No seat deal yet, Cong issues first list in Bihar

The Congress on Thursday released its first list of 48 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, fielding its state unit chief Rajesh Ram from Kutumba seat and Congress Legislature......

Bihar BJP springs surprise with first list, drops speaker

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday sprang surprises with its first list of 71 candidates for the Bihar assembly polls, denying a ticket to Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav, a seven-term MLA,......

Trump considers Modi a personal friend: US envoy-designate

The United States 'values' its relationship with India, US Ambassador-designate Sergio Gor said on Saturday after holding talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi that focused on cooperation in......

Sergio Gor, Agrawal Talk Trade Deal

While both sides have announced the decision to restart talks for a trade deal, government officials said discussions are continuing virtually. IMAGE: US Ambassador-designate Sergio Gor meets......

Why Mukesh Ambani's son is setting twitter on fire

In India, tweets about the scion trended at the second spot for over 85 minutes with netizens from Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bhopal, Delhi, Rajkot and Srinagar talking about the transformation.  ......

Markets end in green as Fed rate hike fears dim

Financials were the top gainers lead by private lenders ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank Stock markets today snapped a two-day losing streak after minutes of the US Federal Reserve meeting signalled no......

Markets keep winning streak intact; ITC, RIL lead

In the broader markets, BSE Midcap index slipped 0.3% whereas the BSE Smallcap index inched up by 0.2% Benchmark indices ended higher, amid choppy trades, after weak US data dimmed prospects of an......

Markets end choppy session on a flat note

Markets had a choppy session of trade today as investors exercised caution ahead of an action packed next week. At close, the Sensex was down 49 points at 19,733 and the Nifty was relatively......

Vaishali becomes GM: Title awarded after long wait

Happy that the title is finally out: R Vaishali on officially becoming GM Photograph: Kind Courtesy chessvaishali/X A Grandmaster much before the title was officially bestowed on her by FIDE......

Chess ace Harika received sexually abusive mail in Latvia

IMAGE: Harika Dronavalli received a sexually abusive mail during an event in Latvia in November last year. Photograph: Harika Dronavalli/Twitter India's chess ace Harika Dronavalli was among the......

'Chess is a nation-building game'

IMAGE: Teenaged GM Praggnanandhaa caught the country's imagination as he defeated world number two Hikaru Nakamura and number three Fabiano Caruna en route his silver medal at the FIDE World Cup......

Manisha Kalyan becomes first Indian to play in UEFA Women's Champions League

IMAGE: The AIFF Woman Footballer of the Year for the 2021-22 season, Manisha Kalyan became the first Indian to score a goal in the AFC Women’s Club Championship. Photograph: AFC Cup/Twitter......

Julius Baer Cup: Erigaisi loses to Carlsen in final

IMAGE: Arjun Erigaisi was beaten by world No 1 Magnus Carlsen in the final of the Julius Baer Generation Cup online rapid chess tournament. Photograph: FIDE/Riga Mark Livshitz Teenaged Indian......