A solo row across one of the world’s largest oceans ended in celebration on Friday night as American adventurer Kelsey Pfendler reached Honolulu after spending 43 days alone at sea, becoming the first American woman to row solo from California to Hawaii.Hundreds of people lined the harbour at Magic Island and Ala Wai Boat Harbor…

The Baha’i community in India has been deeply distressed by the war in Iran, which has seen an uptick in persecution of Iranian Baha’is. Many Indian Baha’is originally came from Iran and continue to have relatives in that country.With the Islamic Republic regime tightening its grip and brutally crushing any internal opposition during the conflict,…

DEHRADUN: A family in Haridwar’s Sarai village was left in panic on Monday afternoon after they discovered 27 snake hatchlings writhing inside a water tank in their courtyard.Chaos erupted when the family noticed movement inside the tank while filling it with water.Alarmed by the sight, they immediately informed the Forest Department, after which a rescue…

NEW DELHI: Two weeks after swearing in, Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay on Thursday expanded his cabinet, inducting 23 MLAs into the council of ministers.Among those inducted are Salem South MLA Tamil Parthiban, Aranthangi MLA J Mohammed Farvas alias Parvez, Coimbatore North MLA V Sampath Kumar, Kancheepuram MLA R V Ranjith Kumar, Tambaram MLA D…

India’s captain Shubman Gill (AP Photo) Shubman Gill added another feather to his cap during his commanding century against Afghanistan in Lucknow on Wednesday, surpassing MS Dhoni on the list of fastest Indians to 1,000 ODI runs in terms of balls faced.The India captain reached the four-figure milestone in just 954 deliveries, edging past former…