Son Heung-Min of Tottenham Hotspur lifts the UEFA Europa League trophy after his team’s victory. (Getty Images) Tottenham Hotspur ended their long wait for silverware with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Manchester United in the UEFA Europa League final, sealing their first major title since 2008 and their first European triumph since 1984.Brennan Johnson’s scrappy…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad but refused to stay the FIR and ordered the Haryana DGP to constitute an SIT of IPS officers to probe the bona fides of his allegedly objectionable statement made during Operation Sindoor.Applying the standards of scrutiny enforced in…
KANPUR: Like Jerry the mouse drawn irresistibly to cheese, turtles in a Kanpur temple pond surface eagerly for cubes of paneer – a bizarre twist in their dietary tale that has both devotees and conservationists doing a double take.Roughly 150 turtles reside in a 2-bigha pond beside Panki Dham, a temple complex also known as…
President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a tense meeting at the White House on Wednesday, playing videos and presenting documents he claimed showed evidence of a so-called “white genocide” in South Africa.The unannounced display unfolded in the Oval Office, dimmed for effect as Trump ordered aides to play a nearly five-minute…
NEW DELHI: For several times in the last few months we have heard the Congress “distance” itself from Shashi Tharoor‘s remarks. But now, in an interesting turn of events, it appears that Shashi Tharoor is “distancing” himself from the Congress. The gap between Congress and Tharoor, that first appeared on the surface in February this…
NEW DELHI: A thunderstorm swept through Delhi-NCR, disrupting traffic and causing delays to several flights. Wind speeds reached 60–70 km/h across the city, with visuals showing multiple trees uprooted by the storm.This sudden weather change followed a day of extreme heat, as Delhi sweltered under a heat index or “feels like” temperature of 50.2°C, driven…
British liquor company Diageo Plc plans to reduce Scotch whisky prices in India in the higher end of single-digit percentage range as a result of the recently announced India-UK free trade agreement. The global leader in spirits anticipates that the FTA implementation will be completed in fiscal 2027, which will ultimately benefit consumers in the…
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday firmly rejected Pakistan’s allegations of involvement in the deadly suicide bombing targeting a school bus in Balochistan’s Khuzdar district, calling them “baseless” and part of a pattern to deflect from its own failings.The ministry of external affairs condemned the attack and expressed condolences for the loss of lives. “India rejects…
Pune: Opposition parties accused BJP of applying double standards, hours after NCP stalwart Chhagan Bhujbal was inducted into state cabinet on Tuesday.“It was the same BJP which initiated a probe by the Enforcement Directorate against Bhujbal and had him put behind bars. Now the same BJP has welcomed him into the cabinet. It shows their…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party drew a sharp contrast between the Congress during Mahatma Gandhi‘s era and its present-day leadership, invoking the ongoing National Herald case involving Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. The comments came in as the Enforcement Directorate made submissions before the court noting that a “prima facie” case of money laundering had been…