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U.S. President Donald Trump. FIle | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday (November 14, 2025) he has “sort of” made up his mind about Venezuela, as his escalating military deployment in Latin America has ignited concerns about a wider regional conflict. “I sort of made up my mind,” Mr. Trump told reporters

Purple patch: The batters along with Mayank have been in stellar form. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Exactly 21 months ago, Chandigarh faced Karnataka for the first time in the Ranji Trophy at the KSCA Stadium here and managed to salvage a draw despite conceding the first-innings lead. Now, as Chandigarh returns to the same venue for its

One year after Donald J. Trump was elected for a second time as President of the United States in November 2024, his MAGA movement is in turmoil–and that too on a question that was thought to be an eternal consensus in American domestic politics. Israel has so divided the MAGA camp that its key influencers

Jammu & Kashmir captain Paras Dogra is brimming with confidence following his team’s strong start to this season’s Ranji Trophy. Ahead of their crucial clash against Hyderabad on Sunday, Dogra spoke exclusively to the The Hindu, reflecting on the team’s impressive victory over Delhi, his own rich form with the bat, and the influence of

High-stakes: J&K skipper Dogra would want to prove the win against Delhi wasn’t a fluke. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Sixty-five years is a long time — long enough for certain results to remain stubbornly out of reach. Last week in Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir finally broke that pattern, sealing its first-ever Ranji Trophy win over Delhi.

RAIPUR: The Chhattisgarh Karamchari Adhikari Federation (CKAF) has urged the State government to create a separate budget provision for dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) for State employees, pensioners and All-India Service officers, similar to the system followed by the Bihar government. Federation state convenor Kamal Verma wrote to the Chief Minister and the

Bihar’s business leaders and analysts are optimistic following the NDA’s election victory, anticipating a surge in stability, infrastructure development, and investment. They believe political continuity will accelerate economic reforms and attract significant capital, particularly from outside the state, to boost job creation and industrial growth. The focus is now on effective execution of existing policies.

Adam Peaty and Holly Ramsay (via Holly Ramsay/ Instagram) Olympic champion Adam Peaty has cancelled a two-day event in the United States after receiving sinister threats linked to his explosive family feud. The British swimmer was scheduled to travel to Orlando, Florida, this weekend for a major training clinic organised by his AP Race company.

Today, as votes are being counted for all 243 seats of the Bihar Assembly, the spotlight is firmly on alliances, caste arithmetic and swing constituencies. But quietly—almost as a counter-narrative to the feverish ticker bars—another question is circulating through student groups, coaching hostels and parent WhatsApp chats: What have Bihar’s netas actually studied, and does

After being written off by rivals and pundits, Nitish Kumar has reasserted his dominance in Bihar. His welfare politics and women-centric outreach trumped caste arithmetic again, even as the BJP quietly prepares for a post-Nitish future On the day the Bihar election schedule was announced, a cocky Tejashwi Yadav, whose Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is