East Bengal fans with a poster during the Durand Cup. (X) At a Durand Cup match, East Bengal fans made a stirring political statement that resonated far beyond the football pitch.East Bengal FC edged past Namdhari FC 1-0 in their Group A clash, but it was the strong message from the stands that caught everyone’s…
In a landmark step for global Earth observation, the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite is set to launch on July 30, 2025, aboard India’s GSLV-F16 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The satellite, jointly developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),…
SRINAGAR: Hurriyat Conference chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, was allowed to deliver the Friday sermon at Srinagar’s historic Jamia Masjid after two weeks, and he used the occasion to ask the J&K administration to desist from preventing people from exercising their fundamental rights with regard to religious practices.In a statement issued after the prayers, Mirwaiz, who…
An Indian-origin consultant gynaecologist has been suspended after being found guilty of serious professional misconduct. She was accused of bullying a first-time mother into agreeing to the use of forceps during childbirth in the UK’s Eaglestone. The patient wanted to deliver the baby through C-section. However, the doctor insisted on using forceps, leaving her traumatised…
Israel and Iran traded strikes a week into their war on Friday as President Donald Trump weighed U.S. military involvement and key European ministers met with Iran’s top diplomat in Geneva in a scramble to de-escalate the conflict. But the first face-to-face meeting between Western and Iranian officials in the weeklong war concluded after four…
South African legend AB de Villiers has thrown his weight behind Virat Kohli, calling him the “ultimate team man” and backing the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) star to play a decisive role in the IPL 2025 final.RCB stormed into the final with a dominant eight-wicket win over Punjab Kings in Qualifier 1 in Mullanpur on…
Stacey Wales, sister of the late Christopher Pelkey, displays her brother’s image at her mother’s home, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Chandler, Ariz. (Photo: AP) There were dozens of statements submitted to the court by family and friends of Christopher Pelkey when it came time to sentence the man convicted of shooting him during a…
Canada’s banker-turned-prime-minister pulled off a political miracle, leading his party from polling abyss to a rare fourth term in power, and securing the top government job after entering electoral politics just three months ago. Mark Carney, the country’s new leader, told Canadians that he was the right person to stand up to President Trump and…
Paige Bueckers ran off the court at Spokane Arena with a smile splitting her face and a Final Four hat perched atop her head. She waved to the crowd and headed for the UConn locker room. The second-seeded Huskies had just beaten No. 1 seeded USC on Monday night behind Bueckers’ 31 points. Little girls…
So much had been heaped on JuJu Watkins from the start — from the moment she set foot on USC’s campus, she was the one who would bring the program back to the mountaintop. This season, she was the player who would carry the star power in women’s college basketball in the wake of Caitlin…