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Pakistan’s Shan Masood bats (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Former South African cricket captain Shaun Pollock made a notable error during commentary on Day 1 of the first Test match between Pakistan and South Africa at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium, mistakenly referring to Pakistan’s captain Shan Masood as “captain of India” while describing the crowd’s reaction during the…
India’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur reacts as she walks off the field after losing her wicket. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: India captain Harmanpreet Kaur admitted that her team’s shocking lower-order collapse proved decisive as world champions Australia chased down a record 331 to claim a thrilling three-wicket victory in the Women’s World Cup on Sunday.India appeared…
DHAKA: Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus has said India will probably continue hosting former PM Sheikh Hasina if given a “free choice”, while claiming that “some external forces” want her to come back, days after New Delhi asserted that matters related to the Awami League leader are “legal” in nature and require “consultations” between both…
NEW DELHI: A mix of anticipation and anxiety has gripped Delhi with the Supreme Court hinting that it may allow the sale of green crackers in the city just a week before Diwali. The apex court is likely to deliver its verdict on Monday. While many residents welcomed the prospect of fireworks returning to the…
CHANDIGARH: Police on Sunday pressed a more stringent section of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in the case related to the alleged suicide of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, following strong objections from his wife Amneet Kumar.Amneet had accused police of “diluting” the case by invoking Section 3(1)(r) of the…
Azam Khan gets Y-category security back LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh government Saturday restored Y-category security cover for Samajwadi Party veteran and former cabinet minister Azam Khan, who walked out of Sitapur district jail on September 23 on bail after spending nearly two years behind bars in connection with multiple criminal cases lodged against him.Khan’s Y-category security…
The contaminated products were identified as Coldrif (in pic), Respifresh TR and ReLife BENGALURU: Following children’s deaths in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan linked to consumption of cough syrups, World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of potential risk of contaminated products being exported to other countries, especially through unregulated channels.In response to WHO’s October 1 letter,…
Former Union home minister P Chidambaram JALANDHAR: Former Union home minister P Chidambaram has stirred unease within Congress by calling Operation Blue Star a “mistake” and saying ex-PM Indira Gandhi “paid with her life for it”. His remarks mark the first time a senior party functionary outside Punjab has openly condemned the 1984 military operation…
KOLKATA: Allowing a girl student to step out of a campus “located in a forested area” past midnight is “shocking”, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said Sunday while taking the authorities of a private medical college in Durgapur to task for the circumstances leading to her alleged gang rape late Friday.“How did they (the girl and…
ROHTAK: Four cousins died after their car crashed into a road-roller parked on the roadside near Gohana, along Delhi-Jammu NH-44, in Haryana’s Sonipat district on Saturday. Among the deceased was Somveer, son of Congress Rohtak (rural) president Balwan Ranga. The others were his cousins, Ankit, Lokesh and Deepankar. Police said the car spiralled out of…
