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Red balls (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) New Zealand domestic cricketer Brett Randell created history on Sunday by becoming the first player in 254 years of first-class cricket to take five wickets in five consecutive deliveries. The remarkable spell came while playing for Central Districts against Northern Districts in a Plunket Shield match at McLean…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only NEW DELHI: The mercury rose to 35.7 degrees Celsius, seven degrees above normal, on Saturday. This was the earliest instance of the temperature surpassing 35 degrees Celsius in the first week of March in at least 15 years, IMD data showed. It was 34.4 degrees Celsius a day earlier….
Visually impaired Kashmir youth cracks civil services, daily-wager father recounts years of struggle BANDIPORA: There is festivity in the Mirpora locality of Naidkhai village in Bandipora, Kashmir, as children guide visitors to the home of Irfan Ahmad Lone, a visually impaired youth who has cleared the UPSC civil services examinations.As their modest one-storey house is…
Executive pay in the technology industry often attracts attention, especially when the numbers reach hundreds of millions of dollars. Recently, Alphabet, the parent company of Google, approved a new compensation package for its chief executive, Sundar Pichai. Financial Times reports suggest the deal could reach as much as $692 million over the next three years….
Lily Collins is overjoyed after recovering her stolen engagement ring nearly three years after it vanished from a luxury hotel spa. ‘The Emily in Paris’ star shared the happy news on social media, calling the moment a miracle for her and husband Charlie McDowell.In May 2023, as reported by People Magazine, Lily Collins left her…
KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court has freed a Bangladeshi national who spent 21 years in jail for a murder after it was established that he was a minor at the time of committing the crime. Another murder convict from Bengal’s Birbhum district, who was incarcerated for 14 years in a separate case, was also released…
Rabi Lamichhane (Photo-ANI) Kathmandu: Few politicians in Nepal rose as quickly as Rabi Lamichhane, 50. Before politics, he was already one of Nepal’s most recognisable faces — a loud, brash TV news presenter whose anti-corruption pitch made him a household name. When he launched Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) just before the 2022 election, he offered…
Two pilots were killed after a Sukhoi‑30MKI fighter aircraft crashed during a training mission in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, the Indian Air Force said on Friday. GUWAHATI: Two pilots were killed after a Sukhoi‑30MKI fighter aircraft crashed during a training mission in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, the Indian Air Force said on Friday. The twin-engine…
Mark Carney praises PM Modi’s work ethic NEW DELHI: Canadian PM Mark Carney praised Narendra Modi’s governance approach and work ethic, saying the Indian PM remained strongly focused on delivering welfare programmes directly to ordinary citizens despite policy and administrative challenges.Speaking at an interaction hosted by the Lowy Institute in Sydney Thursday, Carney reflected on…
NEW DELHI: In a first-of-its-kind intervention and an embarrassment to Allahabad high court, Supreme Court has directed transfer of three petitions pertaining to a case from the high court to itself for adjudication as the high court sat on the verdict after reserving the order six years back relating to a criminal case of 1994…
