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11
Aug
By The Press Editor
Sports

Tiger Shroff pulls out of Durand Cup 2026, reveals reason | WATCH

New Delhi: Tiger Shroff will miss Mumbay FCโ€™s Durand Cup 2026 group-stage match against Nongkseh SS&CC in Shillong on Tuesday after a last-minute work commitment forced him to pull out. The 36-year-old actor had registered with Mumbay FC for their maiden Durand Cup campaign and was expected to travel to Shillong for the Group E fixture at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. However, he confirmed his withdrawal in a video posted by the club on Instagram. โ€œReally, really unfortunate, but a work commitment has come up at the last moment, so I would not be able to make it to Shillong…
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11
Aug
By The Press Editor
World

Chinese rocket explodes 85 seconds after liftoff from Wenchang spaceport | Watch

Beijing: A Chinese Long March 7A rocket carrying the ChinaSat-4B satellite exploded shortly after liftoff from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in southern China on Monday, according to a Reuters report. Footage circulating on social media appeared to show the rocket exploding near the coastal spaceport roughly 85 seconds after launch. The rocket lifted off at 8.02 pm Beijing time but soon encountered what Chinese state news agency Xinhua described as a flight anomaly. The mission subsequently failed, with authorities saying the cause of the problem was still being analysed. Long March 7A rocket explodes after launch The Long March…
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11
Aug
By The Press Editor
Business

Sensex tumbles 388 points, Nifty ends below 24,500 as rebound in crude oil weighs on sentiment

Mumbai: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Tuesday as a rebound in crude oil prices and uncertainties around the Middle East weighed on investor sentiment. The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 388.19 points or 0.49 per cent to 78,154.25. During the day, the benchmark hit a high of 78,509.77 and a low of 78,048.26, gyrating 461.51 points. Similarly, the 50-share NSE Nifty ended 112.10 points or 0.46 per cent lower at 24,471.70. However, the broader market ended the session mixed. While the BSE MidCap Select Index dropped 2.02 points or 0.01 per cent, the BSE SmallCap Select Index added…
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11
Aug
By The Press Editor
Sports

Delhi Capitals opener Abishek Porel arrested by Hooghly police over rape allegations

Kolkata: Delhi Capitals and Bengalโ€™s keeper-batter Abishek Porel was arrested by Hooghly police on Tuesday, August 11, in connection with a case involving allegations of sexual relations on the promise of marriage. Police took Porel into custody in the morning and questioned him for several hours before formally arresting him in the afternoon. He was subsequently taken for a medical examination and produced before the Chinsurah Court. The case was registered at Mogra police station in Hooghly district. In the meantime, Porel has denied the allegations and described them as false. According to the complaint, the woman alleged that Porel…
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11
Aug
By The Press Editor
World

Ousted Syrian president Bashar Assad sentenced to death for crimes against humanity

Damascus: A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced ousted President Bashar Assad to death in absentia over crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during Syriaโ€™s 14-year conflict, which is estimated to have claimed around half a million lives. Assadโ€™s younger brother, Maher Assad, was also sentenced to death in the same case. The court additionally handed down a death sentence to Atef Najib, Assadโ€™s maternal cousin, for his alleged role in leading a violent crackdown in the southern province of Daraa that helped trigger the 2011 uprising and ultimately contributed to the outbreak of Syriaโ€™s civil war. The verdict was…
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11
Aug
By The Press Editor
Lifestyle

Musafir Cafe: Inside Jharipani Castle: What its architecture reveals about life in colonial-era Uttarakhand

Photo: Jharipanicastle.com Some places on screen are so beautiful, you almost forget they're real until you find out they actually are. That's exactly what's happening with Musafir Cafe, Vikrant Massey's new Netflix show, where a cosy hilltop cafe, framed in ivy-covered walls, misty mountains and old stone archways, has viewers convinced they've almost arrived inside a European postcard.Except this isn't Europe at all. It's Mussoorie and is actually real.The dreamy backdrop belongs to Jharipani Castle, a nearly hundred-year-old heritage property that's quietly been standing in the hills for nearly two decades before Netflix ever noticed it. If the show has…
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11
Aug
By The Press Editor
Nation, Politics

Rahul met J’khand protesters; Priyanka seeks Shah’s response

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday said that Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi had met students protesting in Jharkhand, as the political confrontation over the student agitation continued in Parliament. Priyanka Gandhi made the remarks after arriving at Parliament amid a protest by NDA MPs, who accused the Opposition of running away from discussions in the House." Rahul Gandhi has met the students from Jharkhand," Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said. ย  She also took a dig at the ruling party MPs for staging a counter-protest in the Parliament complex and demanded that Union Home Minister Amit Shah…
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11
Aug
By The Press Editor
Sports

Vidarsa Vinod shares journey from nearly quitting shooting to making India’s Asian Games squad

New Delhi: Vidarsa Vinod from Kozhikode has been selected for the 10m Air Rifle and 50m Rifle 3 Positions in the upcoming Asian Games 2026ย  in Aichi-Nagoya. However, her journey that began with an NCC rifle wasnโ€™t straightforward, as financial difficulties and time away from home only made it more difficult. On top of that, self-doubt crept in when things got worse for the 27-year-old athlete. Notably, Vinod first took up the rifle through the National Cadet Corps in 2018. At the time, her ambitions were limited to exploring the sport and possibly finding a route towards a government job.…
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11
Aug
By The Press Editor
Business

Technocraft Ventures Vs Leap India IPO GMP on last day of subscription, check status and other details

Mumbai: Today is the last day to subscribe to the initial public offering of two companies - Technocraft Ventures and Leap India. While the infrastructure company Technocraft Ventures has so far received 11.46 times subscription on the third day of bidding, supply chain asset pooling firm Leapย India has received a muted response from investors and has been subscribed to only 1.10 times at the time of writing the report. According to data available on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), Technocraft Ventures' public issue got bids for 9,52,75,670 shares against 83,17,190 shares on offer. The non-institutional investors' portion received 21.32 times…
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