NEW DELHI: In a dramatic finish to the third and final T20I of the series in Pallekele, India pulled off an astonishing victory against Sri Lanka, completing a 3-0 clean sweep. The hosts required just 9 runs off the last two overs with six wickets in hand, but the game took an unexpected turn when…
NEW DELHI: Kerala health minister Veena George suffered minor injuries after her official vehicle met with an accident on Wednesday morning while she was on her way to the landslide-hit Wayanad district.Following the mishap, the minister was taken to the emergency department of Manjeri Medical College for treatment.She was visiting Wayanad after a series of…
NEW DELHI: Equity benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty rose marginally in early trade on Wednesday. Sensex climbed over 100 points to 81,589 from 81,455.40 while Nifty was at 24,900, up by 45 points. Maruti Suzuki, ICICI banks, Adani Ports, NTPC and Tata Steel were the major gainers while Axis Bank, Power Grid, Bajaj Finserv and…
Shooting star 1st Indian post-1947 to win 2 medals at 1 Olympic CHATEAUROUX: “No time to celebrate. My work is unfinished. There’s a lot to play for,” Manu Bhaker had said after winning her first Olympic medal on Sunday. There indeed was a lot more at stake. There was a date with history too. The…
NEW DELHI: Following the tragic death of three UPSC aspirants in Old Rajendra Nagar, Delhi minister Atishi and the Mayor are set to make a big announcement regarding coaching centres shortly. Civil services aspirants have initiated an indefinite hunger strike, demanding action and compensation of Rs 5 crore for the victims’ families. The protest, now…
NEW DELHI: India pulled off an astonishing victory against Sri Lanka, completing a 3-0 clean sweep, in a nail-biting finish to the third and final T20I of the series in Pallekele. The hosts required just 9 runs off the last two overs with six wickets in hand, but the game took an unexpected turn when…
NEW DELHI: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran‘s Tehran, the Palestinian militant group Hamas said in a statement on Wednesday, along with one of his bodyguards.In a statement, the Islamist faction mourned the death of Haniyeh, who it said was killed in ‘a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran’. “With condolences…
KOCHI: The kind of fear a persisting downpour brings to ones mind can be a saviour at times. Shakkira felt it when it poured on Monday night and pestered her husband, children and in-laws to leave Mundakkai for her house at Meppadi. Initially reluctant, Mohammed Alis heeded finally. Hours later, tragedy struck the area and…
Brazilian Olympic surfer Gabriel Medina’s remarkable wave ride in Tahiti, captured by AFP photographer Jerome Brouillet, has garnered global acclaim with the photograph becoming a viral sensation and possibly the defining image of both the sport and the 2024 Paris Summer Games. Brouillet, stationed in a boat in the channel, managed to photograph Medina exiting…
NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka needed 30 runs off the last 30 balls with nine wickets in hand against India but they stuttered again as Suryakumar Yadav took the 3rd T20I at Pallekele into a Super Over on Tuesday.Sri Lanka batted first in the Super Over with Kusal Perera and Kusal Mendis – their top-scorers –…
