Since the T20 World Cup 2024, India have registered 14 totals of 200 or more in T20Is, double the number managed by any other side in the same period. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: India once again underlined why they are regarded as the most destructive batting unit in the shortest format, riding on blistering half-centuries...
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Bangladesh polls: Khaleda Zia’s BNP heads for big win, Jamaat lags
Tarique Rahman DHAKA: Tarique Rahman-led BNP was cruising to the halfway mark of 150 – winning 120 of the 300 parliamentary seats and leading in 55 more – leaving behind its rival and Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, on Thursday, as counting was under way after Bangladeshis voted in the first national election since the...
act check: Viral crash video falsely linked to Jutta Leerdam wardrobe malfunction
Fact Check: Did Jutta Leerdam suffer wardrobe malfunction at Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics after viral crash video surfaced? (Image via Getty) Jutta Leerdam did not suffer any wardrobe malfunction at the Winter Olympics. The viral video spreading online does not show her. The crash in the clip actually involved another Dutch skater, Suzanne Schulting,...
You can’t just go and think’: Rohit warns India ahead of Pakistan clash
Rohit Sharma warns Team India ahead of T20 World Cup clash against Pakistan (Photo by PTI and AP) NEW DELHI: Former India captain Rohit Sharma has warned Team India not to take their high-profile T20 World Cup 2026 clash against Pakistan lightly, even though they are favourites on paper. India face Pakistan on February 15...
Deepen ties with masses, PM Modi tells Kerala BJP
(Photo: PTI) NEW DELHI: Ahead of assembly elections in Kerala, PM Narendra Modi delivered a pep talk to party members recently elected to the state’s local bodies and asked them to build up its agenda of good governance and deepen its connect with the masses, asserting that voters are fed up with the ruling LDF...
Ladakh returned to normalcy after Sonam Wangchuk detention, govt tells SC
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday told Supreme Court that normalcy returned in the UT of Ladakh after the detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and the decision to take him into custody proved to be right and justified. Additional solicitor general (ASG) K M Nataraj told a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P...
Potholes killed 9,438 from 2020 to 2024: Govt
NEW DELHI: Potholes claimed 9,438 lives over five years, from 2020 to 2024, according to govt data. Uttar Pradesh alone reported 5,127 of these fatalities, more than half of all pothole-related deaths, while more than half a dozen states and UTs, including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, and Chandigarh, reported “zero” road crashes, injuries, or deaths...
US-returned Bengaluru techie accused of killing parents faces psychiatric issues, says police
BENGALURU: The investigation into the murder of a couple by their 33-year-old son in an upscale villa community in the tech corridor has taken an intriguing turn: Cops have learnt that the accused was grappling with serious psychiatric issues.Rohan Bhat, the US-returned software engineer who was arrested by HAL police, was Thursday sent to Nimhans...
Defence ministry inks Rs 2,312-crore deal with HAL for 8 Dornier aircraft for Coast Guard
Dornier aircraft NEW DELHI: Giving a push to ‘Make-in-India’ initiative, the defence ministry on Thursday inked a Rs 2,312 crore contract with defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for production of eight Dornier 228 Aircraft for the Indian Coast Guard.The contract was signed under the “buy (Indian) category” in the presence of defence secretary Rajesh...
Defence council clears 114 Rafale jets; mega deal set to be India’s biggest ever
NEW DELHI: Paving the way for the ‘mother of all defence deals’, defence minister Rajnath Singh-led Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on Thursday approved the acquisition of 114 Rafale fighter jets from France, just five days ahead of the arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron in India.Though the defence ministry did not provide the exact cost...
