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Rishabh Pant’s decline in T20s (Photo: Screengrab/X) Rishabh Pant finally gave Lucknow Super Giants something to cheer about on Thursday night, remaining unbeaten on 32 off 10 balls as LSG edged Royal Challengers Bengaluru by nine runs via the DLS method in Lucknow in match 49 of IPL 2026. While Mitchell Marsh’s blistering 111 and...

IPL trophy MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has warned IPL franchises about the dangers of ‘targeted compromise and honey-trapping’ during the league, while simultaneously tightening security, access and behavioural protocols around players, support staff and franchise owners. In a detailed seven-page advisory sent to franchises on Thursday night, BCCI secretary...

Four days after delivering a historic mandate and ending the 49-year duopoly of DMK and AIADMK over Tamil Nadu politics, Vijay’s TVK still finds itself in a flux. The party secured a historic 108 seats, falling just short of the majority of 118 seats. However, new entrant Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, despite its newfound ties with...

MUMBAI: The prosecution failed to establish that Sohrabuddin Shaikh and his wife Kausar Bi were abducted by the Gujarat and Rajasthan police in the early hours of 23rd November 2005 from a luxury bus from a place near Jahirabad nor has it proved by any circumstantial evidence that 21 police officers were complicit in a...

The fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran appeared dangerously close to collapse on Friday after fresh military exchanges in and around the Strait of Hormuz reignited fears of a wider Middle East conflict. The latest escalation came after the US military said it intercepted Iranian missiles, drones and fast attack boats targeting three...

The world’s busiest oil supply passage is in a chokehold, and the ripple effects are being felt across nearly every corner of the globe. The pressure is already showing up everywhere: at petrol stations, in grocery bills, and along global trade routes. The conflict, which has continued to intensify since February 28, has already pushed...

Rupee began its last trading session of the week in red, falling 45 paise against the US dollar to 94.67 in early trade as rising crude oil prices and fresh tensions around the Strait of Hormuz dragged down market sentiment.Opening at 94.58 in the interbank foreign exchange market, the domestic currency slipped further as the...

Harassed in a suspected relationship, a 17-year-old Class 12 student took the extreme step on Wednesday at her house in Khoh village. GURGAON: Harassed in a suspected relationship, a 17-year-old Class 12 student took the extreme step on Wednesday at her house in Khoh village. The victim left a two-page suicide note in which she...

Virat Kohli meets Prince Yadav after getting out for duck (Image: Screengrab/X) Virat Kohli shared a warm moment with Prince Yadav after the young Lucknow Super Giants pacer dismissed the RCB superstar for a silver duck with one of the deliveries of IPL 2026 on Thursday night.Playing in a rain-curtailed 19-over contest at the Ekana...

MK Stalin, Vijay, Edappadi Palaniswami NEW DELHI: The single-largest party, yet still short of the Chennai throne. Mega movie star Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam emerged as a formidable force in Tamil Nadu, disrupting the decades-long dominance of the DMK and AIADMK with a sweeping cinematic wave. However, the road to power remains uncertain, as the...