Kohli serves treat with intent in Dharamsala

SHORTLY after 8.25 PM local time, a light drizzle at the HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala had eventually transformed into a gentle hail.

With eyes on Paris, Neeraj begins season in Doha DL

The Indian would be aiming to give his best and remain injury-free

UWW takes cognisance of NADA letter on Punia's suspension

A FEW DAYS after being provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for allegedly refusing to give his urine sample for dope test, the United World Wrestling has updated its record and listed Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Bajrang Punia as suspended.

Joselu scripts improbable Real comeback

REAL Madrid produced a spectacular comeback with \"heart\" against Bayern Munich to reach the Champions League final on Wednesday with Joselu striking twice in the dying minutes, earning them a 2-1 win to progress 4-3 on aggregate.

SBI topples RIL as most profitable co in Q4

Bank's annual profit peaked at 61,077 crore, RIL still tops the chart with ₹69,621 crore

TCS CEO and MD took home ₹25.4 cr salary in 2023-24

K KRITHIVASAN, who took charge as the CEO and MD of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on June 1, 2023, took home about 25.36 crore salary in FY24.

Oil companies register 71 times profit in FY24

AFTER a tepid FY23, the PSU oil marketing companies have turned the table and raked in record profits in FY24.

Shift in Byju’s strategy: Does away with sales target, offers incentives, cuts course fees

CASH-strapped Byju's has slashed its product prices by at least 30%.

SIP scales to ₹20K cr in Apr; AUM at ₹57.3 L cr

CONTINUING inflows into the most popular mutual fund segment, the systematic investment plans or SIPs set new records in April topping the ₹20,000 crore mark for the first time, and coupled with this and fresh inflows into debt and equity funds took the total assets under management to 57.26 lakh crore in the month, up from ₹55.01 lakh crore in the previous month.

US ship passes Taiwan Strait inviting China's ire

TAIPEI CHINA's military criticized a US destroyer's passage through the Taiwan Strait, which occurred less than two weeks before the island's new president takes office and while Washington and Beijing are making uneven efforts to restore regular military exchanges.

Russia's nuclear forces on alert to West's threat: Putin

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned his nuclear forces were \"always\" on alert and added that Moscow would not tolerate any Western threats, during an address on the annual Victory Day parade.

Pak civil, military leadership vows to punish May 9 protesters

PAKISTAN's top civil and military leadership Thursday strongly condemned the unprecedented violence by the supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on May 9 last year and vowed not to allow its \"executors\" to get away with their acts which were aimed at establishing an \"individual's dictatorship\".

Israeli jets bomb Rafah despite Biden warning on arms transfers

Netanyahu defiant, says his country will stand alone if it has to in its war against Hamas

Celebrated Iranian director gets 8 years in prison

TEHRAN AWARD-WINNING Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison and lashings just ahead of his planned trip to the Cannes film festival, his lawyer told The Associated Press on Thursday.

24 IN FRAY ON FAROOQ TURF

Triangular contest among NC, PDP and Apni Party in the high-profile constituency in 1st major election after abrogation of Article 370

‘MY LIFE CHANGED COMPLETELY AFTER HEMANT’S ARREST’

KALPANA Soren, the wife of jailed former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Sroen, has projected herself as the JMM top leader since the arrest of her husband in a money laundering case linked to a land scam.

MahaYuti in muddle as Ajit trains guns on BJP

Patil said Sharad Pawar was not a contender for Baramati eat, so defeating him would be a real victory.

‘Gandhi family ties with Amethi never broken’

ACCUSING BJP leaders of turning the people of Amethi against Gandhi family, AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said for some time they (people of Amethi) got swayed by the narrative of rivals and voted against Rahul Gandhi leading to his defeat in 2019 but their ties with Gandhi family were never broken.

Afghan envoy, caught smuggling gold, left for US before she resigned

ZAKIA Wardak, the lone Afghan woman diplomat in India who was caught smuggling in 25 kg of gold last month, fled to the US soon after the incident.

After PM’s jibe, Cong asks BJP for probe into funding by industrialists

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Adani-Ambani jibe at Congress, the grand old party dared the BJP to order a probe on the allegations, saying that the PM's sensational revelations had shaken the BJP leadership including Home Minister Amit Shah.

INDIA bloc to meet EC over delay in Phase-I, II figures

MANY leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc will meet the Election Commission on Friday over their demand for release of the absolute voter turnout figures in the Lok Sabha polls after each phase.

‘Pregnant women should avoid taking processed foods for healthy foetus’

Instead, a pregnant woman should eat a wide variety of foods to ensure that both her nutritional needs and those of her growing fetus are met.

BJP and Oppn spar over govt panel report on rise in Muslim population

A government panel report on the rise in Muslim population in the country kicked up a political row on Thursday with the ruling BJP targeting the Congress on its pitch for giving reservation to the minority community and the Opposition accusing the saffron party of trying to create a communal divide amid ongoing parliamentary elections.

India to review ties with Maldives

Talks held as last batch of military personnel return home from Indian Ocean country

ISRAEL, HAMAS NEED TO REMAIN ENGAGED AND GIVE PEACE A CHANCE

ISRAEL'S rejection of the latest ceasefire proposals notwithstanding, there is still a glimmer of hope for the return of peace in Gaza as the two sides have agreed to remain engaged.

WHERE THE POLICE ACT AS JUDGE, JURY EXECUTIONER

THE Telangana police department is investigating its own intelligence officials for spying and destruction of evidence collected during unauthorised operations on political leaders. The change in administration resulted in a change in how the police function. But nobody knows what rules and procedures the police follow, as there has been no publicly available manual for Telangana since its formation. The department hasn't shared it even under an RTI request.

WHEN OTHER STICKS FAIL TO STIR THE POT

With its narratives on development and nationalism failing, the BJP has reverted to scare-mongering about Muslims. It presents a stark choice to the Indian voter

‘Rae Bareli is now a Modi citadel as time has changed’

FOR Dinesh Pratap Singh, the former Congress member poised to challenge Rahul Gandhi as BJP candidate in Rae Bareli in the election, \"time is an ever-changing entity.\"

'My aim is to serve people with compassion, empathy'

THE announcement of the name of Kishori Lal Sharma as Congress candidate from Amethi against Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani took many by surprise both in Congress camp and BJP as they had been expecting Rahul Gandhi to be in fray from his bastion which he had lost to Smriti Irani in 2019.

BJP raking up Pitroda remarks in campaign to skirt issues: CPM

CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is raking up former Congress overseas chairman Sam Pitroda's remarks in poll campaign to divert attention from real issues, such as unemployment, poverty and price rise.