Devdutt Padikkal (Photo by Sahil Malhotra/TimesofIndia.com) NEW DELHI: Devdutt Padikkal believes India’s aggressive approach and a strong showing from the fast bowlers have put the team in a commanding position heading into the final day of the first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle.India closed Day 4 with Sri Lanka struggling at 84-4, still needing…
Diljit Dosanjh has firmly shut down appeals to enter Punjab politics, saying “Kadey v Nhi” and reaffirming his focus on entertainment. The actor-musician, currently busy with films and his Aura Tour, recently made headlines for addressing pro-Khalistani protesters at a concert and speaking about Indian history on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Diljit Dosanjh,…
Ludhiana: In an escalating wave of street robberies, a gang used crude swords to rescue a captured accomplice during a gold snatching on Saturday.Harleen Kaur, 24, was outside a house in Flower Enclave with her mother-in-law and one-year-old daughter when two men on a scooter ripped a gold chain from her neck. Her mother-in-law, 47-year-old…
You’ll have to earn your peace today, Cancer. The Moon, your ruler, is pushing you into a busy, restless stretch, and the mind may keep hopping from task to task like a bird on a hot roof. Hard work is certain. Calm is not.There may be errands, calls, follow-ups, neighbourhood matters, and small pressures that…
Earth will reach its farthest point from the Sun on July 6, a yearly astronomical event known as aphelion. At around 152.1 million kilometres from the Sun, the planet will be about 5 million kilometres farther away than it is in early January. Yet, despite this greater distance, the Northern Hemisphere will remain firmly in…
Dimapur: Girls dominated this year’s Chief Minister ’s Meritorious Students Fellowship (CMMSF) Award in Nagaland, with 43 of the 56 recipients being female students from indigenous Scheduled Tribes who excelled in the HSLC Examination 2026.The state education department felicitated the students at the Capital Convention Centre in Kohima on Thursday.The initiative recognises meritorious students with…
Margao: Residents of Davorlim have strongly opposed the proposed conversion of the village lake under Section 39 A of the Town and Country Planning Act, asserting that the water body remains a vital ecological and community asset that must be preserved.The renewed opposition comes in response to recent remarks by minister Subhash Phal Dessai, who…
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed a significant relaxation in parking norms for star-category hotels located within a 2-kilometre radius of the airport, tabling the plan before its civic improvements committee. The proposal seeks to reduce existing parking requirements prescribed under the Development Control and Promotion Regulations 2034 (DCPR 2034) by 50%, though…
Pakistani boxer Qudratullah NEW DELHI: Scottish police are investigating reports that several athletes from Pakistan and Uganda did not return home after the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow ended last Sunday.“Police Scotland has received reports of several athletes who are unaccounted for,” a spokesperson said late on Tuesday, as quoted by Al Jazeera.“Enquiries are ongoing to…
Chennai: A seven-member gang from West Bengal stole a hearse parked with its key inside and used it to cart away an ATM containing about ₹12 lakh from Koodapakkam near Poonamallee on Sept 5. Three members of the gang have been arrested in Kerala, while four others are on the run.Police said the ATM kiosk,…
