Category: Events

India’s Varun Chakaravarthy (Image: IANS) NEW DELHI: For a cricketer who made his international debut at 29, Varun Chakravarthy measures time differently.Now, at 35, he has just lived through a rollercoaster year: a T20 World Cup title on home soil where he finished as India’s joint-highest wicket-taker with 14 wickets, an IPL campaign played through...

Footage released by the Coast Guard showed flames engulfing parts of the MV June Aster Five people were killed and 87 remained missing after a ferry caught fire off Palawan in the western Philippines on Wednesday night, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Thursday.Footage released by the Coast Guard showed flames engulfing parts of...

Pakistan U-19 cricket team A group of masked protesters gathered outside a four-star hotel in Portsmouth after wrongly believing that a group of asylum seekers had been taken there. They later discovered that the people staying at the hotel were members of Pakistan’s Under-19 cricket team.Around 40 people gathered outside the Marriott hotel on Tuesday...

The National Investigation Agency filed a charge sheet detailing the Red Fort vehicle-borne IED attack. NEW DELHI: On Nov 10 last year, 13 minutes before the explosive-laden i20 exploded near Red Fort, bomber Umar-un-Nabi tried to park the car near ‘Lal Mandir’ in Chandni Chowk — suggesting it was the first target — but was...

Brazil’s Vinicius Junior (AP Photo) Brazil head coach Carlo Ancelotti has begun reshaping the national team after their disappointing 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign, naming a 26-man squad for the upcoming friendlies against Australia and India.The squad includes some of Brazil’s biggest names, with Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior, Barcelona winger Raphinha and Paris Saint-Germain...

‘Hanuman Ansh’ continues its remarkable theatrical run on Day 34. The Shobhinaw Satyaa and Chandan Anand starrer has emerged as a surprise blockbuster after gaining momentum several weeks into its release. According to Sacnilk, the film collected Rs 10.25 cr net in India on its 34th day. The collection came from 7,810 shows, with an...

West Asia conflict likely hindrance to cementing BRICS declaration NEW DELHI: India’s push for agreement at the BRICS summit beginning Sept 12 faces divisions among its members over the West Asia conflict.Russian officials, speaking to their country’s media, have acknowledged difficult negotiations, while Brazilian reporting has raised doubts about a strong final declaration. Yet Chinese...

NEW DELHI: Citing Article 20(1) of the Constitution which shields persons from prosecution for an act which is not an offence under existing penal laws, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked whether a husband can be prosecuted for marital rape when the law categorically states that it is not an offence, even as it agreed...

Roundthwaite Common, Tebay An ambitious upland restoration project in Cumbria has turned a once-bare area of sheep-grazed fell into a thriving habitat, bringing back lost native woodland and attracting 11 new breeding bird species since 2016. The project at Tebay Common began in 2012 through a partnership between local farmers, landowner Lonsdale Estates, and the...

Creating a multi-layered security grid in Delhi, one Brics at a time NEW DELHI: When the ‘Flying Kremlin’ and other ultra-secure aircraft touch down in Delhi this weekend, they won’t just bring Russian President Vladimir Putin and other high-profile world leaders to the Brics Summit, they will land with a fully autonomous fortress-on-wheels featuring personal...