Sharad Pawar should retire now, he is ageing, says close friend Poonawalla

NCP president Sharad Pawar may be busy getting ready for the INDIA Opposition bloc meeting in Mumbai with other Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) constituents, but his close friend and industrialist Dr Cyrus......

If India Becomes Bharat...

By changing the nation's name from India to Bharat, would this landmass overnight lose the emotional and cultural linkage that had been built over generations, centuries and millennia, asks N......

Shehla Rashid, Shah Faesal withdraw Article 370 pleas

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will commence day-to-day hearing from August 2 on a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution that bestowed special......

Is Pawar, not Uddhav, Running Maharashtra?

The perception is rapidly gaining ground that though the chief minister is from the Shiv Sena, the government is being run by the NCP. IMAGE: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, left,......

French Open PIX: Swiatek, Sinner, Jabeur ease into second round

Images from Day 2 of the 2024 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday. Clinical Swiatek crushes qualifier Jeanjean to start French Open defence IMAGE: Poland's Iga Swiatek celebrates after......

Manipur football dreams torn apart by ethnic clashes

Photograph: Kind Courtesy ESU/Facebook Ethnic clashes in India's Manipur state saw its most successful women's club fail to field a team in the Indian Women's League in 2023-24, with its coach......

GT coach backs skipper Gill despite runs woes

Gary Kirsten wants balance between bat and ball IMAGE: Shubman Gill has endured a tough season as it is languishing at the bottom of the table with seven losses and four wins in 11......

Indian men's, women's relay teams qualify for Paris Oly

Photograph: Kind Courtesy AFI/X The Indian men's and women's 4x400m relay teams qualified for Paris Olympics after finishing second in their respective second-round heats at the World Athletics......

Swiatek outlasts Sabalenka in Madrid Open final

IMAGE: Poland's Iga Swiatek celebrates victory over Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka in the final of the Madrid Open at Park Manzanares, Madrid, on Saturday. Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters World number......