London: In a career-defining moment, 23-year-old Amanda Anisimova of the United States shocked World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in a tense Wimbledon 2025 semifinal, winning 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to reach her maiden Grand Slam final. Seeded 13th, Anisimova held her nerve through a two-hour, 36-minute battle on Centre Court, producing fearless tennis against the powerful…
Paris: Chinese duo Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong claimed the badminton mixed doubles gold medal at the Paris Olympics after beating South Korea’s Kim Won-ho/Jeong Na-eun in the final on Friday. Zheng and Huang, silver medalists at the Tokyo Olympics, won the gold medal match 21-8, 21-11. Earlier on Friday, Japan’s Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino won the…
Bhubaneswar: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has launched an investigation into the death of Prakriti Lamsal, a 20-year-old Nepalese student at KIIT University. A team led by Joginder Singh, Registrar (Law), NHRC, arrived in Bhubaneswar on Thursday to probe the circumstances surrounding her death and allegations of harassment that preceded the incident. As part…
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will take oath as the Prime Minister for the third straight term on Sunday evening. Alongside PM Modi, sources said that some members of his council of ministers will also take their oath. The oath ceremony will take place at 7.15 p.m. at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. PM Modi started the day…
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Sunday directed the staff members, temporary or permanent, of Raj Bhavan in Kolkata to ignore any communication from the state police in connection with the recent complaint of outraging a woman’s modesty filed against him by a temporary staffer. In a notification shared on the X handle…
New Delhi: The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has been implementing its flagship scheme, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), since 2015. This initiative has imparted skill development training to over 1.48 crore candidates across the country through Short-Term Training (STT) and up-skilling and re-skilling through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). The scheme…
Bhubaneswar: The Chief Minister’s Public Grievance Hearing Program is set to be held on December 16 at Unit-V in Bhubaneswar. The session is exclusively for individuals who had registered for the grievance hearing on October 28, 2024, according to an announcement by the General Administration and Public Grievance Department. Registered participants are required to bring…
Puri: The sixth edition of the Puri Heritage Walk (PHW) took place on Sunday with 20 participants exploring some of the city’s iconic historical and cultural sites.
Rajkot: In a significant development for Team India, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has officially announced the return of R Ashwin to the squad for Day 4 of the ongoing 3rd Test against England in Rajkot.
New Delhi: Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, chaired a review meeting today to assess the Budgeted Capital Expenditure (Capex) of the Ministry of Railways (MoR) for the fiscal year 2024-25. This meeting is part of a series aimed at evaluating the Capex outlays of key ministries and departments following the Union…
