Bopanna, Ebden reach US Open men's doubles final

Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden, a sixth-seeded Indian-Australian duo, advanced to the final of the men's doubles event at the US Open, securing their spot in the final with a commanding straight-set victory over French pair Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut. The Indo-Australian duo had previously reached the semifinals at Wimbledon earlier this year.

September 07, 2023 at 11:51PM

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Wadia HQ to be sold in Mum's biggest deal

Inside the sprawling Bombay Dyeing mill at Worli on a sultry Wednesday afternoon, tempos are lined up outside Wadia International Centre (WIC), the Wadia Group headquarters. The building is being vacated and the chairman's office has shifted to the Bombay Dyeing property at Dadar-Naigaum.

September 07, 2023 at 03:50AM

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This August was globally hottest ever recorded

It was globally the hottest August on record – by a large margin – and the second-hottest month ever after July 2023, said the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) analysing data from the European Union-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service on Wednesday. The data indicates ’23 is likely to be the hottest year on record as the year so far (January to August) has been the second warmest on record after 2016.

September 07, 2023 at 02:45AM

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National Conference denied symbol, SC quashes Ladakh poll

Deprecating Union Territory of Ladakh for denying National Conference its rightful claim to the ‘Plough’ symbol for elections to Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil, despite the order of the Jammu & Kashmir HC, the Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed the election process and directed that fresh notification be issued within a week. The court also imposed a fine of Rs one lakh.

September 07, 2023 at 02:54AM

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SC junks plea for cooling-off period of 2 years for ex-judges

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea for fixing a cooling-off period of two years for SC and HC judges before accepting any political appointment, saying it was up to a judge to take a call on accepting such an appointment and it was for the government to frame a law.

September 07, 2023 at 02:54AM

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Nothing unusual about Xi, Putin not coming: EAM

Denying that there was anything unusual about Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin not coming for the G20 summit, foreign minister S Jaishankar said their absence had nothing to do with India and that “everybody is coming with a great deal of seriousness”. China will be represented by premier Li Qiang and Russia will have foreign minister Sergey Lavrov attending.

September 07, 2023 at 02:32AM

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SC: India's statute, not J&K's, let Parliament make laws for J&K

A five-judge Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, B R Gavai and Surya Kant on Tuesday ordered the conclusion of arguments on scrapping Article 370 and bifurcating J&K into two UTs in 2019 after hearing rejoinders from petitioners' counsel Kapil Sibal, Gopal Subramaniam, Rajeev Dhawan, Zaffar Mohd Shah and Dushyant Dave.

September 06, 2023 at 02:53AM

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President PM engagements say ‘Bharat’, spark buzz of India name change

President Droupadi Murmu’s invite to G20 delegates for a dinner along with an official communication identifying Narendra Modi as the “Prime Minister of Bharat” sparked speculation on whether the government was moving to drop “India” as the country's name.

September 06, 2023 at 02:07AM

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SC asks NC MP Lone to swear allegiance to Indian Constitution

The Supreme Court on Monday firmly asked National Conference leader and MP Mohd Akbar Lone to file an affidavit by Tuesday swearing unwavering allegiance to the Indian Constitution and affirming Jammu & Kashmir as an integral part of India after the Centre's strong protest against his “Pakistan zindabad” slogan on the floor of the J&K assembly in 2018.

September 05, 2023 at 01:29AM

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Asia Cup: How India crushed Nepal to enter Super 4s

An ordinary show from the bowlers was superbly compensated by openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill as India thrashed Nepal by 10 wickets (DLS) in the rain-marred Asia Cup Group A game in Pallekele on Monday. Nepal, playing their first ever international game against giants India put up a strong fight with the bat to post 230 before bundling out. However they fell way short with the ball as Rohit and Gill completely bossed them, chasing the revised target of 145 (23 overs) with 17 balls to spare.

September 04, 2023 at 11:56PM

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