R Praggnanandhaa at 2026 Chess Olympiad (Photo by Michal Walusza for FIDE) NEW DELHI: Indian Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa walked away with over Rs 1 crore in prize money after finishing runner-up at the Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown in Saint Louis, USA.However, despite the handsome reward, the young Indian chess star admitted that he was slightly…
Sanjay Gupta passes away at 57 – How ‘Kaante’ faced ‘Reservoir Dogs’ comparisons and still earned a fan in Quentin Tarantino: ‘I think it was fabulous’ Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta, known for bringing crime dramas and stylised action stories to Hindi cinema, has died at the age of 57. His films ‘Kaante’, ‘Shootout at Lokhandwala’ and…
An American traveller who tagged along with a friend to a hospital in Bengaluru ended up making a spontaneous decision that completely transformed her vision.She hadn’t flown across the world for medical tourism. In fact, she was convinced her eyesight was way too terrible for corrective surgery in the first place. But just one week…
NSE Nifty50 suffers worst year in a decade NEW DELHI: October wasn’t particularly kind to Dalal Street, but November could give Indian equities a chance to bounce back.NSE Nifty50’s slide into oversold territory has raised hopes of a recovery, though the bulls may still have some hurdles to cross.Elevated crude oil prices and global investors’…
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday questioned Union Home Minister Amit Shah over crimes against women and Dalits in Uttar Pradesh, asking him to explain why the state continued to witness murders and injustice against marginalised communities.According to PTI, Yadav made the remarks while responding to Shah’s assertion that the BJP government in Uttar…
People attend an evacuation from the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky. (Photo: Reuters). Hundreds of residents have been evacuated from the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky following a humanitarian ceasefire brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump, with three planes carrying evacuees landing at an airport in Belarus on Saturday, according to media reports.The residents, who…
खरगोन के बलकवाड़ा थाना क्षेत्र के पोखर गांव में पुलिस ने शनिवार को गांजे की खेती पकड़ी। एक किसान ने अपने खेत में कपास की फसल के बीच गांजे के पौधे उगा रखे थे। पुलिस ने खेत से 88 पौधे जब्त किए। इनका कुल वजन 102 किलो 250 ग्राम और कीमत करीब 10 लाख रुपए…
Ravindra Jadeja (PTI Photo) Former India cricketers Cheteshwar Pujara and Abhishek Nayar have offered different views on Ravindra Jadeja’s future in ODI cricket after the all-rounder was left out of some recent series.The 37-year-old was not included in India’s squad for the five-match ODI series against New Zealand, with Axar Patel currently the team’s first-choice…
Sanjay Gupta, the filmmaker behind ‘Kaante’, ‘Shootout at Lokhandwala’ and ‘Zinda’, passed away on Saturday at 59. His sudden death came as a shock to the film industry, especially since he had seemed active and engaged until recently. His final social media post, shared just 10 days earlier, gave fans a peek into his private…
In a quiet corner of Japan, a simple white telephone booth has become an unlikely place of comfort for people grieving the loss of someone they love. It has no working telephone connection, no signal and no way to deliver a message to its intended recipient. Yet, thousands of people have travelled to it to…
