2025

Deepti Sharma became the first Indian — across both men’s and women’s cricket — to reach the 150-wicket mark in T20 Internationals. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s premier all-rounder Deepti Sharma produced a record-laden performance during the third T20 International against Sri Lanka, overtaking Australian great Ellyse Perry to become the third-highest wicket-taker in women’s…

Image used for representation A total of 511 people, including 19 Bangladeshis, have been arrested in three districts of Uttarakhand under ‘Operation Kalnemi’ so far, officials said. Operation Kalnemi is a statewide campaign launched by the Uttarakhand government in July 2025 to identify, crack down on, and arrest individuals indulging in illegal activities such as…

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state government has decided that while cases Gauhati High Court on evictions in Village Grazing Reserve (VGR) and Professional Grazing Reserve (PGR) lands in West Karbi Anglong continue, the remaining vacant PGR/VGR lands will be fenced off and trading licences of all commercial establishments on them…

MUMBAI: As the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls draw closer, a new party has emerged in the election fray, made up of mill workers’ groups and Marathi organisations. The Samyukt Maharashtra Aghadi (SMA) with its agenda centred around Marathi rights, announced that it will contest at least 45 seats in the upcoming civic polls. Convenor…

The tyranny and tragedy of social and economic data in India lie in its ability to obscure as much as it reveals. More often than not, it defeats the very purpose of highlighting gaps for policy action. The RBI’s recently released Handbook of Statistics on Indian States 2024-25 offers a window into understanding the spending…

The Texans can clinch a playoff berth with a win or tie on Saturday, while the Chargers need a victory to set up a winner-takes-all showdown with the Denver Broncos in Week 18. “That’s where you want to be in December,” Texans coach DeMeco Ryans said. “You want to be playing meaningful games, and that’s…

Amid the Centre’s push to expedite pending infrastructure projects in the Indus River basin, the Union Environment Ministry’s sectoral expert appraisal committee (EAC) on hydel projects recommended an environmental nod for the 260 MW Dulhasti Stage-II project on the Chenab River in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, as per official minutes of the panel’s December…

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed a special leave petition (SLP) before the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court’s order to suspend the life sentence of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case. The CBI filed the SLP days after the survivor met Leader of Opposition Rahul…

अक्सर ऐसा होता है कि ऑफिस में जरूरी प्रेजेंटेशन बनाते समय या ऑनलाइन मीटिंग के बीच अचानक लैपटॉप हैंग होने लगता है, फैन तेज आवाज करने लगता है या बैटरी उम्मीद से कहीं जल्दी खत्म हो जाती है। ऐसे में हम झुंझलाकर सोचते हैं कि लैपटॉप पुराना हो गया है या उसमें कोई बड़ी खराबी…

US stocks traded mixed on Friday as investors returned from the Christmas holiday in thin volumes, while gold and silver continued their sharp rally to fresh record highs amid safe-haven demand. In early trade, the S&P 500 edged up about 0.1% in early trade, holding on to modest gains for the week, AP reported. The…