File photo: Students at a CUET-UG centre NEW DELHI: CUET-UG 2027 could see some of its biggest changes yet – fewer subjects, shorter papers and a new grouping system aimed at ensuring that a student can finish the entire entrance test in a single day instead of making repeated trips to examination centres.The ministry of…
Football – International Friendly – Argentina v Benin – Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina – October 6, 2026. Argentina’s Lionel Messi reacts For football fans in Benin, Tuesday’s match against Argentina was less about the result and more about witnessing Lionel Messi’s final international appearance.Benin lost 3-0 in Buenos Aires in front of more than…
JAMMU: A special NIA court in Jammu last week declared a terrorist, wanted in connection with the seizure of several grenades from an overground worker in Poonch’s Surankote area in Oct 2024, a “proclaimed offender” under BNSS Section 84. Nazir Hussain, a native of Hari village in the district, is currently believed to be hiding…
Pramod Bhagat and Bhavina Patel NEW DELHI: After a successful Asian Games campaign in Aichi-Nagoya, where India finished fourth in the medal tally with 85 medals, including 21 gold, the country’s para-athletes will look to carry the momentum into the Asian Para Games.Paralympic champions Pramod Bhagat and Bhavina Patel have been chosen as India’s flag…
Doubling down on India’s stand that sea lanes must not be turned into war zones and proposal to end conflict on Black Sea, PM Narendra Modi said oceans don’t separate countries but these connect them while calling for a free, open, secure and rules-based maritime order.In a message that was read out at Great Oceans…
Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha NEW DELHI: India has unveiled “Rising Together” as the vision for its bid to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha confirming that the country’s first project presentation to the…
Elon Musk (Photo: Reuters) NEW DELHI: US business tycoon Elon Musk, in a veiled attack on certain telecom operators, alleged that “certain oligarchs” have blocked his company’s satellite communication services in India to maintain their monopoly in the country.In response to information posted by the DodgeDesigner handle on social media platform X about the non-availability…
Several Indian wrestlers, including 2024 U17 World Champion Neha Sangwan, have been refused US visas, putting their participation in the U23 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas from October 12 to 18 in doubt.The wrestlers were verbally told that their visa applications had been refused because they were below 20 years of age and unemployed….
NEW DELHI: Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin believes Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s return to international cricket could open the door for a remarkable comeback to India’s ODI squad and potentially take the veteran pacer to next year’s 50-over World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.Bhuvneshwar, who returned to India colours after nearly four years when he…
Rahul Gandhi was among several opposition leaders and MPs detained as they attempted to reach the designated protest site to protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi offered water bottles to police personnel while being detained during the opposition’s protest in Delhi on Wednesday. Handing out the water…
