A massive explosion and fire rocked the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, according to state media. The blast, which appeared to occur at Rajaei port, sent a huge plume of black smoke into the sky, as seen in videos circulating on social media. Authorities have not yet confirmed any casualties or provided … Read more
MS Dhoni (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: After Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) disappointing run in IPL 2025 continued with a five-wicket loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), former India batter Ambati Rayudu said that the five-time champions would now become highly attentive about evolving with the modern style of T20 cricket.Despite making several changes to their … Read more
NEW DELHI: The United Nations Security Council on Friday condemned the recent terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir on 22 April, which left at least 26 dead and scores injured.In a press statement released, Council’s President Jerome Bonnafont expressed deep solidarity with the victims’ families and the governments of India and Nepal, while also wishing … Read more
US President Donald Trump said he had been too busy to buy First Lady Melania Trump a birthday present as she turned 55 on Saturday, instead opting for a dinner aboard Air Force One as the couple returned from Pope Francis’s funeral in Rome.“She’s got a working birthday,” Trump told reporters on the presidential plane, … Read more
NEW DELHI: Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Chennai Super Kings by five wickets in their Indian Premier League clash on Friday, keeping their play-off hopes alive. With this loss, CSK are now virtually out of the race for the knockouts, while SRH remain in contention—at least mathematically.Asked to bat first, Chennai Super Kings were bowled out for … Read more
NEW DELHI: Maruti Suzuki has decided to go slow on land acquisition for a planned Rs 35,000-crore second factory in Gujarat due to poor growth in car sales. This factory was aimed at taking the company’s production capacity to four million (40 lakh) units by 2030-31.When asked whether the company has gone slow on the … Read more
NEW DELHI: Over the past decade, India has significantly reduced poverty with extreme poverty declining from 16.2% in 2011-12 to 2.3% in 2022-23, lifting 171 million people above the poverty line, a World Bank report said on Friday.Rural extreme poverty dropped from 18.4% to 2.8% and urban from 10.7% to 1.1%, narrowing the rural-urban gap … Read more
NEW DELHI: Dr Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, an eminent space scientist, educationist and the guiding force behind India’s space and education milestones, passed away on Friday in Bengaluru at the age of 84. A former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) and the chief architect of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, Kasturirangan had been … Read more
JAMMU: Security forces on Friday intensified search operations to track down terrorists believed to be hiding in forest areas, with multi-layered cordon in six districts of Jammu division — Rajouri, Poonch, Reasi, Udhampur, Kishtwar and Kathua.Meanwhile, the Army paid tributes to Havildar Jhantu Ali Sheikh of 6 Para of the Special Forces, who was killed … Read more
SRH co-owner Kavya Maran (Video grab) NEW DELHI: While Sunrisers Hyderabad’s clinical bowling display against Chennai Super Kings stole the show on the field, it was co-owner Kavya Maran’s animated reaction to a dropped catch that lit up social media on Friday night at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.Also visit: IPL Live ScoreSRH bundled CSK out … Read more