NEW DELHI: In the third such incident this month, Indian Army troops apprehended a Pakistani intruder after he crossed the Line of Control (LoC) into Jammu and Kashmir‘s Poonch district on Sunday, officials told news agency PTI.The intruder, identified as 31-year-old Rayees Khan, a resident of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), was taken into custody in the…
India’s P.V. Sindhu (AP/PTI) New Delhi: Fifty days from now, the world’s finest badminton players will walk into New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi (IG) indoor stadium for the BWF World Championships from Aug 17-23, returning to Indian soil for the first time since Hyderabad hosted the event in 2009. For the country’s badminton, this is far…
Lauren Jackson (Special Arrangements) TimesofIndia.com in Singapore: Women’s sport for years fought one battle above all else: Visibility.It demanded television coverage, sponsorship, bigger crowds and, most importantly, the right to be taken seriously. And across much of the sporting world, that battle has shifted.The Women’s Premier League has transformed the commercial landscape of women’s cricket…
Discover the Himalayan Monal, a dazzling pheasant often called the ‘nine-coloured bird’ for its spectacular iridescent plumage. This national bird of Nepal and state bird of Uttarakhand inhabits high-altitude Himalayan forests. Despite its beauty, its population is declining due to hunting, habitat loss, and climate change, making this mountain jewel increasingly vulnerable. The Himalayas have…
Farmers stage a protest against the Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township (GBIT) project at Byramangala near Bidadi, in Bengaluru. (Janata Dal (Secular) via PTI Photo) Bidadi, a small town on the outskirts of Bengaluru, has become the centre of a major controversy in Karnataka.At the centre of the row is the proposed Bidadi Smart City project,…
The child’s mother, the man’s ex-wife, called for a full investigation A father in southern China has triggered widespread public outrage after reportedly signing a letter of understanding forgiving his girlfriend, who is accused of killing his 18-month-old son by kicking him in the abdomen.The case, which took place in the Guangdong province, gained national…
NEW DELHI: Kerala government on Sunday ordered an enquiry after leader of opposition in the Kerala assembly Pinarayi Vijayan missed his flight from New Delhi to Kerala due to a lapse in protocol.Kerala House Additional Resident Commissioner Aswathy Sreeniva said that a meeting was held on Sunday during which explanations were sought from protocol officials.“The…
The mission is considered highly challenging because Swift was never designed to be repaired or physically captured in space. NASA is preparing an ambitious mission to save one of its ageing space telescopes from falling back to Earth, in what could become the first American attempt to use a robotic spacecraft to rescue and reposition…
The incident occurred on June 26 after a night instructional sortie on a Tecnam P2006T aircraft (VT-NBV). (File photo) LUCKNOW: A cadet pilot hailing from New Delhi, injured her lower back after being struck by a running propeller while deboarding a twin engine training aircraft at Garg Aviation’s Flying Training Organisation (FTO) in Kanpur.The Directorate…
Why does it feel like hobbies are getting expensive? (AI generated image) You may logout, delete every social media app or change your algorithm, but can you escape the commercial packaging of simple activities that were once free but now cost a good portion of your salary?Some latest additions to this ever-diversifying social media dictionary…