RAJASTHAN ROYALS head coach Rahul Dravid on Wednesday (30) lauded Vaibhav Suryavanshi's dramatic feat, but cautions that he will need support to handle overnight stardom to achieve his full potential. The 14-year-old left-handed opener, hailing from Samastipur in Bihar, left the cricket world in awe after he struck a quickfire…
WHILE tensions with Pakistan has been hogging the limelight, the India's cabinet on Wednesday (30) made a surprise decision to include citizens' caste details in its population census. Interestingly, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has been opposing the caste census, a key plank of the opposition parties, and through this…
JEWELLERS across India are registering brisk sales on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya on Wednesday (30), considered auspicious for buying gold and silver ornaments and coins, despite high prices. All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) expects gold sales to jump 35 per cent in value terms over the…
IN A crackdown against an international racket involved in online child sex abuse materials, the Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested two men for allegedly intimidating girls based in the US to share private images and videos. On the basis of inputs provided by agencies in the United States, the…
IN a shocking incident, three members of an Indian-origin family in the US were found dead after a shooting at their home in Newcastle in Washington state, according to local media reports. The tragic incident took place on April 24, and the dead were identified as Harshavardhana Kikkeri, 44, Shwetha…
THE US Customs and Border Protection have come across an increasing trend of young Indian children being found alone, without documents or guardians, on its borders with Mexico and Canada. These fear-stricken children, as young as six, carry a small piece of paper with their parents' names and contact details.…
GRANDMASTER R Praggnanandhaa bounced back from a poor start at the Superbet Rapid & Blitz tournament in Warsaw to climb to second in the overall standings at the end of the first half of the blitz section. Praggnanandhaa had not done well on the first two days of rapid chess,…
AMID rising tensions between India and Pakistan after a deadly terror attack in a tourist hot spot of Pahalgam in Kashmir last week, US secretary of state Marco Rubio plans to hold talks with his Indian and Pakistani counterparts. "We are reaching out to both parties and telling, of course,…
THE ELECTIONS for Canada's House of Commons saw over 65 Indian origin candidates enter the fray, and 20 candidates from the Liberal and Conservative parties got elected. The prominent winners include Liberal Party's Anita Anand from Oakville East, Bardish Chagger (Waterloo), Anju Dhillon (Dorval-Lachine), Randeep Sarai (Surrey Centre); while the…
THE DAUGHTER of a Punjab politician, who went missing three days ago in Canada, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Ottawa. The Indian High Commission in Ottawa on Monday (28) confirmed the death of Vanshika Saini (21), the daughter of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Davinder Saini from Punjab's…