Brendan Allen and Christian Leroy Duncan (Pic credit: UFC) Brendan Allen wanted a fight higher up the UFC middleweight rankings. Instead, he will put his own position on the line against Christian Leroy Duncan, a rising contender who has won five consecutive fights.Allen, ranked No. 4 in the division, has won his last three bouts,…

The Chennai event was part of the Congress’s nationwide ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ campaign NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP of silencing dissent, alleging that the internet was shut down in Delhi and students were beaten up during protests in the national…

As the detentions mounted, opposition leaders accused the government of suppressing dissent. BJP defended the police action and the SIR process, accusing the protesters of attempting to create unrest. NEW DELHI: Delhi witnessed an extraordinary security clampdown on October 10 as police moved to prevent the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) proposed protest against chief election…

CJP claims activists are being dragged, pushed by Delhi police NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Saturday accused Delhi Police of forcibly detaining its activists and dragging protesters attempting to reach Jantar Mantar for a demonstration demanding Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in electoral rolls.More than 7,000 people…

Long before “bio-based materials” entered the lexicon of the car industry, Henry Ford was trying to answer a different question. Could farms supply more than food? Could fields also provide the raw materials for manufacturing? That idea reached its most unusual expression in the summer of 1941, when Ford unveiled an experimental vehicle with a…

Shakun Batra explains why Bollywood romances fail to connect with Gen Z: ‘You meet this person who is your soulmate, and then life is amazing, but it never is’ Filmmaker Shakun Batra has spoken about why Indian romantic films are not connecting with young viewers these days. While international shows like ‘Off Campus’ and ‘Sterling…

A simple conversation about household expenses led to a surprising business discovery for a man named Pratham, who learnt that his household cook’s son was earning a living by supplying smartphone screen protectors to local mobile shops. What caught his attention was not just the reported monthly profit, but how a relatively small setup could…