- Thursday, March 06, 2025
"Erudite", "a gentle soul", "Delhi's beloved bookseller" and "the spirit of a bookstore" were how the patrons of Mirza Yaseen Baig, founder of the popular Midland Book Shop in Delhi, remembered him after he died on Thursday (24) at the age of 94. Baig, who arrived here from Hyderabad in…
Tom Latham smashed a majestic century to steer New Zealand to a seven-wicket win over India in Friday's (25) opening one-day international in Auckland. Latham hammered 19 fours and five sixes in an unbeaten innings of 145 runs off 104 balls. It was his seventh ODI century and his highest…
India has said its efforts to sanction perpetrators and facilitators of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks have been blocked in the past for “political reasons” that enabled them to organise further cross-border assaults against the country, an apparent reference to China's repeated moves to block New Delhi's efforts to blacklist…
The Narendra Modi government Centre rolled out a nationwide campaign on Friday (25) to sensitise women, especially in rural areas, about gender-based violence and make them aware of various institutional mechanisms available to help them. 'Nai Chetna' (new awareness), the month-long campaign envisioned as a 'Jan Andolan' (people's movement), was…
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday (25) said it will meet Delhi's election commissioner to submit a complaint over an alleged conspiracy to "assassinate" the state's chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal. At a press conference, the AAP's chief spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj said there have been attacks on Kejriwal earlier prior…
United States skipper Tyler Adams says his teammates are embracing their underdog status as they chase another World Cup upset against mighty England on Friday. The US head into Friday's Group B clash at the Al Bayt Stadium desperately needing a positive result after being held to a 1-1 draw…
Richarlison scored twice as tournament favourites Brazil beat Serbia 2-0 in their World Cup opener on Thursday, but the win was soured by an ankle injury to captain Neymar. The record five-time winners had toiled at times in the first half but improved after the break at the Lusail Stadium…
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first man to score at five World Cups on Thursday (24) when he scored the opening goal from the penalty spot in Portugal's 3-2 win over Ghana. The 37-year-old set the record when he smashed home his spot-kick in the 65th minute at the 974 Stadium…
Indian National Congress general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra along with her husband and son joined the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' (Unite India March) led by her brother Rahul Gandhi here for the first time on Thursday (24). On the second day of the yatra's Madhya Pradesh leg,…
NRIs (Non-Resident Indians) based in the US, the UK and Singapore are investing in larger housing units in their hometowns, having learned from the painful experience of living in space-tight units during the lockdown in India, and as the Work from Home (WFH) mode has become a requirement, according to…
