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Why WTC expansion didn't get enough support

Mumbai, Aug. 14 -- As the second half of the World Test Championship's (WTC) fourth edition gets rolling, the jury is still out on whether it has left Test cricket in a better place. For all its fault... Read More


Dilapidated house collapses in Budaun, woman killed, 3 cattle die

Meerut, Aug. 14 -- A 55-year-old woman was killed and three cattle died after the front portion of a dilapidated two-storey house collapsed in Budaun district early Thursday morning, trapping the woma... Read More


Muz'nagar court sentences four to death in 12-year-old murder case

Meerut, Aug. 14 -- A Muzaffarnagar court sentenced four men to death for the 2014 murder of Pawan Kumar during an armed attack at his home in Bhaveesa village of Shamli district. The court also impose... Read More


Two missing friends found buried behind temple; priest absconding

LUCKNOW, Aug. 14 -- Nineteen days after two friends disappeared from Lahchaura village in UP's Baghpat, police recovered their decomposed bodies from behind a temple, bringing a chilling twist to a mi... Read More


Astronomers find two dead stars spiralling inward at record speed

PUNE, Aug. 14 -- An international team led by astronomers from the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) Pune, has identified an extraordinarily compact pair of white dwarfs t... Read More


Probe 'purification' claims: VP

New Delhi/Dehradun, Aug. 14 -- Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Thursday instructed the government to conduct a thorough inquiry into the alleged "purification of a site" wh... Read More


Apex court orders performance audit of consumer commissions nationwide

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a performance audit of consumer commissions across the country, including an assessment of the work done by former judges and judicial offic... Read More


A letter versus spirit dilemma

India, Aug. 14 -- The Lok Sabha passed the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, on Wednesday. The legislation essentially overturns a 2024 Supreme Court judgment that ... Read More


Ameliorate, don't stoke, migration fears

India, Aug. 14 -- Should the government be in the business of adjudicating which citizen learns what language? In any mature democracy and for any rational person, the answer should be no. This is why... Read More


Signals from Parliament's monsoon session washout

India, Aug. 14 -- The monsoon session of Parliament was expected to be a stormy one. The Opposition had signalled that it wanted to corner the government on the NEET paper-leak issue and misappropriat... Read More