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Deepti Sharma (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: India all-rounder Deepti Sharma is on the brink of rewriting cricket history as she prepares to take the field against Bangladesh in India’s fourth Group A match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 on Thursday.The 28-year-old off-spinner is currently tied with former India pace legend Jhulan Goswami...

54-year-old Sylvie Yasmina was rescued earlier this week from a mud-brick house in Bara, a town near the Afghanistan border A French woman and her five children have been rescued by Pakistan police after she alleged that she was held captive by her husband for more than a decade and subjected to years of physical...

A key breakthrough came when investigators reviewed CCTV footage from Lohagad Fort and allegedly spotted a hooded man trailing Ketan and Siya on the day of the incident. NEW DELHI: What began as an engagement that was meant to culminate in a lavish wedding has now turned into a murder investigation that has shocked Pune....

A tourist from Karnataka tragically drowned in North Goa after slipping from treacherous rocks near Baga-Arpora. PANAJI: A 34-year-old tourist from Karnataka drowned after slipping from rocks along the Baga-Arpora coastline in North Goa on Wednesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Ashpaq Masli, a resident of Bijapur, Karnataka. According to officials, he had climbed onto...

Anushka Yadav (Pic credit: AFI) NEW DELHI: A star was born at the National Inter-State Championships on Wednesday as Uttar Pradesh’s 18-year-old hammer thrower Anushka Yadav produced a stunning performance to rewrite Indian athletics history and become the youngest national record holder in the country.Competing at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, the teenager from Baleni...

How US President trumped India with fake tariff numbers The TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump has long treated numbers the way a toddler treats Lego blocks: useful, colorful, and fungible – depending on the story he wants to weave. The latest example comes from “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald...

A paying guest owner in Bengaluru tragically died after being brutally assaulted by two students over a dispute involving a water tap BENGALURU: Before he succumbed to injuries sustained in a brutal assault by two youths over the use of a water tap, the paying guest (PG) owner told his son that he would return...

Image from the 146th Session of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s bid to host the 2036 Olympic Games received greater clarity on Wednesday after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved a revamped host selection process that will culminate with the announcement of the winning bid in mid-2029.At the IOC’s...

The downing of the F-15 marked the first time an American fighter aircraft had been shot down over Iran during the war. A previously undisclosed account from a US fighter pilot shot down over Iran has sparked fresh questions about the capabilities of Tehran’s drone warfare programme and whether it is benefiting from technologies already...

BMC staffer falls into flooded open drain during mayor’s inspection in Mumbai MUMBAI: Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde’s on-ground inspection of severe waterlogging in King Circle’s Gandhi Market area on Wednesday morning witnessed high drama when a BMC staffer fell waist-deep into an open drain a few feet away from where she was standing. While he...