NEW DELHI: Amid mounting international outrage over the killing of five Al Jazeera journalists, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday condemned the Israeli strike, calling it “cold-blooded murder” and “heinous crime.” Taking to X, Priyanka said, “The cold-blooded murder of five Al Jazeera journalists is yet another heinous crime committed on Palestinian soil.” She…

Bodhana Sivanandan (Yuri Krylov / @ecfchess) British chess prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan has etched her name in history, becoming the youngest female player ever to defeat a grandmaster.The 10-year-old from Harrow achieved the remarkable feat on Sunday, toppling 60-year-old Grandmaster Peter Wells in the final round of the 2025 British Chess Championships in Liverpool.At just 10…

Virat Kohli and R Ashwin (X) In a strange twist of cricket and mistaken identities, two separate incidents have shown just how tricky phone numbers can be for players and fans alike. Recently in Chhattisgarh, a man bought a new SIM card only to discover it was once used by Royal Challengers Bengaluru batter Rajat…

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke Monday as efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war gained momentum ahead of President Trump’s meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Alaska. As India faces US sanctions for Russian oil imports, Modi had spoken to Putin last week and called for conflict resolution through political…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday sought views of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), National Commission for Women (NCW) and National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on petitions by nine Muslim women challenging the validity of Talaq-e-Hasan, which enables a Muslim man to unilaterally divorce his wife by pronouncing talaq once a month…

CHANDIGARH: In the face of mounting criticism from farmers’ groups and dissent within AAP ranks, Punjab government Monday withdrew its controversial Land Pooling Policy, 2025.The development comes four days after Punjab and Haryana high court stayed the policy, flagging several concerns, including absence of a rehabilitation policy for landless farm labourers, lack of impact assessment…