FIA certification, overnight rain lead to delayed start

WHENEVER a race, that involves motorsports to be organized on a new track/circuit, is held, there are bound to be glitches here and there.

IN ALPS CHEATING DEATH & ROPE TRICKS

In an interaction with Swaroop Swaminathan, mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton reveals tough routines undertaken in the run-up to the Olympics

US Open: Popyrin shocks Djokovic in Rd 3

NOVAK Djokovic's latest bid for a record 25th Grand Slam title crashed to a halt on Friday as 28th-ranked Alexei Popyrin knocked the defending champion out of the US Open third round.

Process over results: Avani's success mantra

AVANI LEKHARA cannot stop smiling during a visual interaction on Saturday.

Rubina wins bronze in shooting

IT was quite a day for Rubina Francis at the Chateauroux shooting ranges on Saturday.

ANTI-MONOPOLY ACTION: RELIANCE-DISNEY GET AWAY

FTER some initial hiccups, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has given interim approval to the merger of two entertainment and media behemoths – Disney India and the Reliance-controlledViacom18.

Q1 GDP: Pvt consumption lifts mood

THE GDP growth slumped to a 15-month low with 6.8% real rate of growth in the first quarter of 2024-25. However, there are some reasons for hope and cheers.

Emami to acquire 49.6% in 'The Man Co'

FMCG major Emami on Saturday announced the acquisition of the remaining 49.6 per cent stake in Helios Lifestyle, which owns male grooming brand 'The Man Company'.

Google partners with TN govt to create scalable AI solutions

GOOGLE on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu government to boost Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovation.

'Lower govt spending due to polls pulled down growth'

LOWER-than-normal government spending due to the code of conduct ahead of Lok Sabha elections has slowed down economic growth to 6.7% in Q1FY25, 15-month low, RBI governor Shaktikanta Das said on Saturday.

Pakistan's ISI in cahoots with terrorists, says former US NSA

THERE is an \"undeniable complicity\" of Pakistan's InterServices Intelligence (ISI) with terrorist groups, former US National Security Advisor Lt Gen (retd) H R McMaster has said, revealing that during his tenure under then President Donald Trump, the White House faced resistance from the state department and Pentagon over providing security aid to Islamabad.

Chinese, Filipino vessels collide in South China Sea

CHINA and the Philippines accused each other on Saturday of deliberately ramming their coast guard ships near a flashpoint shoal in the South China Sea, the latest in a spate of similar incidents in recent weeks.

Students bring revolutionary zeal to relief works

IN the wake of severe flooding in Bangladesh, the student community, which led the people's uprising that resulted in the ouster of Sheikh Hasina, is channelling their revolutionary zeal into spearheading flood relief efforts for millions affected by the calamity.

ISRAEL'S DEADLY WEST BANK RAID DRAGS ON

ISRAEL pressed on with a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank for a fourth day on Saturday, as fierce fighting raged in the nearly 11-month Gaza war.

US raids IS hideout in Iraq desert; 15 dead

THE United States military and Iraq launched a joint raid targeting suspected Islamic State group militants in the country's western desert that killed 15 people and saw seven American troops hurt, officials said.

5 killed, nearly 40 hurt in Ukrainian attack in Russia

Kyiv hit Belgorod with cluster munitions, claims Russian city's guv

Police use Taser to subdue intruder at Trump event

A man at Donald Trump's rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, stormed into the press area as the former president spoke on Friday but was surrounded by police and sheriff's deputies and was eventually subdued with a Taser.

Sukhu govt, BJP in war of words on drones over LoP's Shimla residence

A day after former CM and Leader of Opposition in Himachal Assembly, Jai Ram Thakur, alleged that his residence was under surveillance as a drone took four rounds and almost reached his doors, the state government on Saturday claimed that the drones were not for surveillance but deployed by the Shimla Jal Prabandhan Nigam Limited (SJPNL) to map the houses under the 24x7 water supply scheme.

One arrested for trying to assault Giriraj Singh

UNION minister and senior BJP leader Giriraj Singh had a narrow escape on Saturday when a youth attempted to heckle him in full public view in Bihar's Begusarai district.

Gajraj returns after 15-day escapade with 6 females

IN love and war, all is faireven for elephants.

Truck carrying smartphones burgled iPhones worth 12 cr stolen in Sagar

AROUND 1500 brand new iPhones worth almost 12 crore, a part of a big consignment of smartphones of the Apple Inc, have been looted from a container truck in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district, police said on Saturday.

Alliance with Ajit has dented Maha BJP image: Leader

CRACKS in the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra have surfaced with BJP leaders saying that the tie-up with deputy chief minister Ajit Pawarled NCP has harmed the saffron party in the state.

Arunachal locals oppose survey of dam project

PROTESTS erupted in the Dite Dime area of Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday against the proposed 12,500 MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project of the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC).

Now, audio clip 'threat' emerges

Intern in Burdwan medical college 'warned' by a senior not to share info on some doctors AN audio clip of a senior resident of Burdwan Medical College Birupaksha Biswas threatening an intern has gone viral, raising further questions on the affairs of the state-run hospitals in West Bengal.

'IN BLACK & WHITE: WE WANT JUSTICE'

\"I can't breathe.

IMD predicts above-normal rainfall in Sept

Heavy to very heavy precipitation expected in northwest; most of India to also record above normal temperature

Delhi HC quashes govt's 1987 eviction notice to Express Newspapers

THE Delhi High Court has quashed the Centre's 37-yearold eviction notice against Express Newspapers, declaring it arbitrary and malafide.

Slapped with ₹1.6K cr fine, NMDC refutes reports of mining laws violation

A DAY after the Dantewara district administration slapped a fine of 1,620 crore on the nation's largest iron-ore enterprise, National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), for allegedly violating mining laws, the State-run company on Saturday termed the move \"inappropriate, being done blindly without considering the facts and circumstances\".

Jaishankar says Chinese investments should come under thorough scrutiny

INDIA faces a unique challenge with China, which goes beyond the general concerns the world has with the country, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday.

Soybean prices dipping to 10-yr low may impact Maha govt in state polls

WHILE the spiralling onion prices jolted the coalition government in Maharashtra during the Lok recently concluded Sabha elections, it is the plummeting soybean price that is set to impact it in the upcoming assembly polls.