Mark Wood of England (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) England fast bowler Mark Wood has shared a remarkable and humorous story from his time in the Indian Premier League, revealing how a franchise owner once offered to fly him on a private jet just to ensure he played a match — despite being seriously unwell.Speaking…
CHENNAI: The Chennai Super Kings vibe is back. New star recruit Sanju Samson is up and running, the bowling attack suddenly has found its rhythm and the crazy fans have now experienced that winning feeling at home after six back-to-back defeats at the Chepauk.The 23-run win over Delhi Capitals on Saturday — CSK’s first of…
Riteish Deshmukh’s ‘Raja Shivaji’ has been making headlines for several reasons, like story, direction and performance. Amid all this, one of the factors that has been helping the film garner all the movie love and attention is the cameo of Salman Khan. For the uninitiated, Salman Khan is playing a short yet very crucial role…
Veteran actor Rakesh Bedi has become one of the most talked-about names after the blockbuster success of Aditya Dhar‘s Dhurandhar: The Revenge, thanks to his fan-favourite character Jameel Jamali and the viral dialogue, “Bachcha hai tu mera.” Amid reports claiming that the actor received a Rs 1 crore bonus from the makers following the film’s…
NEW DELHI: A 42-year-old assistant professor at Delhi University was found murdered at her apartment in east Delhi‘s Vasundhara Enclave on Thursday afternoon. Debosmita Paul taught in the Department of English at Shivaji College. She lived alone in a flat at Satyam Apartment while her parents resided nearby.Police said a PCR call was received at…
Alia Bhatt and Sadhguru discussed sleep, fear, and motherhood. She sleeps 9 hours; he does 4-5, quipping, “When will you live?” Alia loves sleep; Sadhguru says true sleep means non-existence. On daughter Raha: “Learn from her joy—she’s closer to life.” Alia Bhatt and Indian yogi-author Sadhguru recently engaged in a fascinating chat touching on fear…
NEW DELHI: French Open organisers have fined Paraguayan player Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 65,000 euros, about half of his tournament earnings, after he made sexist comments about the umpire following his second-round defeat to French teenager Moise Kouame.After losing a gruelling five-set match that lasted nearly five hours, Vallejo criticised Brazilian umpire Ana Carvalho, saying, “This…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission, acting on directions of Supreme Court and recommendations of Calcutta HC chief justice, on Friday constituted 19 appellate tribunals for hearing appeals against orders passed by designated judicial officers in Bengal in respect of inclusion or exclusion of prospective electors in the state’s electoral roll.Consequent upon the publication of the supplementary…
UAE motorists brace for higher fuel costs as May 2026 petrol and diesel prices jump up to 10% / Image: File Motorists across the UAE are set to pay more at the pump again in May 2026 after authorities announced another petrol price increase, extending a months-long upward trend driven by global oil market instability,…
When Mohammed Siraj‘s name appeared in India’s squads for the T20I series against Ireland and England, it came as something of a surprise. After all, T20 internationals had stopped being Mohammed Siraj’s world a while ago.Since lifting the T20 World Cup in Barbados in June 2024, Siraj has played just one bilateral T20I series –…