Spread the love LUDHIANA: One moment they were singing bhajans, the next they were in the river, flailing about in a life-and-death struggle. Still in shock from their close shave, the survivors of Friday’s Vrindavan boat tragedy are struggling to come to grips with what happened and aren’t sure how many of them made it out alive.Vrindavan circle officer Peetam...
Bumrah or Hazlewood, doesn’t matter: Sooryavanshi says ‘play the ball, not bowler’
Spread the love The other day it was Jasprit Bumrah. On Friday, Josh Hazlewood faced the same treatment from the wonder kid Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, as the 15-year-old said that he “plays the ball” and “not the bowler”.Sooryavanshi scored 78 off 26 balls as Rajasthan Royals (RR) chased down Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) total of 201 with two overs remaining.He also...
In Pictures | Artemis II’s voyage to the moon and back
Spread the love On April 10, 2026, NASA astronauts Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover and Mission Specialist Christina Koch and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, splashed down in the Pacific, successfully concluding their journey to the moon and back. It was the first time in over 50 years that humans had been in the vicinity of the...
Quote of the day: Desire beyond this world points to another, says CS Lewis
Spread the love One of the most iconic writers and thinkers of the 20th century was Clive Staples Lewis, popularly known as C.S. Lewis. He was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1898. His family valued books, creativity, and a love of learning. Lewis liked stories and myths from a young age. He and his brother would often tell each other...
‘A perfect mission’: Artemis II astronauts return to Earth
Spread the love The NASA spacecraft carrying four astronauts splashed down as planned Friday (April 10, 2026) off the California coast, capping the US space agency’s successful crewed test mission around the Moon, the first such flyby in more than 50 years. Mission commander Reid Wiseman reported that the crewmembers — himself along with Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Jeremy...
Drama in PSL over Usman Tariq’s action: Batter walks away vs Pak spinner – Watch
Spread the love Photo/screengrab The Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2026 saw a fresh controversy on Friday in a match between the Quetta Gladiators and the Rawalpindiz, as Daryl Mitchell pulled out twice during Usman Tariq’s bowling pause.The New Zealand batter raised concerns about the long pause in Tariq’s action before release. Mitchell walked away twice during the over, before the...
Varma goes down protesting: ‘Asked to answer the unanswerable’
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Justice Yashwant Varma of Allahabad high court may have submitted his resignation to President Droupadi Murmu on Friday, but he went down crying foul.In a letter simultaneously addressed to Supreme Court Justice Aravind Kumar, who is head of the judges’ inquiry committee, the controversial HC judge faulted the committee’s procedure to test veracity of the...
Highest-ever women voter turnout in Kerala, Assam and Puducherry
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Women aced voter turnout in Assam, Kerala and Puducherry on Thursday, not only recording their highest-ever polling percentage but also surpassing the male voter turnout in the two states and the Union territory. A whopping 91.4% of the female electorate in Puducherry, 86.5% in Assam and 81.2% in Kerala voted. In comparison, the male voter...
‘Intended to marry minor’: Man, 9 others held for murder of pregnant wife, 2 daughters
Spread the love Bizman, 9 others held for murder of pregnant wife, minor daughters WARANGAL: About ten days after a three-month-pregnant woman and her two daughters, aged nine and five, were found dead in a private swimming pool on the outskirts of Warangal, police on Friday arrested ten individuals, including the woman’s husband — the prime accused.According to Warangal police...
Yashwant Varma’s resignation may open graft-probe window
Spread the love Yashwant Varma (File photo) NEW DELHI: Friday’s resignation saves Justice Yashwant Varma from the ignominy of defending himself in Parliament in a debate on the motion to remove him as a judge. However, it might open a window for the authorities to order an investigation into the source of the money found in a judge’s official residence...
