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Yash Dayal (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) BENGALURU : Putting speculation around Yash Dayal to rest, Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s director of cricket Mo Bobat on Tuesday confirmed that the leftarm pacer will not be part of this season’s IPL. Dayal, who has been dealing with legal issues, has not joined the RCB squad, which began training at...

Representative Image NEW DELHI: New Delhi remained the world’s most polluted capital city for the eighth consecutive year, according to the World Air Quality Report 2025, released on Tuesday by Swiss firm IQAir.The city recorded an annual PM2.5 concentration of 82.2 micrograms per cubic metre, nearly 16.4 times the WHO’s safe limit of five micrograms...

US president Donald Trump has shared a 15-point proposal with Iran aimed at ending the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, saying that it “all starts with, they cannot have a nuclear weapon,” signalling a renewed diplomatic push even as military operations continue, according to a report by the NYT citing officials privy to the...

Sunrisers Hyderabad (PTI Photo) Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will begin their IPL 2026 campaign on March 28 against defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). SRH underwent a major transformation in 2024 when Pat Cummins took over as captain, bringing an aggressive approach to the team. The change paid off as SRH reached the IPL 2024 final...

‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge,’ starring Ranveer Singh, Rakesh Bedi, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, and others, is enjoying its first week run at the box office. Released on March 19, 2026, the movie shattered records with impressive debut weekend numbers. Like any other film, the weekday collections are no match for the weekend run, yet ‘Dhurandhar: The...

US President Donald Trump said Iran has agreed it will “never have a nuclear weapon”, even as fighting in the region continued and Tehran publicly denied that formal negotiations are underway.Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump projected confidence that diplomatic efforts were gaining traction after nearly a month of war. “The...

MUMBAI: Aditya Birla Group, The Times of India Group, Bolt Ventures, and Blackstone have signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), current holders of both the Indian Premier League and Women’s Premier League titles, from United Spirits Ltd (USL), a subsidiary of Diageo Plc. The transaction has valued the franchise...

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan gives a press conference at his home, in Lahore, Pakistan, on May 18, 2023. (AP Photo) Former Pakistan Prime Minister and ex-cricketer Imran Khan has alleged that his wife Bushra Bibi is facing “inhumane treatment” in prison and claimed that authorities are using her to “blackmail” him.The remarks came...

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced the formation of seven empowered groups to assess the implications of the ongoing military conflict in West Asia on energy supplies, essential commodities and supply chains, and chart a strategy to cushion its impact on the Indian economy.In a statement in Rajya Sabha, Modi said the conflict...

Harish Rana NEW DELHI: Harish Rana, the first patient in India to be permitted passive euthanasia under a Supreme Court order, passed away Tuesday after spending 13 years in a vegetative state. The end came at 4.10pm at AIIMS, with family by his side, marking the culmination of a legal battle over the right to...