India Eyes Formula 1 Return (Image: F1) NEW DELHI: The Sports Ministry officials met with the national sports federation, current and former race drivers and other stakeholders to discuss the revival and development of Formula 1 and motorsports in India. Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida had last hosted a race in 2013. The government…
CCTV footage shows an altercation between an MLA’s daughter and a police sub-inspector. MANDYA: CCTV footage has emerged of an altercation between a police sub-inspector and the daughter of Tumakuru Rural BJP MLA B Suresh Gowda at a temple in Srirangapatna, days after the incident was reported.The footage shows Aishwarya, the MLA’s daughter, in a…
Achraf Hakimi greets the all-Argentinian referee crew before the France-Morocco World Cup quarter-final. (AP Photo) France added another remarkable chapter to an unlikely FIFA World Cup statistic by defeating Morocco 2-0 in the quarter-finals on Thursday, extending a record that has become increasingly ironic given the controversy surrounding the match’s officiating.Despite fierce debate before kick-off…
The US military carried out another strike on a boat they have alleged of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Friday, killing three men and pushing the overall death toll from a months-long campaign against alleged cartel vessels above 200 people.US Southern Command announced the strike, the third this week, with its standard…
For generations, Iceland offered travellers something almost unimaginable in much of the world: spectacular lakes, bluest lagoons and black sand beaches; all this without the persistent buzz and bite of mosquitoes. But this unusual distinction ended in October 2025, when Björn Hjaltason discovered not one but three mosquitoes in a garden in Kjós, a rural…
Lalu Prasad Yadav (File photo) NEW DELHI: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday reacted to Bihar government’s decision to withdraw the Z plus security cover of him and his wife, former chief minister Rabri Devi, alleging that long-time political rival Nitish Kumar was behind the move.Days after the state government downgraded their security cover,…
Jan Suraj party workers celebrated the victory of Prashant Kishor in Bankipur assembly byelection results (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: Nearly nine months after Jan Suraaj failed to open its account in the 2025 Bihar assembly elections, party founder Prashant Kishor on Monday secured his first electoral victory. He won the high-profile Bankipur bypoll, giving the fledgling…
AI generated image used for representational purpose NEW DELHI: The Kerala state consumer commission has held a matrimonial website guilty of deficiency in service after it promised a customer 100 contacts but provided only 51 during his three-month subscription. The commission, however, reduced the refund ordered by the district commission from Rs 25,960 to Rs…
NEW DELHI: More than one lakh schools — government, government-aided and private — are functioning with a single teacher, with Andhra Pradesh alone accounting for over 16,000, government data has revealed, highlighting severe deployment gaps despite the country’s overall pupil-teacher ratio remaining within national norms.The education ministry cited national pupil-teacher ratios of 19 at primary…
US Senator Richard Blumenthal. (Photo: X) US Senator Richard Blumenthal defended proposed legislation that would allow President Donald Trump to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on major buyers of Russian oil and gas, saying the measure is designed to target countries such as India and China rather than US allies.Speaking after the…