After missing out on automatic qualification at the Asia Cup last year for the 2026 World Cup in Belgium and Netherlands, the Indian women’s hockey team have one last chance to secure their spot at the marquee tournament. Starting on Sunday, the FIH Hockey World Cup Qualifiers 2026 in Hyderabad presents three qualification spots for...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s son, Nishant Kumar, officially joins the Janata Dal (United) at the party headquarters in Patna, making his formal entry into Bihar politics. Nishant, who stayed outside of politics for a long period of time, made his debut in politics a few days after his father filed his nomination for the...

President Droupadi Murmu and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (File photo) Amid a political storm over alleged “lapses” during President Droupadi Murmu’s visit to West Bengal, the Centre has asked the state government to submit a response by 5 pm on Sunday over suspected violations of protocol related to venue and route arrangements, sources told...

Expressing concern over rising pollution levels, the Congress on Sunday (March 8, 2026) demanded an urgent review and upgradation of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, 2009, and asserted that they must be enforced as well as monitored more effectively everywhere. Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam...

2 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Mar 8, 2026 11:03 AM IST ICAI CA Foundation Result January 2026: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has declared the CA Foundation and intermediate January 2026 results today. For more details on the ICAI CA January 2026 result, including pass percentages, merit list and passing criteria, candidates can...

A Class 9 student went on a rampage inside a school hostel in Karnataka’s Ballari district late on Sunday, allegedly attacking fellow students with an iron rod and killing one of them, while injuring seven others, police said. Police said the accused, who is on the run, assaulted hostel inmates with a bed rod at...

NEW DELHI: In the Stick to Cricket podcast, former England captain Michael Vaughan recently said: “Pound for pound, they (New Zealand) might be the best team.”Vaughan is right.Since the inception of the ODI World Cup in 1975, New Zealand have reached the semi-finals nine times and finished runners-up twice. In the T20 format, the BlackCaps...

Image used for representation A solo trip turned into a night of terror for a woman from Delhi who spent the entire night hiding in a forest in Uttarakhand, injured and with no mobile phone, to escape an allegedly rape attempt by her taxi driver. On Thursday (March 5, 2026), the 31-year-old woman arrived in...

In the early 1990s, when most newcomers were simply trying to survive in Bollywood, Niki Aneja was an anomaly. She had a face that drew comparisons to Madhuri Dixit and the kind of screen presence that made Mukul Anand pause and tell her, “You are very expressive, you should not sell products, you should sell...

India is working to ensure global volatility in energy markets does not translate into higher fuel costs for Indian consumers. Petrol and diesel prices will not increase even as tensions in the Middle East disrupt global supply routes, government sources told India Today, adding all possible steps are being taken to cushion consumers from fluctuations...