NEW DELHI: Chief of defence staff general Anil Chauhan is currently on a three-day visit to Britain to deepen military cooperation and boost defence industry partnerships between India and the UK.This is the first official visit by an Indian CDS to Britain and marks the fifth senior UK-India military engagement this year, following the UK…
NEW DELHI: When the assembly election results are declared on Monday, at least $26 million — almost Rs 247 crore — will be paid out to those who managed to predict the winners correctly on Polymarket, the American prediction market platform.The bets opened in Dec last year and picked up pace as results draw closer.As…
Rohit Sharma left frustrated (Screengrabs) NEW DELHI: Rohit Sharma found himself in an awkward and slightly frustrating fan moment after a video shared by Mumbai Indians went viral on social media.The clip showed a female fan excitedly rushing towards Rohit to click a selfie as the former Mumbai Indians captain was heading towards the team…
A Sikh man has been convicted of murdering an 18-year-old university student who was stabbed to death while walking home from a night out in Southampton, UK.Vickrum Digwa, 23, was found guilty at Southampton Crown Court of killing Henry Nowak on December 3 using a 21cm ceremonial blade, BBC reported.Digwa denied murder during the trial,…
There’s a war brewing far away between the US, Israel and Iran. But why is your monthly budget suddenly acting like it’s in danger too?The Middle East war that began as a geopolitical conflict over two months ago has slowly turned into a cost-of-living problem for households, as disruptions to oil supply routes, rising freight…
TIRUPATI: A 17-year-old boy was bludgeoned to death with cement bricks by his uncle over suspicion of being in an illicit relationship with the latter’s wife, near Pamurayi village in Anantapur rural mandal on Saturday.According to Anantapur rural police inspector N Sekhar, the uncle had for long suspected that the boy, an intermediate student of…
London commuters brace for 4 days of tube strike disruption / Image: File London is preparing for another week of major travel disruption after talks between Transport for London (TfL) and the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) failed to stop planned Tube strikes. The industrial action is now officially set to go ahead across…
Mangaluru: Mangaluru city police have arrested seven key accused in the murder of rowdy sheeter Arif Hussain, with investigators pointing to a wider conspiracy behind the crime.Police commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy CH said on Thursday that on March 27, six accused — Rifat, Juttu Ashfaq, Khaleel, Shakir, Irfan and Rizwan — followed Arif’s bike, rammed…
India A will be desperate to bounce back when they face Afghanistan A in the fifth match of the Tri-Nation A Series in Sri Lanka at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Wednesday. After suffering back-to-back defeats, another loss would end India’s hopes of reaching the final. India A enter the contest after a heartbreaking…
Wall Street benchmarks closed at record highs on Friday, as easing geopolitical tensions in West Asia fuelled a broad risk rally across global markets, sending equities higher and oil lower.The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite notched their third straight record closes, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its strongest finish since late February. Gains…
