China on Sunday warned against attempts to engineer political change in Iran amid the ongoing US-Israel offensive, saying such efforts would lack public support and could worsen instability in the region.Speaking at a news conference on the sidelines of a major annual gathering in Beijing, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said attempts to provoke a…
Stock market ended the holiday-shortened week in red, dragging down the combined valuation of six of India’s ten most valued companies by Rs 64,734.46 crore, with Bharti Airtel emerging as the biggest loser. The broader market reflected the subdued sentiment, as the BSE Sensex slipped 263.67 points, or 0.35 per cent, while the NSE Nifty…
West Indies’ Jason Holder (AP Photo/Bikas Das) With India gearing up for a decisive Super 8 encounter against the West Indies at Eden Gardens on Sunday, former cricketer Manoj Tiwary delivered a light-hearted yet pointed message to the Men in Blue. He joked that a failure to overcome the Caribbean side in their ICC T20…
Taron Egerton discovered he had a genuine fear of heights while filming the new thriller ‘Apex’ with Charlize Theron. The Welsh actor, who co-stars in the film directed by Baltasar Kormákur, has opened up about how the intense, wilderness-based production forced him to confront and overcome this discovery mid-production.“I didn’t really realise until this movie…
TRIGGER WARNING: This article includes references to emotional abuse.‘Hostage’ star Rumer Willis has recently come out with some serious allegations against her ex-partner, Derek Richard Thomas. The two have been in a custody battle over their 3-year-old daughter, Louetta. Amid the ongoing legalities, she has alleged that Thomas emotionally abused her consistently throughout their time…
Mother Parveen Rani and son Tushar Kumar become mayors in UK as Indian-origin family makes history (Photo courtesy: LinkedIn) When Sunil Dahiya packed up his life in Rohtak and flew to the UK with his wife Parveen and two young sons in 2013, there was no grand plan. “We had not come with any specific…
India’s Manav Suthar, right, celebrates. (AP Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Galle: Two wickets in a session and then three in a single over. An extremely contrasting period of play on either side of the lunch interval saw India, riding on Manav Suthar’s second five-wicket haul in Tests, and first ten-wicket haul wrap up Sri Lanka’s innings…
NEW DELHI: Chungreng Koren’s Road to UFC Season 5 campaign came to an end on Friday as the Indian fighter suffered a unanimous decision loss to Japan’s Ryo Tajima in their bantamweight semifinal in Shanghai.Koren, who had entered the semifinal after submitting Japan’s previously unbeaten Ryuho Miyaguchi in the quarterfinals, was unable to turn his…
Last week’s bloodbath at the Dalal Street erroded the market capitalisation of five of the top-10 most-valued firms by over Rs 1 lakh crore. The broader equity benchmarks also ended on a muted note. The BSE Sensex slipped by 30.96 points, or 0.04%, while the NSE Nifty declined 36.6 points, or 0.15%, reflecting a largely…
Avalanche at Himlung Himal base camp in Nepal leaves 10 missing At least 10 people have gone missing after an avalanche struck the base camp of Himlung Himal in western Nepal, near the Tibet border, expedition organisers said on Sunday.Expedition organiser Mingma Gyalje Sherpa confirmed that two members of his kitchen staff were among those…
