Paris, 6/3: Football’s governing body FIFA is to consider expanding the 2030 World Cup to 64 teams to mark the centenary of the sport’s marquee event, the New York Times reported on Thursday. The 2030 World Cup will be held in Morocco, Spain and Portugal, with Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, where the inaugural edition was…
Chennai, 6/4: Passing an interim order, the Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Union Government to unblock the website of Vikatan, a legacy media group in Tamil Nadu which publishes a bouquet of magazines, provided the company removed a cartoon depicting Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his hands and legs while sitting opposite to…
New Delhi, 6/3: India on Thursday condemned a security breach during its foreign minister’s visit to London when a protester broke through a police cordon, stood in front of the minister’s car and tore the Indian flag before being taken away. India’s foreign ministry said it expects Britain to live up to “diplomatic obligations” and…
Bengaluru, 6/3: Bengaluru South MP and Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha national president Tejasvi Surya on Thursday tied the knot with Carnatic classical singer Sivasri Skandaprasad in the city. The wedding was held traditionally amid the chanting of Vedic hymns. Several top BJP leaders including party’s state president B Y Vijayendra, Union ministers V Somanna and…
London,6/3: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, responding to an audience question on “solving” issues in Kashmir, stated: “Removing Article 370 was step number one, restoring growth and economic activity and social justice in Kashmir was step number three. “I think the part we are waiting for is the return of the stolen part of Kashmir…
New Delhi, 6/3: The CBI has filed an FIR against Mumbai-based firm Jai Corporation and its director and promoter Anand Jaikumar Jain for alleged misappropriation in the Rs 2,434 crore mobilised through the public during 2006-08, officials said Wednesday. The move comes on the orders of the Bombay High Court after a complaint was filed…
New Delhi, 6/3: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted searches at multiple locations in Tamil Nadu as part of a fresh money laundering probe against minister Senthil Balaji and others linked to alleged irregularities in the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation that has monopoly over liquor trade in the state, official sources said.
Washington DC, 5/3: The U.S. has cut off intelligence-sharing with Kyiv, said CIA Director John Ratcliffe on Wednesday, in a move that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military’s ability to target Russian forces. The decision to cut off intelligence-sharing and military aid to Ukraine starkly illustrates the Trump administration’s willingness to play hardball with an…
Lahore, 5/3: Centuries by Rachin Ravindra and Kane Williamson, along with a 49 by Darly Mitchell and Glenn Philips each, helped New Zealand post 362/6 against South Africa in the second semifinal of the Champions Trophy 2025. Lungi Ngidi finished with the best figures of the innings, getting 3 wickets for 70 runs in his…
Moscow,5/3: Russia welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s statement that Kyiv is willing to negotiate over the war, but it is not yet clear to Moscow who it might be negotiating with, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. Zelenskyy made the statement in a letter to US President Donald Trump, which Trump made public on Tuesday.
