Suryakumar Yadav of India speaks to his team mates (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Former Sri Lanka cricketer Russel Arnold acknowledges that nothing in cricket compares to the joy of defeating India. With the Asia Cup underway, Arnold feels Sri Lanka have the firepower to challenge — and potentially derail — India’s campaign…
The AIFF plans to organise the Super Cup from Oct 25 to Nov 22 in a phased manner Panaji: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has sought support from the Goa Football Association (GFA) to host the Super Cup at two venues later this year.The AIFF plans to organise the Super Cup from Oct 25…
VARANASI: Nepal’s first woman PM (of an interim govt), Sushila Karki, has an MA in political science from Banaras Hindu University in 1975, and a husband from the same university who carried out Nepal’s first hijacking. Durga Prasad Subedi, the husband, was one of three men who commandeered a Royal Nepal Airlines de Havilland DHC-6…
England batsman Phil Salt and Jos Buttler (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) Phil Salt lit up Old Trafford with a record-breaking knock as England posted their biggest Twenty20 win by runs, crushing South Africa by 146 runs on Friday night. Salt smashed an unbeaten 141, the fastest and highest T20 century by an England batter,…
Lucknow: DGP Rajeev Krishna on Friday came down heavily on six district police chiefs over their failure to properly monitor public complaints.The action came during a statewide review meeting held via video conference. The meeting focused on five areas — public grievance redressal, law and order, cybercrime, women’s safety. Reviewing grievance data from June to…
Unfazed by the uncertainty hanging over the proposed summit in November, Quad cooperation at the ground level remains intact with the focus this month on counterterrorism workshops.These will include a technical exchange on misuse of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)/ drones by terrorists and a seminar on preventing terrorist exploitation of new and emerging technologies including…
MUMBAI: Sebi on Friday unveiled reforms easing minimum dilution norms for IPO-bound companies, and creating a single-window system for low-risk foreign investors like sovereign wealth funds, central banks, and retail funds, eliminating repeated paperwork.The relaxation comes amid rising foreign outflows, driven by steep US tariffs, weak earnings and rich valuations. Overseas investors have withdrawn $11.7…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Friday came to the rescue of a meritorious girl, who was denied admission to a Sainik School in Uttarakhand on the ground that certain deformities would disqualify her from joining National Defence Academy, and an OBC woman who was not made a constable because she had a minor squint.Prakriti Maulekhi scored…
NEW DELHI: Observing that the plight of tax-paying middle-class homebuyers presents a disheartening picture as their “dream home” has been reduced to an unfinished building despite paying EMIs, SC Friday said govt cannot remain a silent spectator to the woes faced by lakhs of homebuyers across the country and appealed to Centre to infuse funds…
Jividha Sharma, who was last seen in Ashutosh Gowariker’s Mohenjo Daro, made her Bollywood debut in Taal as Aishwarya Rai’s younger sister. She later went on to play the lead in Yeh Dil Aashiqanaa (2002), a silver jubilee hit. However, despite the film’s success, Jividha soon disappeared from the big screen. In an April 2025…
