Australia’s Steve Smith, center, watches a delivery from England’s Brydon Carse, left, on Day 2 of their Ashes cricket test match in Melbourne, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025. (AP Photo) Australian captain Steve Smith said excess grass on the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) pitch made batting difficult during the fourth Ashes Test, which ended inside two...

Andhra Pradesh, Vizianagaram, Writer and Nationalist Madan Gupta presenting the Apurva Bharatam book to B.Tech student Sushmitha in SITAM College of Vizianagaram on December 27, 2025. The College Director, Majji Sasibhusana Rao, is also seen. Photo: Special Arrangement. Historian Madan Gupta said that ancient knowledge needed to be protected very carefully for the development of...

A day after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan raised allegations of “bulldozer raj” in Karnataka after around 300 families were evicted from Bengaluru’s Faqir Colony and Waseem Layout, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar advised him against issuing statements without ascertaining facts. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Shivakumar said that an eviction drive was carried...

The Karnataka government has come under fire after it demolished over 200 houses in Bengaluru, leaving hundreds, mostly from the Muslim community, homeless. The large-scale eviction drive, which happened earlier this week, has triggered a massive war of words between the ruling Congress and the Kerala Left Front unit, which has accused the party of...

The win was England’s first Test success in Australia since January 2011, ending a run of 16 losses and two draws. (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Staring at a clean sweep, England finally found a way to fight back, winning their first Test on Australian soil in 15 years with a gutsy four-wicket victory in a...

Image used for representation A 22-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a clerk of a State government-run university on the campus on the pretext of providing her a job at the facility in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur city, police said on Saturday (December 27, 2025). The police on Thursday (December 25, 2025) arrested Durga Shankar Singerha...

Aiming to promote a “strong reading culture” and “curb excessive screen time” among children, the Uttar Pradesh government has made newspaper reading mandatory for students in all basic and secondary schools across the state, with a dedicated 10-minute “news reading” slot during the daily morning assembly. The government said that students should be encouraged to...

In this report from Jaipur, India Today’s Senior Special Correspondent Dev Ankur Wadhawan provides details on the stone-pelting incident in Chomu. The violence erupted on Thursday night and early Friday when the administration attempted to remove an iron railing outside a mosque, which was considered an unauthorized encroachment. Dev Ankur Wadhawan reports that ‘police on...

New Zealand’s PM Christopher Luxon, on Saturday, hailed the free trade agreement with India, saying that the deal fulfilled a key promise made by his government. “We said we’d secure a Free Trade Agreement with India in our first term, and we’ve delivered.” He further added that this “landmark deal means more jobs, higher incomes...

MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal addresses a press conference, in New Delhi on December 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI India on Friday (December 26, 2025) said it is committed to bring back from abroad the economic fugitives including Lalit Modi and Vijay Mallya to face the law in the country. The assertion by the Ministry...