East Zone’s Vaibhav Sooryavanshi plays a shot on day three of the Duleep Trophy semi-final. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s aggressive cameo, backed by fiery spells from Mohammed Shami and Mukesh Kumar, helped East Zone storm into the Duleep Trophy final with a four-wicket win over defending champions Central Zone on Tuesday.The 15-year-old Sooryavanshi…
NEW DELHI: The political row over the alleged purification ritual at Haldwani’s Ramlila Ground following Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s rally last month has intensified, with the BJP Scheduled Caste Morcha performing a ‘buddhi-shuddhi’ ritual for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at Panchayati Temple in Dehradun.The development came as Uttarakhand Congress chief Ganesh Godiyal led a massive…
Wail Alselwi is encouraging kids to improve their grades. A Staten Island deli manager who started giving neighbourhood children cash and free snacks for getting top marks three years ago has turned his small reward programme into a major community effort, raising more than $500,000 (£380,000) to provide school supplies to 3,000 students. Wail “Wally”…
Representative image: Japan cricket team (Pic credit: JCA) NEW DELHI: With concerns over accommodation and other logistical arrangements emerging ahead of cricket’s return to the Asian Games, Japan Cricket Association (JCA) CEO Naoki Alex Miyaji has sought to put the apprehensions into perspective, saying participating teams have been offered hotel accommodation but are free to…
Micropoints and bladelets from Obi-Rakhmat, PC: Plisson et al., PLOS One At the Obi-Rakhmat rock shelter in northeastern Uzbekistan, researchers have identified tiny triangular stone points in the site’s oldest occupation layers, dating to around 80,000 years ago. The unretouched micropoints average less than 2 centimetres in width and weigh only a few grams, with…
Rashmika Mandanna is preparing to take on one of the most intense roles of her career with ‘Mysaa’, an action thriller that promises to present her in a completely different avatar. The film recently grabbed attention after its release date was announced alongside a striking new poster.The poster features Rashmika Mandanna holding a blood-stained spear,…
Carie Peregord of RE/MAX Edge An eye-catching 1970s concrete dome home in Michigan that was once left to decay, with collapsed ceilings and damaged walls, has returned to the property market after a major renovation. Located in Brighton, Michigan, the 2,457-square-foot home is now listed for $499,900. The sharp rise in value comes just three…
Eighteen-year-old Emma Jarman opens up about the day Dolly Parton held her as a newborn and the lasting impact of her Imagination Library. Eighteen-year-old Emma Jarman is reflecting on her extraordinary first encounter with Dolly Parton, which took place when she was just one day old. The teenager from England met the country music legend…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday claimed that Bharatiya Janata Party-led West Bengal government was pursuing “political vendetta” against his party after he was questioned for nearly six hours by Kolkata Police over the removal of an unauthorised billboard.The Trinamool Congress MP from Diamond Harbour said that the Suvendu Adhikari-led government was…
Aditya Dhar, who recently delivered the blockbuster ‘Dhurandhar’, has once again caught the attention of fans. This time, it is his social media post about Yash’s latest release Toxic: A Fairy Tale For Grown-Ups that has set the internet buzzing about a possible collaboration between the filmmaker and the South superstar.On Tuesday, Dhar took to…