India’s Koneru Humpy (PTI Photo) Top Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy has announced her decision to withdraw from the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament, citing personal safety and well-being as her primary concern. The tournament, which begins on March 28 at the Cap St Georges Hotel and Resort in Pegeia, Cyprus, is the only pathway to the…
RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary with KC Tyagi (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Senior JD(U) leader KC Tyagi on Sunday pledged to carry forward former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh’s legacy after joining the Rashtriya Lok Dal, after parting way from the Nitish Kumar-led party, which has been at the helm of the Bihar government for the…
Twelve years after an HIV-positive woman died by suicide by jumping from the 15th floor of her Goregaon building, a Mumbai sessions court has acquitted a 37-year-old businessman accused of abetting her death, ruling that harassment alone cannot amount to abetment without clear intent to drive a person to take their own life. The case…
Last week’s bloodbath at the Dalal Street erroded the market capitalisation of five of the top-10 most-valued firms by over Rs 1 lakh crore. The broader equity benchmarks also ended on a muted note. The BSE Sensex slipped by 30.96 points, or 0.04%, while the NSE Nifty declined 36.6 points, or 0.15%, reflecting a largely…
World Water Day 2026: How India’s Jal Sahelis are leading the way (Image credits: Unicef) In the parched flatlands of Bundelkhand, one of India’s most water-stressed regions, a woman wakes before sunrise. She does not head to a well. She heads to a meeting. As a Jal Saheli — a “Friend of Water” — she…
Global airlines have suffered their worst financial shock since the COVID‑19 pandemic as the ongoing war involving US Israel and Iran has disrupted industry operations, wiping more than $50 billion off the market value of the world’s largest carriers amid rising fears of fuel shortages.The conflict, now entering its fourth week, has grounded flights, disrupted…
GUWAHATI: Several Assam Police commandos were injured in an attack by suspected ULFA(I) militants in Assam’s Tinsukia district early on Sunday morning, officials said.The incident took place in Jagun in Assam’s Tinsukia district at around 2 am.According to initial reports, at least five rocket propelled grenades (RPG) were lobbed at the police commando camp, followed…
From Left – Sreekumari (58) , Aswathy Nair (36) KOCHI: In a chilling incident in Kochi’s Vaduthala area, five members of a family, including three children, were found dead in a rented two-storey house on Saturday morning. Police said Sreekumari was found wearing a formal saree, while the two younger children were discovered on a…
Ghadir class submarines (Image/X) As the Middle East war intensifies, the battle is not limited to airstrikes and surface attacks. Even beneath the waters of the Strait of Hormuz, a hidden threat continues to loom and it is far harder to detect and neutralise.The United States has deployed A-10 attack aircraft and Apache helicopters over…
People spend the night in the dark on the Malecon during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) A second power outage in five days— and the third this month — left Cuba without electricity on Saturday, with authorities later attributing it to an “unexpected failure” at a generating unit…