CBI arrests two in a digital arrest scam that allegedly duped a Gujarat victim of Rs 11.4 crore over three months. NEW DELHI: Following Supreme Court’s directions to investigate major ‘digital arrest scam‘ cases, CBI has arrested two individuals connected to a massive cyber fraud network that siphoned off Rs 11.4 crore from a Gujarat…
NEW DELHI: India’s Abhay Singh claimed the silver medal in the men’s singles squash event at the Asian Games 2026, going down 0–3 to Malaysia’s Ng Eain Yow in the gold-medal match on Sunday. The Indian stayed competitive in the opening game before the world No. 17 took control, winning 11–9, 11–5, 11–5 to secure…
Students protesting outside Lovely Professional University clashed with police and set vehicles on fire, in Phagwara on Sunday. NEW DELHI: Punjab Police deployed more than 2,000 personnel at Lovely Professional University (LPU) after student protests over an alleged rape case turned violent on Sunday, with senior officers saying the situation had been brought under control.ADGP…
Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh NEW DELHI: India’s wait for a squash singles gold at the Asian Games continued on Sunday as both Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh lost their respective finals to Malaysian opponents, leaving the country with two silver medals from the individual events.World No. 5 Sivasangari Subramaniam defeated 18-year-old Anahat 11-4, 11-4,…
Bank unions withdraw three-day strike after late-night agreement with IBA on key demands. NEW DELHI: Bank unions called off their proposed three-day strike just before midnight after the Indian Banks Association agreed to look into their demands.“A high-level committee of IBA and UFBU (United Forum of Bank Unions) will be formed immediately to deliberate on…
PV Sindhu has criticised the badminton schedule at the Asian Games after playing three singles matches in less than 24 hours.The Indian shuttler played twice on Saturday, with her third-round match finishing after midnight. She was back on court on Sunday afternoon for her quarterfinal against China’s Chen Yufei, which she lost.“Not really, because the…
An IndiGo A321 operating flight 6E 6542 from Guwahati to Bengaluru suffered a tail strike while aborting its landing on Sunday. NEW DELHI: In yet another instance of an IndiGo Airbus A321 tail strike, an aircraft (VT-NHP) operating a Guwahati-Bengaluru flight Sunday suffered one while going around at its destination.Flight 6E 6542 aborted landing in…
India’s Tejaswin Shankar crosses the finish line to place first in the 1500m and win bronze in the men’s decathlon. (Reuters Photo) NEW DELHI: Tejaswin Shankar capped a demanding two days of competition with a victory in the final event, the 1500m, to secure the decathlon bronze at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Sunday.The…
Highlighting the parallels between resilience and heroism, the Iranian Embassy in Hyderabad unveiled a video featuring President Masoud Pezeshkian’s UNGA address likened to the epic tale of Baahubali. The embassy conveyed Iran’s steadfastness against external pressures, as exemplified in Dr. Pezeshkian’s rejection of U.S. sanctions. He asserted Iran’s commitment to dialogue while maintaining a robust…
India secure medals at Chess Olympiad (Photos by FIDE) NEW DELHI: Chess came to the Baskar household not through Savitha Shri but through her older brother, Mugesh, whom their father had originally set out to build a chess career around. Savitha’s own interest came from watching him play.By the time both children were training under…
