CHENNAI: Wicketkeeper-batsman KB Arun Karthick will be turning up for Pondicherry in the upcoming domestic season. The 36-year-old, who returned to Tamil Nadu from Pondicherry ahead of the 2020-21 season, is headed back to where he came from. “We have Arun Karthick back in the mix which is a good sign since he brings so […]
NEW DELHI: The health ministry on Monday deferred the NEET-PG counselling for admission to postgraduate medical courses, which was scheduled to begin from September 1, to allow the National Medical Commission (NMC) to complete the process of adding new seats. Though the ministry has not announced the revised schedule, official sources said the counselling is […]
Ace designer Kunal Rawal, on August 28 got married to his long-time girlfriend Arpita Mehta. The wedding ceremony was a star-studded event. Several celebs like Katrina Kaif, Ananya Panday, Kiara Advani, Shanaya Kapoor, Janhvi Kapoor, Rakul Preet and many others took to their social media accounts to congratulate the newly-married couple. Director and costume stylist […]
Bathers cool down in the River Thames, during a heatwave, in Oxford, Britain. (Reuters photo) NEW DELHI: Climate change made the torrid heatwave that swept across the United Kingdom last week 10 times more likely, according to an analysis by an international team of leading climate scientists. On July 18-19, an exceptional heatwave affected large […]
KYIV: The Ukrainian military on Monday started a long-awaited counter-offensive against Russian forces in the country’s south, its southern command said on Monday. Command spokesperson Natalia Humeniuk confirmed the offensive in a news briefing and said it included the Kherson region. Ukraine has regularly stated its intention to retake its south, and in particular the […]
NEW DELHI: A day after former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddiyurappa termed the charges against Lingayat community seer Shivamurthy Sharanaru, accused in a Pocso (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) case “false”, BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP from the state, Lahar Singh Siroya, said the investigation against the seer must be impartial and thorough. Chief […]
Her story: We had a love marriage and all was well until my younger sister came back from the US. I have often noticed how my husband keeps checking her out. There was some initial shame when I would catch him but now he doesn’t bother. My sister is a young, 23-year-old! I am aghast […]
BAGHDAD: Iraq‘s powerful Shi‘ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Monday that he was quitting politics and closing his institutions in response to an intractable political deadlock. “I hereby announce my final withdrawal,” Sadr said in a statement posted on Twitter. He criticized fellow Shi’ite political leaders for failing to heed his calls for reform. […]
WASHINGTON: An Indian-American family has installed a life size statue of Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan at their home in the Edison City of New Jersey. Some 600 people gathered outside the house of Rinku and Gopi Seth in Edison, often called Little India for being home to a significantly large Indian-American population, when the statue […]
Zombie ice from the massive Greenland ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 10 inches (27 cm) on its own, according to a study released Monday. Zombie or doomed ice is ice that is still attached to thicker areas of ice, but is no longer getting fed by those larger glaciers. […]
