- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
INDIAN external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Monday (16) met his Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son and discussed ways to boost cooperation in the areas of trade, energy, defence and maritime security while also sharing perspectives on the Indo-Pacific region. Jaishankar and Son jointly unveiled the commemorative stamps celebrating 50…
INDIA'S gruesome "Nithari killings" case was back into the headlines on Monday (16) when a court in the country acquitted two men who were on death row for the rape and murder of nearly 20 women and children in 2005. Surinder Koli and his businessman employer Moninder Singh Pandher were…
RONA-LEE Shimon, the Israeli actor who has been known for her role 'Nurit' in popular web series 'Fauda', has come out in support of India over its stand on the ongoing Israel-Palestine war. Lauding New Delhi's support for the Israeli side amid the deadly war that has killed several thousands…
AUSTRALIA captain Pat Cummins admitted Sunday the five-time champions have "got to start winning and start winning quick" to rescue their faltering World Cup campaign. Australia have lost both their opening matches, by six wickets to hosts India and 134 runs to South Africa, their heaviest defeat at a World…
UDAYANIDHI Stalin, a minister in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu and son of its chief minister MK Stalin, has slammed the raising of "Jai Shri Ram" (Hail Lord Ram) slogans to mock a Pakistan cricketer during Saturday's (14) mega World Cup 2023 clash between India and Pakistan at…
AFGHANISTAN pulled off one of the greatest World Cup shocks on Sunday (15) when they defeated defending champions England by 69 runs in New Delhi. Chasing 285 to win, after opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz had hit a blistering 80, England were bowled out for 215 despite Harry Brook's 66 with spinners…
AFGHANISTAN coach Jonathan Trott will try to plot the downfall of England when his current side meets his former team in a World Cup match in New Delhi on Sunday (15). And yet it was only because of the illness of another fellow former England batsman in Graham Thorpe that…
PAKISTAN team director Mickey Arthur took a dig at cricket's governing body on Saturday, claiming the absence of support for his team in Ahmedabad's 132,000-capacity stadium made the occasion look like "a BCCI event" rather than an international marquee match-up. Pakistan fans were effectively banned from the ground after failing…
INDIA defeated arch-rivals Pakistan by seven wickets in their clash in the cricket World Cup 2023 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad in the western state of Gujarat on Saturday (14). This was the eighth straight time that the Men in Blue have beaten the Green outfit in the quadrennial…
IT was a less-than fulfilling occasion for millions of cricket fans on a Super Saturday (14) in the ongoing 50-over World Cup 2023 as India hammered arch-rivals Pakistan by seven wickets in a crucial league game at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad in the western state of Gujarat. The…
