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Messi chaos isn't new: Pele, Maradona saw it too. Why Kolkata's biggest football nights turn ugly

India, Dec. 14 -- Kolkata loves football with a devotion that looks glamorous from afar and combustible up close. When a global icon arrives, the city doesn't merely gather; it surges. And that is wh... Read More


Hanukkah 2025: Wishes and greetings to share with friends and family

India, Dec. 14 -- Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, begins this Sunday, December 14, and ends on December 22. The eight-day holiday is marked by the nightly lighting of candles. It commemorates... Read More


Bondi Beach shooting: US condemns 'terrorist' attack in Sydney, issues bold message against antisemitism

India, Dec. 14 -- The United States has expressed its strong condemnation of the Bondi Beach shooting, which has been dubbed as a "terrorist attack" by Australian authorities, asserted US Secretary of... Read More


PU prof sent to 14-day judicial custody in wife's murder case

Chandigarh, Dec. 14 -- Professor Bharat Bhushan Goyal of Panjab University (PU), the accused in the four-year-old murder case of his wife, Seema Goyal (60), was produced in a local court on Saturday a... Read More


Five Mohali academy alumni join army, air force

Mohali, Dec. 14 -- Five alumni of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (MRSAFPI), Mohali, were commissioned as officers in the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force on Saturday.... Read More


UT mandates strict adherence to timelines for disciplinary inquiries

Chandigarh, Dec. 14 -- The UT administration has directed all administrative secretaries, heads of departments, offices, institutions, boards, and corporations to strictly adhere to prescribed timelin... Read More


Bihar speeds up seed distribution; 6L quintals distributed to 1.7m farmers

PATNA, Dec. 14 -- The state agriculture department has distributed 6.41 lakh quintals of seeds of all types to around 1.73 million farmers in the ongoing rabi season, which is one of the highest in re... Read More


Kashmir: Asia's longest ski drag lift opened at Gulmarg

Srinagar, Dec. 14 -- Inaugurating Asia's longest ski drag lift at the famous skiing resort of Gulmarg, J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday once again raked up the issue of opening of tourist ... Read More


Lionel Messi grabbed, forced into photo by TMC minister before Salt Lake chaos; Satadru Dutta fumes after objection

India, Dec. 14 -- Lionel Messi's much-hyped tour of India got off to an embarrassing start in Kolkata on Saturday, as chaos erupted at the Salt Lake Stadium with angry fans, who had paid exorbitant pr... Read More


Random Forays: Fumbles that make us humble

India, Dec. 14 -- The most humbling of moments in my life have been those in which unexpectedly (or even predictably) I managed to fumble, beyond reparation. These moments occur to all of us, but from... Read More