KOLKATA, India (AP) — Lionel Messi’s much-hyped tour of India got off to a rocky start Saturday with angry fans throwing bottles and attempting to vandalize a stadium after many of them failed to get more than just a glimpse of their hero.

Angry fans ripped up seats at Kolkata's Salt Lake stadium as the Argentine soccer star appeared to cut short an appearance after just 20 minutes.

Lionel Messi's first public appearance for the GOAT India Tour 2025 has ended in a total chaos. The fans got angry after he left the stadium after just 10 minutes. Bottles were thrown inside the stadium and barricades were broken at the venue.

After serving up a perfect riposte in Mullanpur, Aiden Markram's South Africa will aim to make a decisive leap ahead in the T20I series when they face Suryakumar Yadav's India in the third T20I at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala on Sunday.

Dec 15 (Reuters) - ICICI Prudential Asset Management's $1.2 billion initial public offering was lapped up on the second day of bidding on Monday as institutional investors lined up for a piece of India's second-largest fund manager.

Days after the attack on anti-India and anti-Sheikh Hasina radical leader Sharif Osman Hadi, the Yunus administration has sought India's help to arrest and hand over the shooters. This comes even as the Dhaka Metropolitan Police said there was no verified evidence the assailants crossed into India.

An espionage thriller set in Pakistan, Dhurandhar has provoked a sharp debate over its political messaging.

Aiden Markram helped South Africa avoid another unwanted batting record but it wasn't enough to stop India winning a lopsided third Twenty20 match by seven wickets on Sunday. Put into bat, South Africa rallied from 7-3 to 117 all out in 20 overs and India replied with 120-3 in 15.

Motorola Edge 70 is launching in India today. It is expected to feature an ultra-slim 5.99mm design, 6.7-inch 1.5K AMOLED display, triple 50MP cameras, Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 chip, 5,000mAh battery, fast and wireless charging.

Irawati Karve (1905–1970) was India’s first female anthropologist, a fearless scholar who challenged Nazi racial science in Berlin and redefined caste and kinship in India. Author of ‘Yuganta’, she bridged myth and modernity,

The Gujarati town accounts for nearly 98 percent of India’s total and about a third of the global ship recycling volume.