Pakistan’s Noman Ali, second right, celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of South Africa’s Kyle Verreynne, right, during the second day of the first test cricket match (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Noman Ali’s impressive spin bowling performance secured four wickets, limiting South Africa to 216-6 at stumps on day two of the first Test in…
Alisha Chinai recalled Zubeen Garg’s star-like arrival, two hours late yet talented. She admired his boldness and unique voice on “Dil Tu Hi Bataa” from Krrish 3. Zubeen tragically drowned in Singapore in September, and authorities are investigating the circumstances of his death. Alisha Chinai and the late Zubeen Garg lent their voices to the…
NEW DELHI: An Air India flight operating from Nagpur to Delhi on 24 October was forced to return to Nagpur shortly after take-off following a bird strike, the airline confirmed.“Flight AI466, operating from Nagpur to Delhi, on 24 October, experienced a bird-hit shortly after take-off. The crew decided to return to Nagpur as a precautionary…
Fazal KhanLucknow: Priyam Garg‘s fine half-century helped Lucknow Falcons register their second consecutive victory in the UPT20 League, beating Kanpur Superstars by 13 runs at the Ekana Stadium on Wednesday. After posting a formidable total of 184/5, Lucknow’s bowlers restricted Kanpur to 171/6, handing the Superstars their third consecutive loss.Priyam Garg smashed 69 runs off…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday invoked stricter anti-pollution measures under Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in Delhi-NCR after the city’s air quality slipped into the ‘severe’ category.The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) said the decision was taken after Delhi’s average Air Quality Index (AQI) surged from 362 on Monday…
File photo of Italian swimmer Benedetta Pilato. (Getty Images) Italian swimmers Benedetta Pilato, 20, and Chiara Tarantino, 23, received 90-day bans from all activities by the Italian swimming federation for stealing cosmetics at Singapore airport while returning from the 2025 world championships, where Pilato won bronze in the 50m breaststroke.The two athletes were arrested by…
Matthew McConaughey has never shied away from embracing the wildest stories of his past, and this week, he proved it once again. The Oscar-winning actor and his wife, Camila Alves, marked the anniversary of his infamous 1999 “naked bongo” arrest with humour, tequila, and a tongue-in-cheek video for their brand, Pantalones Organic Tequila. In the…
(Picture Courtesy: Facebook) The Hollywood filmmaker, screenwriter Alan Parker, once said, “It’s always been important to me to try different genres. But writers on film like to pigeonhole you. I suppose, depending on whether people like or dislike my films, I either have an extraordinarily wide range as a filmmaker, or no focus whatsoever.“You know,…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh forest department is set to commemorate ‘Seva Parva’ from Sept 17 to Oct 2.The two-week campaign, to mark the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will focus on cleanliness drives, anti-single-use plastic efforts, weed removal in bird sanctuaries, and public awareness programmes on environmental protection, rainwater harvesting, and water conservation.To ensure…
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress politician P Chidambaram on Monday hit out at chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, citing remarks of three former election commissioners at a conclave held by a television channel, where they disapproved of the CEC’s demand that Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi either file an affidavit on his “vote…