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Trump, Zelenskyy and Putin In what could mark a major diplomatic breakthrough, US President Donald Trump announced Monday (local time) he will arrange face-to-face talks between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents to help end the war in Ukraine. “At the conclusion of the meetings, I called President Putin,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, […]

Iga Świątek waves off cameraman while changing clothes after beating Elena Rybakina at Cincinnati Open semi final (Image via Getty) Iga Swiatek asked a camera operator to step back during her semi-final match at the Cincinnati Open on August 18, 2025. She had just beaten Elena Rybakina in straight sets—7-5, 6-3—to reach the final. Right […]

NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party Monday accused the CEC of “lying brazenly” that the party had not given any affidavit on the deletion of voters in Uttar Pradesh, even as Akhilesh Yadav alleged targeted deletion of backward and most backward class voters, who back SP, at the behest of the governing party.As the row over voter […]

NEW DELHI: Election Commission Monday said all eligible electors left out of Bihar’s draft electoral roll published on Aug 1 can file their claim in Form 6, along with a copy of their Aadhaar, before Sept 1.Similarly, if any ineligible elector has been included in the draft roll, any aggrieved elector of that assembly constituency […]

MUMBAI: Torrential rain amounting to 500 mm over 84 hours disrupted normal life in the city and surrounding areas on Monday, prompting the IMD to issue the season’s first red alert for Aug 18-19.BMC and the civic bodies of Navi Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Mira Bhayander declared a holiday for all schools and colleges on […]

Chris Evert dismisses links between Emma Raducanu Carlos Alcaraz and her past with Jimmy Connors (Image via Getty) Chris Evert has reacted to the ongoing comparisons between Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz, and her past relationship with Jimmy Connors. The tennis legend made it clear that the younger duo are just friends and not in […]

NDA VP candidate CP Radhakrishnan with Tamil Nadu CM and DMK chief MK Stalin CHENNAI: NDA’s decision to field C P Radhakrishnan as its vice-presidential candidate has put DMK in a political bind.To reject a candidate from Tamil Nadu could be portrayed as disregarding Tamil pride, a line rivals are expected to play up in […]

Trump and Zelenskyy pose for a group photo with European leaders before heading for their meeting. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had a “very good conversation” with US President Donald Trump ahead of their multilateral meeting with other European leaders.“I think that we had a very good conversation with President Trump,” he said. “We […]

Air Canada employees and union members protest outside the Air Canada headquarters in Montreal. (AP) The strike by over 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants entered its third day on Monday, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded amid the peak summer travel season. The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) had declared the stoppage illegal and […]

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu govt has decided to provide subsidies and grants to fabless design firms and set up common testing facilities, under the state’s semiconductor Mission 2030, to become competitive in the chip value chain.The state plans to provide financial incentives to “Tamil Nadu-based entities” engaged in semiconductor design for integrated circuits (ICs), chipsets, […]