NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) explained on Thursday why Bengaluru was not chosen to host the IPL 2026 final, with board secretary Devajit Saikia saying the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) had sought a large number of complimentary tickets beyond the allowed quota.While Dharamshala and New Chandigarh will host…
Indian doctor Jaipal Sidhu was seen wielding a cane stick during a fight over parking spot in Fresno, California. An Indian-origin doctor, Jaipal Sidhu, found himself in a tough spot earlier this month after a video of him brandishing a large cane and then slashing the tire of a car at a fight over a…
Indian student’s warning to fellow students after STEM OPT visa gets revoked (Photo: AI) An Indian student’s appeal that fellow Indians should not fall for bogus companies in the US has now gone viral as the student shared the experience of getting STEM OPT revoked because the company did not have any US presence. The…
NYT report says injuries under reported in US-Iran War, Pentagon denies allegation The Pentagon has allegedly withheld information about dozens of American service members injured in Iranian strikes on US bases in Jordan, The New York Times reported.In the week before Friday’s attack that killed two US soldiers and left another missing, Iran carried out…
NEW DELHI: ED Wednesday said it has filed a chargesheet before a PMLA court in Delhi against UK resident Sachin Dev Duggal, chairman of Swiss company nHoldings SA, alleging that Videocon Industries Ltd of V N Dhoot siphoned off over Rs 35 crore to the Swiss firm before routing the money back to Indian tech…
Assam estate first to produce Matcha in India NEW DELHI: An estate in Assam’s Tinsukia district has created history by producing and launching India’s first-ever commercially manufactured Matcha tea, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday.Chota Tingrai Tea Estate in the Upper Assam district successfully produced and launched the premium green tea product, with…
AI generated image used for representational purpose NEW DELHI: A Chhattisgarh district consumer commission, in an order dated July 21, held IndiGo liable for deficiency in service after a passenger missed his flight because neither his ticket nor the SMS informing him of a revised departure time mentioned the terminal from which the flight would…
Arvind Kejriwal (File photo) JALANDHAR: The Enforcement Directorate raided the residence and other places related to Jalandhar-based businessman Amit Bajaj, who is known for his proximity to the Aam Aadmi Party. In its reaction, AAP gave it a spin of a raid on ‘Hindu traders’ of Punjab. The ED sleuths reached Bajaj’s residence in New…
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced that the per-country limit in EB-2 category for India has been exhausted for the fiscal year (FY) 2026. In its announcement, the DHS directed all embassies and consulates to no longer issue EB-2 visas to Indian applicants for the rest of the current fiscal year. As…
Environmentalist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk on Saturday expressed support for the online “cockroach” movement led by the self-styled “Cockroach Janata Party” (CJP), calling himself an “honorary cockroach”. He also urged the government to engage with the concerns raised by youngsters instead of suppressing their digital expression.When asked whether he would formally join the movement, Wangchuk…