The United States women’s basketball team beat Japan handily on Monday, 102-76, to open their Olympic pool play strong. But former college basketball coach Seth Greenberg, a self-proclaimed basketball junkie, didn’t watch. "I haven’t watched one second of the women’s [basketball team], and I probably would have watched if [Caitlin …...Read More

There was a fiery test yesterday, not just for Donald Trump but for the National Association of Black Journalists. The organization, which has "journalists" in its name, did not fare well in my view. Nor was it Trump’s finest hour. VANCE BRANDS HARRIS A 'COWARD'; TRUMP DINGED FOR 'ATTACKS AND …...Read More

Wayanad Landslide: A total of 75 bodies have been handed over to relatives. BJP leader V Muraleedharan hit out at the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government over the recent landslides in Wayanad that claimed the lives of over 160 people and said that state was paying the price of …...Read More

A video showed the victim lying in a pool of blood outside the court. A bureaucrat was shot dead inside a court in Chandigarh this afternoon allegedly by his father-in-law, a suspended assistant inspector general of the Punjab police. The victim, Harpreet Singh, was an IRS officer (Indian Revenue Service) …...Read More

Sheikh Hasina's shocking exit has impacted the trade between India and Bangladesh Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina quit this week and fled the country after violent protests demanding her resignation. Ms Hasina, who started her fifth term as Prime Minister earlier this year, left the capital Dhaka in a military …...Read More

Parliament on August 5, 2019, abrogated Article 370 that gave special status to J&K. The Amarnath Yatra from Jammu to Kashmir was suspended for a day on Monday as a precautionary security measure in the wake of the 5th anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370. No movement of Yatris …...Read More

Most parts of the state did not receive fresh rains till Thursday afternoon. (File) Fourteen people died and 10 more were injured in heavy overnight rains that triggered flooding and a house collapse as several rivers swelled in Uttarakhand, officials said here on Thursday. They said that the Kedarnath Yatra …...Read More

The weather office has issued a 'yellow' alert for Thursday and Friday. (File) Six weather stations across Delhi recorded over 100 mm of rain in a single day, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday, categorising it as an "extremely intense spell". During a press conference, Director General of …...Read More

The elephant damaged 10 to 12 non-cemented houses in the village. (Representational) A 55-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district, forest department officials said on Thursday. The incident took place in Dumardand village under Narayanpur police station limits on late Wednesday night, they …...Read More

Mr Ghosh said the Global South should press very strongly for action from the developed world. Much of the discourse around climate change tends to focus on technological "megafixes" and a renewable energy push may have, ironically, contributed to the landslides in Wayanad in which nearly 300 people have been …...Read More