UAE offer hope of first smile to Canada (Photos by AP) NEW DELHI: If we look down the points table of the so-called Group of Death of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, the story is already familiar. New Zealand and South Africa are battling for supremacy, with Afghanistan almost sidelined after two...
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Father went on leave after Jaahnavi Kandula’s death, died 2 days before Rs 262 cr settlement
Rs 262 crore settlement for Indian student killed by US police comes 2 days after father’s death VIJAYAWADA: Nearly three years after 23-year-old Telugu student Jaahnavi Kandula was killed after she was hit by a police car in Seattle and an officer was caught on camera laughing about her death, authorities of Washington state’s largest...
Trapped for 12 hours after bike falls into mud-filled pit, UP man dies
KANPUR: In a grim reminder of the Greater Noida tragedy, a 25-year-old man remained trapped for nearly 12 hours after his motorcycle fell into a mud-filled pit on a deserted road in Kanpur Dehat, 45 km from the city, and died later while being treated at a local hospital on Wednesday. The tragedy took place...
Delhi cops quiz Penguin staff on Naravane book pre-print ‘leak’
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police’s special cell questioned some members of the publishing team at Penguin Random House India on Thursday in connection with the alleged leak of former Army chief General (retd) MM Naravane’s unpublished memoir.The interrogation, which came a day after investigators issued notice to the publishing firm, lasted two hours. There could be...
47 times over 200! India’s T20 batting numbers are just unreal
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...
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...
