Sujeet Kalkal (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Sujeet Kalkal ended India’s wait for a wrestling gold at the Asian Games 2026 with a stunning comeback in the men’s freestyle 65kg category on Friday.The 23-year-old Indian defeated Tajikistan’s Abdulmazhid Kudiyev 10-9 in a dramatic final at the Nagoya City Inae Sports Center.Kalkal was trailing 2-9 for…
Three alleged operatives were arrested as Delhi Police uncovered threats to two businessmen and a suspected plan to carry out a shooting NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has busted an alleged India-Dubai extortion network linked to the Goldy Brar gang and arrested three operatives, foiling a plan to open fire at the residence of a Delhi…
September shipments through Hormuz hit post-war high LNG traffic through the Strait of Hormuz increased in September, with the number of cargoes leaving the key waterway reaching its highest monthly level since the US-Israeli war on Iran began. The rise came despite continuing security concerns and uncertainty over shipping through the strait.Data from S&P Global…
Yuzvendra Chahal (Image credit: Instagram) India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal on Friday announced his retirement from first-class cricket, bringing an end to his red-ball career after 17 years.Chahal said his dream of playing Test cricket may not be fulfilled, but he remains determined to continue playing white-ball cricket for India.The 35-year-old, who has played 72 ODIs…
Norway’s rapidly retreating mountain ice has revealed 48 prehistoric arrows, including one estimated to be between 5,000 and 6,000 years old, as archaeologists race to recover artefacts before exposure to air and sunlight causes them to deteriorate. The discoveries were made during a three-week field expedition in the Jotunheimen mountains, where researchers have been studying…
On September 11, 2026, a 31-year-old Japanese monk named Sogaku Taguchi entered one of the most extreme forms of religious discipline still practised today. Taguchi, the chief monk of Nanzambo Temple, part of the historic Enryaku-ji complex on Mount Hiei in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, northeast of Kyoto, has begun a 12-year period of complete isolation…
Actor Dino Morea has once again come under the scanner of the Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in connection with the alleged Mithi River desilting scam. The actor was questioned by the agency after investigators reportedly found phone records indicating his contact with people linked to the case. Morea and his brother Santino Rocco…
NEW DELHI: Ankush Panghal completed a golden hat-trick for Indian boxing at the Asian Games on Friday, defeating South Korea’s Minseong Kim in the men’s 80kg final to cap a memorable day for the country’s pugilists in Aichi-Nagoya.Ankush dominated the title bout, winning the opening round 4-1 before taking the second unanimously 5-0 to establish…
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri on birth anniversary Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami paid floral tributes and paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Lal Bahadur Shastri at the Chief Minister’s residence on Friday on the occasion of their birth anniversaries.The Chief…
The milestone comes over a year after the section was inaugurated in June 2025. In a historic milestone for higher speed connectivity of Kashmir with the rest of India, the maximum permitted speed on the 111-km Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Banihal railway section has been raised from 75 kmph to 100 kmph.The milestone comes over…
