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HARYANA CHIEF MINISTER Nayab Singh Saini’s announcement Thursday of monthly assistance of Rs 2,100 for women comes as a signal of one-upmanship to the neighbouring Punjab administration under Bhagwant Mann.The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government under Mann has been in power for over three years in Punjab, but it has not been able to implement its core election promise of delivering Rs 1,000 to women each month. Saini’s rolling out of the Rs 2,100 allotment Thursday, in the name of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Lado Laxmi Yojana, has given BJP leaders in Haryana and Punjab a direct point of attack on…

This might well be the year Julian Weber has been waiting for all his life. The 30-year-old German has been a European Champion but the really big prizes have eluded him — two fourth-place finishes at the World Championships and one at the Olympics. But Weber is now at the peak of his powers with the World Championships just a fortnight away.Defending World Champion Neeraj Chopra won’t have it easy in Tokyo judging by events on Thursday night, when Weber crossed the hallowed 90 metre mark not once but twice at the Diamond League Final in Zurich. Weber hit his…

 Amazfit has launched two fitness trackers, Balance 2 and Helio Strap, on August 28. These devices are designed for fitness enthusiasts and serve as tools to help users reach their peak performance and improve recovery. The Amazfit Helio Strap, Amazfit’s first screen-free fitness, recovery, and sleep tracker, is claimed by the company to be one of the most accurate trackers in the industry, and is now available in India. Alongside it, Amazfit has introduced the Amazfit Balance 2, a multisport smartwatch featuring military-grade durability, over 170 sports modes, and cutting-edge performance monitoring. The company states that both devices work well…

Bangkok, Thailand – Thailand’s Constitutional Court is to decide whether to remove suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office over a phone call with Cambodia’s former leader in a ruling that could deal a fatal blow to the embattled Shinawatra dynasty and plunge the Southeast Asian kingdom into political turmoil.An unfavourable verdict for Paetongtarn on Friday would make her the fifth prime minister since 2008 to be stripped of office by Thailand’s judges, who critics say defend the interests of the country’s royalist-military establishment.The move could also potentially pave the way for early elections.Friday’s ruling is also the second in…

THE NEGOTIATIONS over a trade deal with the US may resume only after the additional 25 per cent oil penalty is addressed, according to a senior Commerce and Industry Ministry official.Washington DC was to send a team to New Delhi to continue discussions on August 25, but the talks were ‘halted’ by the US after President Donald Trump projected New Delhi’s purchase of oil from Russia as a big deal breaker. Trump had on August 6 announced the additional 25 per cent tariffs over and above the reciprocal tariffs of 25 per cent. The US’s 50 per cent tariffs on…

A scene from ‘Hridayapoorvam’. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The need to move out of their comfort zone ceases to be a necessity for filmmakers when they find success with their favourite tropes. That has been the case with Sathyan Anthikad for over four decades. Even as the film industry changed around him in unrecognisable ways, and despite a few slumps, he continued to have some level of success with his signature style. Anthikad’s previous film, Makal (2022)— which also dealt with the tried-and-tested — had a conservative protagonist who struggled to understand the mindset of his teenage daughter.But, in…

Hamas condemns far-right Israeli Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s remarks as ‘an official call to exterminate’ Palestinians.Published On 28 Aug 202528 Aug 2025Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called for Israel to annex the Gaza Strip if Hamas refuses to disarm, the latest push by an Israeli official to forcibly displace Palestinians and take complete control of the coastal enclave.During a news conference on Thursday, Smotrich said if Hamas does not agree to surrender, disarm and release Israeli captives, Israel should annex a section of Gaza each week for four weeks.He said Palestinians would first be told to move south in…

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. ruled on Thursday that administration official Kari Lake had overstepped in firing the director of Voice of America. In this photo, Lake speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, in February in Oxon Hill, Md. Jose Luis Magana/AP/FR159526 AP hide caption toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP/FR159526 AP A federal judge ruled on Thursday that Trump administration official Kari Lake can’t unilaterally fire the director of Voice of America, saying she’s breaking the law in trying to do so. Instead, by law, Lake must have the explicit backing of an advisory panel set up…

Premier League soccer team Manchester United got demolished by a surprise upset from a much less well-known team: Grimsby Town.

Denmark’s foreign minister summoned the top U.S. diplomat in the country after it was reported that at least three people with connections to President Trump have been carrying out covert operations.