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Pandya power: All-rounder goes on rampage; helps Baroda put 417 in Vijay Hazare Trophy | Cricket News

Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya NEW DELHI: Baroda posted 417 for 4 against Hyderabad in their Elite Group B Vijay Hazare Trophy match in Rajkot on Wednesday, led by an unbeaten century from captain Krunal Pandya.RCB all-rounder Krunal Pandya led from the front with an unbeaten century.Krunal walked in after the top order had set a […]

‘World stands with you, Matto’: Cricket fraternity sends prayers as Damien Martyn battles meningitis | Cricket News

Damien Martyn (Image credit: Instagram) NEW DELHI: Former Australian cricketer Damien Martyn has been rushed to hospital and placed in an induced coma after being diagnosed with meningitis, media reports said on Wednesday.The former batsman, who represented Australia in 67 Tests between 1992 and 2006 and featured in 208 one-day internationals, was admitted on Boxing […]

World record: Deepti Sharma becomes highest wicket-taker in women’s T20Is | Cricket News

Deepti Sharma (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: India all-rounder Deepti Sharma etched her name in history by becoming the highest wicket-taker in women’s T20 Internationals, claiming her 152nd scalp during the fifth T20I against Sri Lanka in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday.The landmark wicket helped Deepti overtake Australia pacer Megan Schutt (151) at the top of the charts. […]

No more subsidy for electric three-wheelers: Govt meets target; ends relief

NEW DELHI: The Centre has decided to end the subsidy for electric three-wheelers after it met the target of 2.9 vehicles under PM e-Drive on Friday. In the three-wheeler segment, EV penetration is estimated at around 32%, which is in line with the target the Centre had set for itself, and is now leaving it […]

West Bengal SIR deaths: Kin file complaints against CEC, state poll body chief; Election Commission reacts | India News

Bengal SIR: Durjan Majhi, who died by suicide hours before SIR hearing; Jamat Ali, who died at home after getting a hearing notice; a young mother at a hearing venue with her 3-month-old child; 90-year-old Muktibala Paramanik being brought to a hearing centre PURULIA/TAMLUK: Families of two elderly voters who died on Monday, after receiving […]

‘Home I dug for myself’: 80-year-old Telangana man builds his final resting place; tends to it daily | India News

HYDERABAD: An old man bends over granite slabs waiting beside a neatly edged pit. Plants line edges. This is not a garden. It is preparation for death. It is his grave. Nakka Indrayya, 80, has dug his own resting place in Jagtial district of northern Telangana, about 200km from Hyderabad. He chose a plot close […]

INDW vs SLW: India seal T20I series 5-0 as Harmanpreet Kaur, Arundhati lift hosts past Sri Lanka | Cricket News

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: India’s batting depth got a stern stress test under Thiruvananthapuram’s evening skies against Sri Lanka. But captain Harmanpreet Kaur stood calm as a lighthouse in choppy waters to score a dazzling 43-ball 68, after the hosts were asked to take first strike. A late ambush — 47 runs plundered from the final three overs […]

‘Red line’: Why Saudi Arabia attacked Yemen, gave stark warning to UAE – explained

Saudi Arabia’s airstrikes on Yemen’s southern port city of Mukalla this week have exposed a sharp and public rupture inside what was once a unified Gulf-backed coalition. What began as a complex war against the Iran-aligned Houthi movement has now evolved into an open confrontation between partners who once fought on the same side. Saudi-UAE […]

Salman Khan’s ‘Battle of Galwan’ in trouble? Chinese media flags movie; criticises it for ‘distorting facts’ | India News

NEW DELHI: Chinese state backed Global Times has criticised Salman Khan‘s upcoming movie, ‘Battle of Galwan’, claiming that the film was “distorting facts”.“Bollywood films at most provide an entertainment-driven, emotionally charged portrayal, but no amount of cinematic exaggeration can rewrite the history or shake the PLA’s determination to defend China’s sovereign territory,” Global Times cited […]

‘Fear, corruption have become Bengal’s identity: Amit Shah hints at Mamata, TMC; takes ‘bhaipo’ dig | India News

Mamata Banerjee and Amit Shah (R) NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday launched a pointed attack on West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee, accusing her government of not allotting land to establish border fence on border with neighbouring Bangladesh, enabling infiltration through the state’s eastern borders.However, CM […]