India Win Silver in Women's 10m Air Rifle Team Event at Asian Games

North Central Railway announces 1,000+ special train trips for Durga Puja, Diwali, Chhath

Ohio farmer changed how he worked 700 acres; family operation grew to 8,000 acres

How Soviet Russia Turned Chess Into a State-Backed Tool of Power and Education

Indian Grandmaster Aarav Dengla examines in his latest Grandmaster View column how the Bolsheviks systematically transformed chess from a pursuit of Russian aristocrats into a state-sponsored instrument. The Soviet regime promoted the game as a means of mass education, military training, and cultural revolution following the Bolshevik rise to power. Dengla traces the journey from early figures like Ilyin-Zhenevsky and the Red Army's chess programmes to world champions such as Botvinnik, Tal, Karpov, and Kasparov. This century-long state-backed initiative gave rise to the formidable Soviet chess machine that dominated global competition for decades. The column argues that the legacy of that experiment continues to influence the structure and culture of competitive chess worldwide.

Three killed, one critical as speeding BMW crashes on Mumbai Coastal Road

A BMW speeding along Mumbai's Coastal Road crashed early Sunday morning, leaving three people dead and one critically injured. The vehicle was travelling from Marine Drive toward Haji Ali at the time of the accident. Two of the deceased have been identified as Shanay Gajjal and Dhirya Seth, while a third victim, a 25-year-old man, remains unidentified. A 20-year-old survivor is reported to be in critical condition. Authorities have attributed the crash to alleged overspeeding by the driver.