Fr Caetano Pimenta Pereira, left, greets Pope John Paul II in 2002 PANAJI: Cabo Verde’s dream World Cup debut is being cheered across the world. But tremors felt some thousands of miles east had a different echo altogether, a strange umbilical cord joining two former Portuguese colonies through its love for football, music, and saudade,…
A heated political showdown in the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) general body meeting THANE: A discussion on the worsening pothole situation across Kalyan-Dombivli triggered a heated political showdown in the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) general body meeting on Monday, with leaders from rival political parties trading barbs over road conditions and civic inaction ahead of…
Surat: An 11-year-old student was allegedly stabbed by another student following an argument after school hours on Tuesday afternoon in Udhna.The incident occurred around 12.30 pm when students were returning home after classes. The injured boy later informed his parents about the attack and was subsequently shifted to the Civil Hospital for treatment. He sustained…
It was unsurprising that BJP rushed the swearing-in of Bengal’s new CM — even as Assam will have the same ceremony next week — and held it on Saturday on Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary. BJP’s sweeping victory in West Bengal was built on several planks. One was a marked shift during election campaigning to combat…
Exports hit record $863 billion in FY26 despite US tariffs & Middle East crisis India’s exports touched an all-time high of $863 billion in 2025-26 despite disruptions from the West Asia conflict and US tariff measures, underscoring the resilience of the country’s export ecosystem, a senior Commerce Ministry official said on Wednesday.“This has been a…
Doordarshan will telecast live the Mangala, Shringaar, Rajbhog, Sandhya, and Shayan Aartis offered to the Ram Lalla idol at the Ayodhya Ram temple on DD National, connecting devotees who can’t visit the temple. National broadcaster Doordarshan has good news for Lord Ram Devotees. Doordarshan has announced that it will telecast live the morning prayers offered…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Priyansh Arya (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: India A sealed their place in the Tri-Nation A Series final with a commanding 101-run victory over Afghanistan A in Dambulla on Wednesday, producing a complete all-round performance led by half-centuries from Priyansh Arya, Tilak Varma and Kumar Kushagra, followed by a four-wicket haul from Nishant…
As ‘Udta Punjab’ completes a decade since its release, director Abhishek Chaubey looked back on the making of the acclaimed drama and revealed that Shahid Kapoor was the very first actor to come on board. In fact, according to the filmmaker, the actor committed to the project lolp when the film was still searching for…
When the AI startup Factory had just 30 employees, chief executive Matan Grinberg made an unusual investment in his workforce. Instead of spending on flashy office perks, he bought a $3,000 Eight Sleep mattress cover for every employee. Grinberg said better rest translates into better performance and compared engineers to professional athletes who need proper…
The first sight of the new dawn rolls in with almost evocative sceneries. The morning dew sits fresh on the leaves. The temperature offers a brief respite from the waves of oven-like heat to come and the sky is a thousand different shades of yellow and orange.But something is not quite right.The song of the…
