Georgia,28/7: India’s 19-year-old Chess Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh became the first-ever teenager to win the FIDE Women’s World Cup by beating compatriot Koneru Humpy in tiebreaks on Monday (July 28). Divya defeated Humpy 1.5-0.5. The first Rapid game ended in a draw, and Divya secured a brilliant win with the Black pieces to win the…
Srinagar, 28/7: Three foreign terrorists, believed to be involved in the deadly April 22 Pahalgam attack, were reportedly killed on Monday in an ongoing encounter with security forces in the Lidwas forest area near Dachigam National Park on the outskirts of Sri Nagar.
Turnberry, Scotland/ Washington, 28/7: European Union leaders agreed to 15 per cent tariffs on automobiles, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals and accepted that the US would stick to 50 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum, a US administration official said on Sunday, adding the EU wanted to continue discussing steel and aluminum tariffs. President Donald Trump…
Kolkata: The rift within the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal once again came out in the open as the former chief of its state unit, Dilip Ghosh, has not ruled out the possibility of his party colleagues being involved in a ‘conspiracy’ to malign him with vulgar video circulated online. That is something police…
New Delhi, 28/7: Just hours ahead of the start of the debate on Operation Sindoor in Lok Sabha, Congress sources on Monday claimed that it had approached Shashi Tharoor asking him to be a speaker but the Thiruvanthapuram MP declined. Sources said Congress Lok Sabha Deputy Leader Gaurav Gogoi spoke to Tharoor on the instructions…
New Delhi, 27/7: With Election Commission “finding” around 22 lakh dead people in the electoral rolls during Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar, I.N.D.I.A parties on Sunday asked the poll body whether it was admitting that the summary revision held in January was flawed. At a joint press conference of RJD, Congress, CPI(ML)L and CPI(M),…
Manchester, 27/7: Skipper Shubman Gill fell after smashing his fourth century of the ongoing five-match series as India reached 223 for four at lunch on the fifth and final day of the fourth Test against England here on Sunday. At the break, Washington Sundar was batting on 23 and Ravindra Jadeja was yet to open…
Bengaluru, ,27/7: India’s largest IT services provider Tata Consultancy Services will reduce its workforce by 2 per cent in its 2026 financial year, primarily affecting middle and senior management, the company said on Sunday. The company is retraining and redeploying staff as it enters new markets, invests in new technology and deploys AI, but about…
Haridwar, 27/7: At least six devotees were killed and over two dozen injured, some seriously, in a stampede at the famous Mansa Devi Temple at Haridwar in Uttarakhand on Sunday morning. Haridwar police chief Premendra Singh Dobal said that 35 injured devotees were admitted to the hospital where six succumbed to their injuries. The critically…
Bhubaneswar, 27/7: In a major development, Laxmisagar police arrested BJD Corporator Amaresh Jena . The arrests come after a 19-year-old woman accused Jena of rape, foeticide, cheating, and criminal intimidation, prompting a case (No. 394/2025) filed on July 23 at Laxmisagar police station. The complainant, a resident of Jena’s ward from Puri district, alleged that…
