Defending champions Argentina will face Cape Verde in a FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32 knockout match in Miami. It’s a classic David-versus-Goliath encounter that brings together one of the tournament favourites and its surprise debutant knockout side.
While the probe into the death of 26-year-old Ketan Agarwal continues, investigators have found that the realtor’s fiancé Siya Goyal and her lover Chetan Chaudhary used chat with each other in a coded language, which included using emoticons and nicknames, officials said on Friday.
The fight for control of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) intensified on Friday after the rebel faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee took control of the party’s main office in the Metropolitan area of Kolkata in West Bengal. The rival faction entered the premises, changed the locks, put up new posters, and held a meeting before declaring that they would control the building from now.
Tamil actor Ravi Mohan, formerly known as Jayam Ravi, has reportedly become the victim of a theft at his Chennai home. His driver has now been arrested after allegedly stealing cash and valuables from the actor’s home. While police have recovered Rs 2.5 lakh in cash, a diamond necklace reportedly worth Rs 10 lakh is still missing.
Days after Pakistan warned India against disrupting its share of water under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), the Centre on Friday reiterated that there has been no change in its position, asserting that the treaty will remain in abeyance until Islamabad takes credible and irreversible steps to end its support for cross-border terrorism.
Portugal face Croatia in the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32 on Friday morning, with a place in the last 16 against Spain at stake after Luis de la Fuente’s side eliminated Austria earlier in the day. Two of Europe’s most experienced international teams meet in Toronto, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Luka Modric leading their nations, with the hope of extending their World Cup campaigns.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) on Thursday issued notices to messaging platforms Telegram and Signal over their existing ‘username’ feature, reported news agency PTI citing sources. The development comes a day after a similar notice was sent to Meta-owned instant messaging mobile application WhatsApp.
Investigators are planning to conduct the polygraph test of Siya Goyal in connection with their probe over the death of 26-year-old realtor Ketan Agarwal in Maharashtra’s Pune, said sources on Thursday. Siya, who was Ketan’s fiancé, has given her consent for the polygraph test, which is expected to be conducted in the upcoming days.
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) is likely to approve several defence projects, including the acquisition of HAMMER air-to-ground precision-guided munitions for the Rafale and Tejas fighter jets, man-portable anti-tank guided missiles (MP-ATGM), and fixed-wing pseudo-satellites, when it meets on Friday, said sources on Thursday.
India and Japan entered a new phase of defence cooperation on Thursday with the co-development of the Unified Complex Radio Antenna (UNICORN) mast for Indian Navy warships.
