D Gukesh and Savitha Shri (Photos/FIDE) NEW DELHI: India had a smooth sail in the open section of the 2026 Chess Olympiad until their Round 6 game against hosts Uzbekistan in Samarkand. We all know what happened there.With the other three boards drawn, Nihal Sarin had an advantage against Nodirbek Yakubboev, only to blunder his…
Electric transmission towers in frame as Power ministry sends draft National Electricity Policy 2026 to Cabinet NEW DELHI: Union power ministry has finalised the draft National Electricity Policy (NEP) and moved the Cabinet note for inter-ministerial consultation.Released in Jan this year, the draft National Electricity Policy has proposed index-linked automatic annual tariff revision, sought to…
NEW DELHI: India made a strong start to its athletics campaign at the Asian Games 2026 on Thursday, winning two medals. The mixed 4x400m relay team won silver, while Seema won bronze in the women’s 10,000m. Seema’s medal was India’s first athletics medal at these Games.The relay team of TS Manu, MR Poovamma, Vishal TK…
The report alleges outdated data fed to AI may have caused the tragedy Saudi Arabia issued an emergency alert for Mecca on Thursday amid an escalation in attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis, warning of potential danger in the holy city for the first time during the latest flare-up.The alert was later lifted, with Saudi Civil…
Raoni Barcelos has climbed to No. 8 in the latest Meta UFC rankings. Raoni Barcelos has been waiting almost nine years for a UFC main event. When he finally gets one on Saturday, the 39-year-old Brazilian will share the cage with a fighter 18 years younger than him and ranked alongside him in the bantamweight…
England vs Sri Lanka Live Score, 2nd ODI: Seeking a first win of its white-ball tour, Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first in the second ODI against England at sunny Headingley on Thursday. The Sri Lankans lost the T20 series 3-0 and were beaten by 89 runs in the first ODI…
Milan Pradhan was arrested on September 18 NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court on Thursday orally directed the West Bengal government to allow arrested Congress candidate Milan Pradhan to contest the upcoming Nandigram assembly bypoll.Justice Saugata Bhattacharya held that Pradhan would not be treated as “arrested” in the 2007 case for which a lower court…
Satnam Singh and Salman Khan won India’s first-ever Asian Games medal in men’s double sculls (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Satnam Singh and Salman Khan won India’s first-ever Asian Games medal in men’s double sculls on Thursday, with the Indian pair claiming bronze at the Nagaragawa International Regatta Course.But for Satnam, the medal meant much more…
Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur Mumbai Indians on Thursday appointed Luke Williams as their head coach ahead of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2027 season after Lisa Keightley decided to step down from the role.Keightley had been appointed Mumbai Indians head coach in September 2025. The franchise confirmed her departure in a statement on Thursday.“Mumbai…
Rahul Gandhi addresses presser on SIR row NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday took aim at the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar after reports of differences within the poll body over Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls sparked a political stir.He accused the CEC of “vote chori,…
