NEW DELHI: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s much-anticipated Duleep Trophy campaign got off to a disappointing start on Sunday as the teenage batting sensation was dismissed for just eight against North East Zone at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 2 in Bengaluru.Opening the innings for East Zone alongside Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sooryavanshi began brightly, smashing back-to-back boundaries before…
Pakistan minister Ahsan Iqbal (File photo) Pakistan minister Ahsan Iqbal has said India could “weaponise” the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) and expressed hope that “better sense” would prevail to prevent the two neighbours from going to war again, this time over water.He noted that the treaty had remained “untouchable” for almost seven decades since it…
Trump revived his ’51st state jab’ against Canada in his criticism over the collapse of talks US President Donald Trump hit back at Canada after Ottawa suspended all trade negotiations with Washington, while reviving his “51st state” jab.“Canada wants the benefits of being a State, without being one!!! They have also charged our great farmers,…
India’s players during the FIH World Cup. (AP/PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s hopes of reaching the semifinals of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2026 are hanging by a thread after their second-round defeat to the Netherlands, but Argentina’s 3-1 win over England has kept Craig Fulton’s side mathematically alive.India suffered a 1-3 loss to…
Swiss tourist Luzian Andrin Zgraggen. (AP Photo) A Swiss tourist has been sentenced to one year in prison in Bali for mocking the Hindu festival Nyepi, also known as the Day of Silence, after posting videos on Instagram showing himself violating restrictions during the sacred observance.Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, 26, was found guilty by the Denpasar…
Australia square the series 1-1 (X-Cricbuzz) Mitchell Starc produced another devastating spell in Mackay to finish with a 10-wicket match haul as Australia crushed Bangladesh by an innings and 51 runs in the second Test, levelling the two-match series 1-1 inside two days.Starc returned figures of 10-51, adding four wickets on Sunday to his remarkable…
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy visits Blavatnik School of Government, in Oxford. HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI: Chief minister Revanth Reddy planned to hold “political meetings” during his proposed trip to the US, according to sources in the central govt.The ministry of external affairs had on Friday withheld permission for Revanth to travel to the US, while approving…
The group had descended on the university on Friday afternoon. GHAZIABAD:Christ University on Saturday filed a complaint at Nandgram police station against a group of ABVP activists, who gheraoed its Ghaziabad campus for the second day on Saturday to demand promotion for 13 law students held back from the fourth year because of backlogs.The group…
Kuldeep Yadav, front, and captain Shubman Gill during a practice session. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India made one change to their playing XI for the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Sunday, with Kuldeep Yadav missing out after failing to fully recover from a viral infection and Saransh Jain making his Test debut.India…
Ravindra Jadeja hands over the Test cap to Saransh Jain (BCCI | X) NEW DELHI: Subodh Jain still can’t speak properly because of the mouth cancer he was diagnosed with in 2014. But one can understand the barrage of emotions he was going through as his son, Saransh Jain, was handed a Test cap by…