Ramiz Raja and Shan Masood Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja has questioned the Pakistan Cricket Board’s decision to remove Shan Masood as the Test captain ahead of the upcoming tours of the West Indies and England.The PCB has brought back Babar Azam to lead the Test side, but Raja believes Shan was unfairly blamed for…
Cockroach Janta Party protest at Jantar Mantar NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Monday questioned the Delhi Police over alleged restrictions on people joining the ongoing protest at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar over the NEET-UG paper leak fiasco. Targeting the police, he also asked whether Aadhaar cards are also demanded from people…
Sanju Samson (Agency Image) Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar believes Sanju Samson cannot afford too many failures with young sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi waiting in the wings, following India’s disappointing start to the T20I series against Ireland.India, led by new T20I captain Shreyas Iyer, suffered a 34-run defeat in the opening match of the two-game series…
File photo: Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi Iraqi security forces launched a series of raids in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone early Sunday, arresting several politicians, lawmakers and senior government officials as part of what authorities described as a widening anti-corruption campaign.The Green Zone, which houses Iraq’s government institutions, parliament, the US embassy and other…
NEW DELHI: The West Bengal government has constituted a nine-member expert committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai to examine and finalise the draft Uniform Civil Code (UCC), 2026.The proposed legislation is expected to be introduced during the assembly’s August session, with indigenous communities proposed to remain outside its ambit.In a…
Mitch Jones faces legal threat from Deal or No Deal after recreating a $500K version of the game show featuring Nmplol. (Image via: YouTube/@nmplol) Twitch streamer Mitch Jones is at the center of a fresh controversy, but this time it isn’t because of gambling or streamer drama. Instead, it revolves around one of the biggest…
Chinese proverb of the day (Image generated via Google Gemini) There is a quiet, almost funny cruelty to this saying. Picture someone striding ahead, chin up, certain they are leading the way. Then they glance over their shoulder and find nobody there. Not a single person followed. In that instant, the grand march turns into…
Abhishek Bachchan is basking in the success of his latest release Raja Shivaji, which hit theatres on May 1 and has continued to perform strongly at the box office ever since. Directed by Riteish Deshmukh, the historical drama features Abhishek as Sambhaji Shahaji Bhosale, the elder brother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, portrayed by Riteish himself.In…
Seventeen people suffered injuries in the boat tragedy VIJAYAWADA/HYDERABAD: Eyewitnesses of the boat disaster less than 500m off Hon May Rut Ngoai island in Vietnam that killed 15 Indian tourists blamed crew negligence and delays in rescue and emergency treatment, saying the speedboat overturned within seconds after being battered by rough seas and that faster…
Six-year-old survives fatal crash A six-year-old girl narrowly escaped a tragic road accident that claimed the lives of her Dubai-based father, mother and aunt after she switched to another vehicle during a brief stop just minutes before the crash in Kerala.Dubai-based Indian man, wife killed in Kerala road crash; daughter survives after car switchAccording to…