Lt Col Shrikant Purohit (File photo) NEW DELHI: Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit, who was acquitted last year in the Malegaon blast case, has been cleared for promotion to the rank of brigadier, sources said on Friday. In July 2025, an NIA court acquitted Purohit and six others, including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur,…
Some might call the game of cricket a bat-and-ball game. While the definition may have worked back in the 16th century when it was first played in South-East England, it may receive unfavourable support now. We are now living in the 21 st century, and as things have undergone changes, evolution so to speak, the…
Officials and participants display a Burmese python during the launch of the 2026 Florida Python Challenge. Florida’s annual effort to tackle one of the world’s most notorious invasive species is returning this July, but wildlife officials are making one thing clear: the event is not expected to eradicate Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Instead, they…
India’s KL Rahul and Devdutt Padikkal When Cheteshwar Pujara watches India and Sri Lanka walk out at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo on Sunday, one of his first memories of the venue is likely to be his unbeaten 145 in 2015.Pujara carried his bat through India’s first innings on a surprisingly seaming track, helping…
As tensions in the Middle East continue to boil, the ripple effects are being felt across global oil markets. Disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most vital oil transit routes, have thrown supply chains into uncertainty, prompting governments and refiners worldwide to rush in search of alternatives. The International Energy Agency…
Hero MotoCorp has officially entered India’s flex-fuel motorcycle segment with the launch of the new Splendor+ Flex Fuel and HF Deluxe Flex Fuel motorcycles. While Hero’s new ethanol-powered commuter bikes do not directly compete with Suzuki’s larger Gixxer SF 250 FFV in terms of engine size or performance, these are currently among the very few…
The 2001 romantic drama Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, directed by Abbas-Mustan and starring Salman Khan, Preity Zinta, and Rani Mukerji, is often remembered for introducing one of Bollywood’s earliest depictions of surrogacy, albeit in a rather flawed manner. However, beyond its storyline, the film remains infamous for its unexpected links to the Mumbai underworld, a…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant urgent hearing to a PIL seeking computer-based test (CBT) for the June 21 re-examination of NEET-UG, which was held nationwide on May 3 but was scrapped following allegations of paper leak.A partial-working day bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Aravind Kumar told the petitioner, RJD…
The habit returns in small ways first. A family WhatsApp group that had gone quiet on wedding dates begins buzzing again. Someone asks the pandit for a griha-pravesh, the house-entering rite. Someone else reopens a notebook where possible engagement days were pencilled in and then crossed out during Adhik Maas, the extra lunar month set…
Kolkata Knight Riders’ skipper Ajinkya Rahane (ANI Photo) Ajinkya Rahane remained proud of his team’s fighting spirit despite Kolkata Knight Riders ending their IPL 2026 campaign with a 40-run defeat to Delhi Capitals at Eden Gardens on Sunday. Rahane played a superb knock of 63 off 39 balls during the chase and admitted afterwards that…
