United States’ Folarin Balogun (20) fouls Bosnia’s Tarik Muharemovic (4) during the World Cup round of 32 football match in Santa Clara, Calif., near San Francisco, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. Balogun received a red card on the play. (AP Photo) Belgium have been given permission to appeal FIFA’s decision to suspend the one-match ban on…
NEW DELHI: Amid political marginalisation of its key pillars and accumulating grievances against the BJP government, opposition parties will gather on Monday for a brainstorming on the road ahead — the first such meeting beyond parliamentary coordination since the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.The meeting coincides with PM Narendra Modi completing his third term in office,…
Quick commerce race intensifies as Amazon, Flipkart level up MUMBAI: Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart have made it clear that they are not going to play on the sidelines in India’s quick commerce battlefield. Big money, aggressive dark store expansion, discounts, cashbacks—everything is on the table. Listed players Eternal—which owns Blinkit—and Swiggy are jittery despite sitting…
NEW DELHI: Israel’s ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, has praised India’s growing influence in West Asia, saying New Delhi has a “huge role to play” in bringing stability to the region amid continuing geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty.Speaking about India’s role in the ongoing West Asia crisis, Azar said India’s expanding economic power and trade…
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds allays fears as state IT workers lose jobs owing to a shift to Amazon and Cognizant managing the IT solutions. A major confusion was created after Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced that the state of Iowa will migrate its executive branch data from an outdated IT system to a modern system…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s much-awaited India debut was a mix of excitement and disappointment. The 15-year-old became the youngest cricketer to play for India in international cricket, but also ended up with an unwanted record during the second T20I against England at Old Trafford in Manchester on Saturday.The left-handed batter became…
An Indian-origin delivery driver has been sentenced to 29 years in prison for the murder of a woman whose body was found dumped on a roadside in England’s West Midlands last year.Tanveer Singh, 32, was convicted of killing 41-year-old Shara Millar after her body was discovered in Smethwick in August 2025.During sentencing at Wolverhampton Crown…
BHOPAL: Former judge Giribala Singh was arrested by the CBI on Thursday in connection with the probe into the death of her daughter-in-law, Twisha Sharma, and allegations of dowry harassment after being questioned for over seven hours at her residence in Bhopal, officials said.According to officials, a CBI team interrogated Singh at her residence in…
Voters queue up as they wait to cast their votes during the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections 2026 at a polling station, in Howrah on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) Kolkata: The special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral roll left several families across the city divided on poll day — while a chosen…
NEW DELHI: SC on Monday sought responses from EC and the Centre on a PIL seeking the creation of a pan-India fingerprint and iris biometrics database for authentication at booth level to stop bogus, proxy, and ghost voters. A bench of CJI Surya Kant and justice Joymalya Bagchi told PIL petitioner Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay that…