AI generated image used for representational purpose NEW DELHI: The Bombay high court has rejected a woman’s plea for interim maintenance of Rs 1 lakh a month from her estranged husband, ruling that simply saying life is expensive abroad is not, on its own, a good enough reason to get maintenance and especially when the…
Street vendors sit in front of a billboard displays an image of Pope Leo XIV, ahead of his upcoming visit to Lebanon, at a highway in Beirut, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. The Arabic words read:”The Pope of peace.” (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Becoming Pope changes many things. It gives a man a new name, a new…
NEW DELHI: Amid challenges ranging from nearly 26,000 people waiting to adopt kids to only a limited number of children available in the most-sought-after 0-2 age group with adoption agencies, as many as 5,022 children were adopted between April 2025 and March 2026 – the highest in over a decade – as per data shared…
Rajya Sabha contests in Maharashtra, MP, Karnataka and Rajasthan ended without a vote on Thursday. NCP’s Rajendra Jain was elected in the bypoll to the seat vacated by deputy CM Sunetra Pawar in the state (), while BJP swept 3 seats in MP. Three Congress candidates and one BJP neta were elected in Karnataka, and…
NEW DELHI: Former India coach Vimal Kumar has strongly criticised the Badminton World Federation’s decision to introduce a new scoring system, saying it could harm the sport rather than improve it.The BWF recently approved a 3×15 format, replacing the long-standing 21-point system, with the change set to come into effect from January 2027. ‘This is…
Climate activist and educator Sonam Wangchuk at CJP protest (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has rejected being labelled a “modern Gandhi” or a hero, saying he is “just an ordinary citizen” and urging people to take responsibility for their own lives instead of looking for someone else to lead.Wangchuk made…
Pankaj Aggarwal (File Photo) (Image Credit:X) CHANDIGARH: CBI has arrested a second IAS officer in Haryana in a funds swindle case in less than a week, picking up Pankaj Aggarwal late Monday. The former principal secretary of the state’s education and agriculture departments is accused of involvement in a Rs 60.5-crore scam.The money was allegedly…
More than two months after he vanished in Finland in mysterious circumstances, 18-year-old Hyderabad student Manideep Reddy Gujja was on Friday officially declared dead By: Sakshat.TornekarHYDERABAD: More than two months after he vanished in Finland in mysterious circumstances, 18-year-old Hyderabad student Manideep Reddy Gujja was on Friday officially declared dead by Finland’s National Bureau of…
The latest round of fighting between Israel and Iran appears to have eased, but reports suggest tensions between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have intensified in recent days.However, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, has played down claims of a rift, saying the two leaders share a decades-long…
Image Courtesy: Chess Base India It was an unusual Tuesday evening at the Sawai household in Delhi. Their 15-year-old son Vandan Alankar Sawai had played an online chess tournament, but there was no announcement, no excited phone call to friends and no dramatic celebration. In fact, Vandan had not even told his parents whom he…