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Ireland players after winning the series against India. (Video grab) NEW DELHI: Jai Moondra admitted he was still struggling to believe what had just happened after inspiring Ireland to one of the greatest moments in the country’s cricket history, as emotional celebrations broke out following the hosts’ stunning 2-0 T20I series sweep over reigning world...

European infrastructure hit amid heatwave European infrastructure is struggling under an intense heatwave, with roads melting, tram tracks buckling and transport networks disrupted as record-breaking temperatures sweep across the continent, according to reports and videos shared online.The extreme weather has damaged highways, delayed trains, strained power grids and overwhelmed hospitals, while temperatures crossed 40 degrees...

Giribala Singh (R), mother-in-law of deceased Twisha Sharma (L) BHOPAL: Three masked men allegedly broke into the Bhopal residence of former district judge Giribala Singh and her advocate son, Samarth Singh, on Saturday night and fled with valuables, police said.Giribala Singh and Samarth Singh are currently in judicial custody in connection with the suspicious death...

Ukraine targets Russian oil refinery (X) Ukrainian drone strikes sparked a major fire at one of southern Russia’s largest oil refineries overnight, as Kyiv continued its campaign targeting Russia’s energy infrastructure.According to Krasnodar region governor Veniamin Kondratyev, debris from downed Ukrainian drones ignited a blaze at the refinery in Slavyansk-na-Kubani, east of Russian-occupied Crimea.The attack...

England’s captain Ben Stokes (AP Photo) Ben Stokes has finally explained the deeply personal reasons behind one of the most shocking retirement announcements in modern cricket, revealing that the emotional scars from England’s disastrous Ashes campaign in Australia left him feeling he had “no more fight” to continue representing his country.The England captain stunned the...

The family’s car, reportedly being reversed after a missed exit, was violently struck from behind by a speeding SUV. MEERUT: Four members of a family from Haryana’s Sonipat district were killed and three others suffered critical injuries after their car was hit from behind by a speeding SUV on the busy Delhi-Dehradun expressway in Rampur...

NEW DELHI: Delhiites lay exposed to lethal levels of heat stress both during the day and night Sunday as the ‘feels like’ temperature stayed above 50 degrees C while night temperature surged to the highest recorded in June in two years.A heatwave added to the woes. Day temperatures at Safdarjung, Delhi’s base station, topped at...

Turning tide: NHAI hits fast lane in arbitration on stricter monitoring NEW DELHI: NHAI, which handles the highest number of arbitration cases among govt agencies, seems to have seen its fortune change in some recent outcomes due to a greater focus on quality of arbitrators, stricter monitoring of cases and use of AI. Last week,...

Australia’s Ellyse Perry in action during the Women’s T20 World Cup match between India and Australia at Lord’s Cricket Ground, in London, Sunday June 28, 2026. (AP) India captain Harmanpreet Kaur admitted her team did not play to its expected level and said it was time to “rethink” after their six-wicket defeat to Australia knocked...

India’s Tilak Varma (PTI) Tilak Varma‘s fighting half-century was one of the few positives for India in their dramatic one-run defeat to Ireland in the second T20I on Sunday, but the left-hander also found himself on an unwanted list after registering one of the slowest fifties by an Indian in T20 Internationals.Walking in with India...