gunned down a terrorist during an anti-terror operation deep inside a forest area in J&K’s Budgam district, about 60km from Srinagar, the Army stated.Based on intelligence inputs, a joint team of the Army, J&K Police…
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit India next week, June 22-23 NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Brics summit that India will host in Sept, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit India next week, June 22-23, for a meeting of national security advisers of the grouping. Wang had last month skipped the Brics foreign…
Elon Musk’s $60 billion acquisition of Cursor has put the AI coding startup and its co-founder Aman Sanger in the spotlight, with the deal also drawing attention in India because of Sanger’s family roots. Aman Sanger, who was born in the US to Indian immigrant parents, co-founded Cursor in 2022 after studying computer science at…
Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium has lost the rights to host the IPL 2026 final to Ahmedabad, much to the Karnataka Cricket Association’s disappointment. Despite claiming full preparedness and a strong operational record, the KSCA was informed of the shift due to unspecified ‘operational and logistical considerations’ by the BCCI, sparking debate. The Karnataka State Cricket…
Iran’s Mehdi Taremi, left, and Belgium’s Thomas Meunier fight for the ball (AP Photo) Iran etched their name into World Cup history and delivered a determined defensive display as they battled to a goalless draw against Belgium in Group G of the 2026 FIFA World Cup at Los Angeles Stadium on Sunday (local time).The Iranian…
NEW DELHi: Indian Army and Russian forces have held discussions to further deepen their military partnership at the 5th sub-working group (land) meeting.Sharing details on X on Saturday, Indian Army said the “meeting under the India–Russia Inter Governmental Commission (IRIGC) on military and military technical cooperation concluded successfully, marking another significant milestone in strengthening defence…
Hockey Women’s Coach Sjoerd Marijne Clears The Air On His Pre-WC Absence KOLKATA: It was 2020 and the pandemic had just begun.Sjoerd Marijne, then the coach of the Indian women’s hockey team, was in a cab en route to Bengaluru airport, from where he was supposed to fly back to the Netherlands to join his…
A viral video of Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary at a cricket match PUNE: A purported video, widely shared across social media platforms, allegedly shows Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary seated together in the spectators’ stand during a cricket match.The two can be seen watching the game while interacting casually with each other.The clip has…
NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force (IAF) has launched a major project to jointly build indigenous long-range kamikaze drones with domestic Indian partners in order to prepare itself for drone-centric warfare in future.Aiming to develop a fully indigenous ecosystem for the design, development, manufacturing and sustainment of kamikaze drones, the IAF has issued a limited tender…
Manav Suthar (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Manav Suthar’s journey from dreaming about playing Test cricket for India to winning the Player of the Match award on debut could not have been scripted any better. The 23-year-old left-arm spinner from Rajasthan donned the baggy blue for the first time, becoming India’s 319th men’s Test cricketer, and…