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Shafali returns to India squad for England tour

India, May 16 -- Swashbuckling opening batter Shafali Verma returned to the national team on Thursday with selectors ending her seven-month exile for the upcoming T20I series in England. The five-matc... Read More


'Why do companies have rights, but not rivers,' asks nature writer Robert Macfarlane

India, May 16 -- Even before he began travelling along the rivers of Ecuador, Canada and India for his new book, nature writer Robert Macfarlane spent hours beside the 10,000-year-old chalk springs of... Read More


'Please don't refer to me as a random celebrity': Kusha Kapila responds to 'influencer shade' at Cannes 2025

India, May 16 -- The 78th Cannes Film Festival is in full swing, and this year, it's raining South Asian excellence on the red carpet. From Laapataa Ladies (2023) star Nitanshi Goel making her dazzlin... Read More


Group prep, cricket sessions & a coach on a mission: How India got its 86th GM

India, May 16 -- In the oasis town of Al-Ain in Abu Dhabi, a group of young Indian chess players from Tamil Nadu have been training together, exchanging opening ideas, rigging up quick cricket session... Read More


Bruce Springsteen takes on Donald Trump's 'rogue government' on opening night of European tour: 'An unfit president'

India, May 16 -- On Wednesday May 14, famed singer Bruce Springsteen kickstarted his European Land of Hope and Tours dream, the first night being hosted in Manchester, England. And while the music and... Read More


Noida Authority to issue notices to group housing societies generating bulk waste

India, May 16 -- The Noida Authority on Thursday announced plans to issue notices to group housing societies generating large volumes of waste, citing widespread non-compliance with solid waste manage... Read More


Attari-Wagah border opens for Afghan trucks stranded in Pakistan

India, May 16 -- In a relief for traders since the de-escalation of military tension with Pakistan after the May 10 ceasefire, eight trucks carrying perishable goods from Afghanistan, which were among... Read More


Tim David glides over covers in Bengaluru rain, gets rousing welcome in dressing room after 'swimming' at Chinnaswamy

India, May 16 -- Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Tim David gave fans something to smile about before the season-resuming match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday. With rain disrupting RCB's traini... Read More


Lt Gen Sengupta visit to IIT-K to strengthen army-academia tie-up

KANPUR, May 16 -- Lieutenant General Anindya Sengupta, general officer commanding-in-chief (GOC-in-C), Central Command, on Thursday visited Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) as part of an... Read More


After Jamia & JNU, IIT Roorkee cancels MoU with Turkish university, here's what the institute said

India, May 16 -- The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee has formally cancelled an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Inonu University in Turkiye. In a letter, IIT Roorkee said t... Read More