NEW DELHI: In the third such incident this month, Indian Army troops apprehended a Pakistani intruder after he crossed the Line of Control (LoC) into Jammu and Kashmir‘s Poonch district on Sunday, officials told news agency PTI.The intruder, identified as 31-year-old Rayees Khan, a resident of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), was taken into custody in the…
Lauren Jackson (Special Arrangements) TimesofIndia.com in Singapore: Women’s sport for years fought one battle above all else: Visibility.It demanded television coverage, sponsorship, bigger crowds and, most importantly, the right to be taken seriously. And across much of the sporting world, that battle has shifted.The Women’s Premier League has transformed the commercial landscape of women’s cricket…
Salman Khan is often praised for his generosity, and actor Manoj Bakshi recently shared two lesser-known moments from the sets of the 2015 blockbuster ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan‘ that, according to him, reflect the superstar’s humble nature. Bakshi, who played Qureshi in the film, spoke about Salman’s bond with child actor Harshaali Malhotra and also recalled an…
India’s P.V. Sindhu (AP/PTI) New Delhi: Fifty days from now, the world’s finest badminton players will walk into New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi (IG) indoor stadium for the BWF World Championships from Aug 17-23, returning to Indian soil for the first time since Hyderabad hosted the event in 2009. For the country’s badminton, this is far…
Saif Ali Khan reflects on interfaith marriages, reveals how he teaches his children Taimur and Jeh about religion (Image credits: Instagram) Saif Ali Khan has opened up about raising his children with an inclusive outlook towards religion, revealing that discussions about faith are a regular part of family life. Born to legendary cricketer Mansoor Ali…
Farmers stage a protest against the Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township (GBIT) project at Byramangala near Bidadi, in Bengaluru. (Janata Dal (Secular) via PTI Photo) Bidadi, a small town on the outskirts of Bengaluru, has become the centre of a major controversy in Karnataka.At the centre of the row is the proposed Bidadi Smart City project,…
NEW DELHI: Kerala government on Sunday ordered an enquiry after leader of opposition in the Kerala assembly Pinarayi Vijayan missed his flight from New Delhi to Kerala due to a lapse in protocol.Kerala House Additional Resident Commissioner Aswathy Sreeniva said that a meeting was held on Sunday during which explanations were sought from protocol officials.“The…
Elon Musk stirred a row after sharing the full version of Armie Hammer’s latest film Citizen Vigilante Elon Musk stirred a row after sharing the full version of Armie Hammer‘s latest film Citizen Vigilante on X, giving his more than 240 million followers free access to a movie that was banned in Germany over concerns…
Ayaan Agnihotri, nephew of Salman Khan, is determined to make it on his own merit. He revealed that Salman never spoon-feeds him and always pushes him to get things done independently. On the nepotism tag, Ayaan said that for his family, it is simply about being a close unit. Ayaan Agnihotri, nephew of Salman Khan,…
The mission is considered highly challenging because Swift was never designed to be repaired or physically captured in space. NASA is preparing an ambitious mission to save one of its ageing space telescopes from falling back to Earth, in what could become the first American attempt to use a robotic spacecraft to rescue and reposition…