Chennai, Aug 15 (UNI) GM M Pranesh held on to win the Challengers title at the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025, earning the opportunity to compete in the Masters section next year, despite a final-round setback against IM Harshavardhan GB. The 19-year-old had built enough of a cushion going into the last day to edge…
London, Aug 15 (UNI) England have announced their squads for the limited overs series against South Africa and Ireland. With the red-ball leg of the home summer behind them, England will next feature in three ODIs and as many T20Is against the Proteas starting September 2 in Headingley. The home series will be followed by…
Sydney, Aug 15 (UNI) Australia batting icon Steve Smith is raring to go against England in the home Ashes later this year. The charismatic Australia batter, who has the third-highest Test runs against England after Sir Don Bradman and Allan Border, opened up about the five-Test series in an interview with Sky Sports. Smith conceded…
New Delhi, Aug 15 (UNI) Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva today criticised Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for their latest attempt to engage students through a new youth wing, the Association of Students for Alternative Politics (ASAP). Sachdeva claimed that AAP’s previous student wing, Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS), had failed to…
Brisbane, Aug 15 (UNI) Alyssa Healy took a firm step on her path back from injury, clubbing India A to all parts of a ground named after her uncle Ian, before putting in her second long stint behind the stumps in three days. Yet the Australia captain’s strong return from foot and knee issues took…
New Delhi, Aug 15 (UNI) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday accused the Rekha Gupta government of failing to address severe waterlogging and rain-related incidents in the capital, saying more then two dozen persons lost lives in rainy seasons. AAP Delhi chief Saurabh Bharadwaj said that the BJP government was only shifting blame instead…
New Delhi, Aug 15 (UNI) As many as six persons, including three women, were killed while six others sustained injuries after a wall of Dargah Fateh (behind Humayun Tomb) collapsed in South East Delhi’s Nijamuddin this evening. The incident occurred behind Humayun’s Tomb in Hazrat Nizamuddin. Police stated that they received a call regarding the…
New Delhi, Aug 15 (UNI) Union Minister and BJP National President JP Nadda today hoisted the National Flag at the party headquarters here on the occasion of India’s 76th Independence Day. Nadda emphasised the country’s economic strides over the past 11 years under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said, “In the last…
New Delhi, Aug 15 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed deep concern over the rising trend of obesity in the country, calling it a looming national health crisis. Addressing the nation from the Red Fort on the occasion of India’s 79th Independence Day, Modi urged Indians to take small but meaningful steps towards better…
Srinagar, Aug 15 (UNI) J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s announcement of a door-to-door signature campaign across the Union Territory for the restoration of J&K’s statehood has drawn sharp criticism from opposition parties. Peoples Democratic Party MLA and legislature party leader in J&K Assembly Waheed Parra accused Omar of “betraying” the people of Jammu and Kashmir…
