Spread the love       Pakistan’s Hanif Mohammad (l) plays a forward defensive, watched by England wicketkeeper John Murray (r) (Photo/Getty Images) Even before Pakistan had Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Javed Miandad, or Shoaib Akhtar, it had Hanif Mohammad. Pakistan’s first great cricketer did not announce himself with power or speed, but with time. Lots of it. He built a team around...

Spread the love       Sunil Gavaskar and Shubman Gill (Photos by Getty Images and PTI) NEW DELHI: Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar shared some important advice for batter Shubman Gill after he was left out of India’s T20 World Cup 2026 squad. The decision came as a surprise to many fans, especially since Gill was also removed from the role of...

Spread the love       Funeral procession of Osman Hadi in Dhaka (ANI file photo) Western diplomatic missions in Bangladesh, including the United Nations, the United States, the European Union, Germany and France, have “unusually” mourned the death of Bangladeshi student leader Sharif Osman Hadi, issuing condolence messages after he was killed earlier this month.Former foreign secretary and diplomat Kanwal Sibal questioned...

Spread the love       Sajid Akram, one of the two men behind the deadly Bondi Beach attack on December 14, had been homeless and living in a series of short-term Airbnbs across Sydney for at least six months before the massacre, new reports show.Even after his death, his estranged wife has refused to claim his body. Now the government is responsible...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance on Sunday recorded a decisive victory in Maharashtra’s local body elections, with the party claiming 48 per cent of councillor seats and winning 129 municipal council presidencies.Counting of votes for 286 municipal councils and nagar panchayats, conducted in two phases, showed the BJP emerging as the single largest party. “48 per...

Spread the love       Screen grab from video shared by @officeofssbadal on X NEW DELHI: Senior Sikh leader and Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday condemned the disruption of a peaceful Sikh Nagar Kirtan procession in South Auckland, New Zealand, expressing concern over the threat posed to religious freedom and communal harmony.Sharing a video of the incident on...

Spread the love       SoftBank Group, owned by one of the Japan’s richest man Masayoshi Son, is reportedly racing to finalize a $22.5 billion funding commitment to ChaGPT-maker OpenAI by year-end. According to a report in Reuters, the company is employing a complex array of cash-raising tactics that include liquidating major stakes and potentially tapping billions in margin loans. The massive...

Spread the love       Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (ANI file photo) NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, currently incarcerated for now over two years, on Saturday called on his supporters to prepare for nationwide protests and announced his intention to challenge the recent Toshakhana-II verdict, which he alleged was delivered in “haste” by the Islamabad high court....

Spread the love       In a moment that made hearts skip a beat, a shoplifting suspect in Ohio narrowly failed to shoot a police officer at point-blank range inside a Walmart after his gun appeared to malfunction in a scary incident caught on bodycam.The incident occurred on Thursday in Canton when officers responded to an alleged theft involving a 21-year-old Shane...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Congress MP P Chidambaram on Sunday launched a sharp attack on Centre’s move to replace the MGNREGA, calling the removal of Mahatma Gandhi’s name from the scheme the “second killing of Mahatma Gandhi.”Addressing a press conference in Chennai, Chidambaram said the Congress would continue to oppose the new law until the earlier employment guarantee framework...