Bangladesh vs Pakistan (AFP Photo) Pakistan have suffered a double blow after their historic defeat to Bangladesh, with the ICC slapping the side with a hefty fine and docking crucial points in the ICC World Test Championship 2025–27 standings.The ICC on Friday confirmed that Pakistan had been fined 40 per cent of their match fee…
NEW DELHI: Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday suggested that India could play a larger long-term diplomatic role in mediating the ongoing tensions involving the US and Iran, while indicating that Pakistan was currently helping facilitate immediate dialogue between the two sides.Addressing a media briefing after the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting in New Delhi,…
KOLKATA: Noted tabla exponent Ustad Sabir Khan passed away at a city nursing home on Thursday. The ‘khalifa’ of the Farukhabad gharana succumbed to a cardiac arrest. He was 66 and is survived by his wife and three sons.Born on Dec 3, 1959, in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur, Khan did more than inherit a tradition; he…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only MUMBAI: A 23-year-old man was arrested by the Aarey Colony Police from Bihar for kidnapping a minor girl from the western suburbs and sexually assaulting her.The investigation was complex as the girl had performed a factory reset on her mother’s phone, erasing all traces of her conversation with the…
New Delhi: A court on Wednesday night granted bail to social media influencer ‘The Skin Doctor’, alias Dr Neelam Singh, in a case registered by Delhi Police over a tweet against Priya Kapur, wife of late industrialist Sunjay Kapur.Judicial magistrate first Class Snehil Sharma of Patiala House Courts passed the order around 10pm at his…
Chennai: A 13-year-old boy died after falling from the terrace of his house while flying a kite at Sevilimedu near Kancheepuram on Thursday.The deceased was identified as S Karthi, a resident of West Mada Street in Sevilimedu. Police said the incident occurred when the string of the kite got cut and Karthi ran to retrieve…
Gaya: Gaya airport was opened late on Wednesday night to facilitate the emergency evacuation of a critically ill soldier from the Officers Training Academy (OTA) to Delhi in an Indian Air Force air ambulance.According to airport officials, Gaya airport director and air traffic control (ATC) in-charge Awadhesh Kumar received a late evening call from the…
तमिलनाडु के मुख्यमंत्री जोसेफ विजय ने राज्य के टेक्सटाइल उद्योग को राहत देने के लिए बड़ा कदम उठाया है. उन्होंने प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी को पत्र लिखकर कपास पर लगने वाला आयात शुल्क खत्म करने की मांग की है. सरकार का कहना है कि घरेलू उत्पादन में कमी और लगातार बढ़ती कीमतों की वजह से कपड़ा…
Virat Kohli, regarded as one of the greatest ODI batters of his generation, may have retired from Tests and T20Is, but the 50-over format still remains his strongest domain. With 14,797 runs in 311 ODIs at a staggering average of 58.71 and strike rate of 93.82, including 54 centuries and 77 fifties, Kohli continues to…
Rahul Gandhi with newly elected Congress MLAs of West Bengal/Image: ANI If NOTA, or None of the Above, is meant to be a protest button, Bengal’s 2026 assembly election showed a mellowing of that protest. But the same data also flashed a sharper warning, not for TMC or the Left, but for Congress.Across the comparable…
