Abhishek Sharma (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: As Abhishek Sharma gears up to play his first international match at home when India face South Africa in the second T20I in Mullanpur on Thursday, those who shaped his journey insist that his rapid rise is anything but a surprise. Behind the six-hitting power and effortless elegance sits...

Uday Nagaraju with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer | Photo Credit: By Arrangement In a moment of pride for Telangana and the Indian diaspora, Uday Nagaraju, a native of Shanigaram village in the erstwhile Karimnagar district, has been appointed to the House of Lords, the upper chamber of the British Parliament. His appointment as a...

The Supreme Court Thursday asked the director of AIIMS, New Delhi, to set up a secondary medical board to examine a 32-year-old man who has been in a vegetative state for the last 13 years so that it can take a call on his father’s request to allow passive euthanasia for his son. A bench...

A dense blanket of fog on Thursday morning led to a chain-reaction crash involving more than half a dozen vehicles, including a truck and a school bus, in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar. Several people suffered minor injuries in the accident. Police said the pile-up began when a truck lost control in low visibility and hit a...

Luthra brothers detained in Thailand NEW DELHI: Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, co-owners of ‘Birch by Romeo Lane’ nightclub in Goa, were detained by Thai Police early on Thursday on the request of Indian law enforcement agencies, sources said. The duo was wanted after fleeing the country following last week’s blaze that claimed 25 lives. They...

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI The Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) conducted joint raids on Thursday (December 11, 2025) at Padgha in Thane district in connection with suspected terror funding, officials said. The raids were underway at Padgha in the Bhiwandi area since the early hours of...

Amid a pushback, the Siddaramaiah government in Karnataka is set to introduce a Bill in the ongoing Winter Session that provides working women a monthly, paid menstrual leave for working women in both government offices and private establishments and a 2% attendance relaxation for girl students in government and private educational institutions. “It is expedient...

In a significant development regarding the Pune land scam case, the Bombay High Court has issued a stinging rebuke to the police. Justice Madhav Jamdar questioned why Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s son, Parth Pawar, remains unnamed in the FIR despite his company being at the centre of the controversial Mundhwa land deal, estimated to...

The United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday, marking a dramatic escalation in his administration’s pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the leader of Venezuela. “As you probably know, we have just seized a tanker off the coast of Venezuela, a large tanker, very large, the largest...

The western tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus) is one of India’s rarest pheasants and the state bird of Himachal Pradesh. It was once found across parts of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, but now survives in small fragmented pockets. Studies in the forests of Kazinag and Limber in Jammu & Kashmir have revealed that while...