NEW DELHI: Ivory Coast striker Elye Wahi has been cleared to travel to Canada for his country’s World Cup match against Germany despite being under investigation in France for alleged betting-related offenses.The Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) had earlier said the 23-year-old would not be able to travel to Canada, but confirmed on Thursday that the…
‘Fanaa’ clocks 20 years: Kajol reflects on filming movie in minus 27 degrees in Poland Kajol marked 20 years of ‘Fanaa’ by looking back at one of the film’s toughest shoots. The actor recalled filming in freezing weather in Poland, where the temperature dropped to minus 27 degrees Celsius on the first day. She also…
Sindarov wins 2026 Candidates (IANS) In a dominant performance perhaps never seen before at the Candidates chess, Uzbek grandmaster Javokhir Sindarov clinched victory in Cyprus to set up a World Championship match against the current champion, India’s D Gukesh.Winning six of his 13 games and no losses, the 20-year-old drew Dutchman Anish Giri in the…
Chandigarh: Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Friday demanded that the minimum daily wage of the labourers should be raised to Rs 750. He led a demonstration in support of the long-pending demands of labourers outside the Punjab assembly on Labour Day.Speaking on the occasion, Warring said, “The special session was a mere…
Mumbai: The city crime branch recently filed a chargesheet against four people, including a govt servant, for allegedly orchestrating a multi-crore fraud by impersonating as officials of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) and duping victims with promises of allotting govt plots.Those named in the chargesheet are Ravi Sharma, Sunil Surve, Vikram Giri,…
File photo for representation NEW DELHI: Education ministry sources confirmed that confidential question paper packets for the June 21 NEETUG 2026 retest will be airlifted by the Indian Air Force to 18 locations across the country before being transported under security cover to examination centres, while paper setters, moderators and translators have been placed under…
Congress called for an independent environmental assessment to evaluate the project’s impact on mangroves, biodiversity and natural watercourses Thane: Alleging large-scale land reclamation and displacement of mangroves and natural water channels in the Balkum-Thane creek area to facilitate construction of the Coastal Road extension project, Congress’s Thane unit warned of potential flooding during the monsoon.In…
Gorakhpur: Gorakhpur is set to get a major boost in sports infrastructure as chief minister Yogi Adityanath will lay the foundation stone of an international cricket stadium in the city on Saturday.The stadium, coming up at Tal Nador on the Gorakhpur-Varanasi highway, will be built at a cost of Rs 392.94 crore. Officials said the…
Daily calls, better checks: How Kovai is bringing down maternal deaths Every day for the past two months, a small team at the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) has been spending hours on the phone tracking pregnant women across the city. They check whether an expectant mother has attended her last antenatal visit, remind her…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government is planning to draw a policy in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 that would empower government agencies and institutions to formally recognise individuals’ existing skills and competencies through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).While exploring a resolution for over 130 students who were allegedly duped by Bandra’s Dr Baliram…
