- Sunday, February 23, 2025
IT was exactly a year ago that a multi-train accident in the eastern Indian state of Odisha had resulted in deaths of nearly 300 people while more than 1,000 were left injured. On Sunday (2), as the nation remembered with grief the tragedy, yet another similar incident happened in Madhopur…
AARON JONES struck an explosive unbeaten 94 from 40 balls as the USA beat Canada by seven wickets in the opening game of the T20 World Cup on Saturday (1). Jones, born in New York but raised in Barbados, bludgeoned the Canadian attack, smashing ten sixes as he totally changed…
REAL MADRID withstood a Borussia Dortmund barrage to win the Champions League for a 15th time as Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Junior struck late in a 2-0 win at Wembley on Saturday (1). Right-back Carvajal headed in from Toni Kroos' corner on 74 minutes before Vinicius fired home to extend…
EXIT poll results began to emerge after India voted in the seventh and final phase of its marathon national elections and as many as six of them predicted a decisive victory for prime minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) that it leads. While…
INDIA'S gruelling heatwave is set to abate soon but that was no consolation to housewife Bindwasvini Devi, one of the millions braving Saturday's scorching sun to vote in the final day of national elections. Crowds lined up early outside polling booths to beat the heat in the Hindu holy city…
PREM LAL arrived early at the sub-divisional magistrate's (SDM) office on Thursday (30), the icy cold and crisp morning air hinting at the challenges ahead. As one of the 29 booth-level officers deployed from Kaza to polling stations in Lahaul-Spiti district of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, Lal…
IT is one of the most plum jobs in Indian cricket. Each time, there is a search for a new face for the post, it gives birth to speculation. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is currently looking for a head coach to succeed Rahul Dravid and…
INDIA on Friday (31) reported at least 40 deaths suspected to be caused by heat, 25 of them of staff members deployed on duty for the ongoing general election in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, as heatwave conditions gripped a large swathe of the country. According to…
POLICE in Navi Mumbai claim to have uncovered yet another plot to target Indian actor Salman Khan, more than a month after shots were fired outside his house in Bandra in the western city of Mumbai by some motorcycle-borne men. It was reported that the police caught hold of four…
WHILE the ground will make its official debut on June 3 when South Africa and Sri Lanka will lock horns in the T20 World Cup, the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York will also be the centre of attention on Saturday (1) when former champions India will take…
