NEW DELHI: England‘s stand-in captain Ollie Pope marked a significant milestone in Test cricket history on Friday. Playing his 49th Test match, Pope became the first cricketer to score his first seven Test centuries against different teams.Pope’s milestone century led England on the opening day of the third Test against Sri Lanka at The Oval,…
India’s spin legend Ravichandran Ashwin is preparing for a run of 10 Test matches that will see India take on Bangladesh, New Zealand and Australia over the next five months.Having played 100 Tests en route to becoming India’s most successful off-spinner with 516 wickets so far, the 37-year-old is in the twilight of his career.With…
NEW DELHI: Haryana BJP president Mohan Lal Badoli, in response to the decision of wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia to join the Congress party, said on Saturday that athletes are the pride of the nation and that the BJP does not politicise them.“Khiladi humaare desh ki shaan hain aur khiladiyon pe hum rajneeti nahi…
NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli‘s introduction to international cricket was characterized not only by his extraordinary talent but also by his fiery demeanor on the field. His fierce competitiveness, boldness, and refusal to back down from any confrontation—whether with opponents or spectators—quickly became defining traits.One of the most infamous incidents highlighting Virat’s temperament occurred during India’s…
Assam police recently uncovered a Rs 2,200 crore stock market scam where a 22-year-old Bishal Phukan duped citizens on false promises of high investment returns. Now, Edelweiss Mutual Fund CEO and MD, Radhika Gupta has shared important advice for all the investors out there. Stick to “dal-chawal” investingReferring to the Rs 2,200 core trading scam,…
NEW DELHI: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah revealed that 1999 IC814 hijacking incident was not the first time his father Farooq Abdullah was compelled to release individuals, drawing parallels to the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Syed, daughter of then-home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.“This is the second time my father was forced to…
NEW DELHI: A 23-year-old man, Chad Richards, has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the fatal shooting of Kara Welsh, a 21-year-old national gymnastics champion. The incident occurred in Richards’ apartment near the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus on Aug. 30.According to the criminal complaint, Welsh suffered multiple gunshot wounds following an altercation.Richards called 911,…
As a ‘maut ka kuan‘ (well of death) pro, Rubel Sheikh, a native of Malda, West Bengal, has been flirting with danger for over a decade. Ironically, fame or money still hasn’t come his way even though the viral music video of Indian rapper Hanumankind aka Sooraj Cherukat has catapulted his sport from small-town melas…
CHANDIGARH: Courts’ role is not to enforce social norms or morality but to uphold principles of constitutional morality, Punjab and Haryana high court has held, dismissing a habeas corpus petition by a person seeking directions that his 30-year-old daughter stay with him.HC emphasised that an adult woman, like any other citizen, possesses the right to…
NEW DELHI: In a first-of-its-kind order relating to the three-decade-old judges-selecting-judges mechanism, Supreme Court Friday ruled that high court collegiums collectively decide on recommending names for appointment as HC judges and said a HC chief justice individually can’t take a call in this regard.A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and Prashant K Mishra gave this…
