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Mitchell Starc in action during IPL 2025 (PTI Photo) After receiving the necessary clearances from Cricket Australia, fast bowler Mitchell Starc is set to join the Delhi Capitals on Friday morning. The 36-year-old, sidelined with elbow and shoulder injuries, is now expected to return to action for DC’s May 1 fixture against Rajasthan Royals.As first…
NEW DELHI: Clashes, allegations of voter intimidation and technical glitches marked a turbulent start to the first phase of voting in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district.West Bengal phase 1 polls — Follow live updates The tensions began overnight when crude bombs were allegedly hurled near Shivnagar Primary School, injuring at least one person and sparking panic….
NEW DELHI: A visibly shaken Rishabh Pant laid bare his frustration after his side’s dramatic batting collapse, admitting he had “no answers” following a crushing 40-run defeat in their IPL 2026 clash.Chasing a modest 160, Lucknow Super Giants folded for just 119, undone by a surface that offered movement and a disciplined bowling effort from…
LSG suffer shocking 40-run defeat to RR (BCCI Photo) Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) head coach Justin Langer admitted his side is struggling to adapt to the unique conditions at the Ekana Stadium, comparing the surface to the famous WACA Ground after their failed chase of 160 against the Rajasthan Royals.Langer described the pitch as “brilliant”…
Jasprit Bumrah (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: As the dust settles on India’s T20 World Cup triumph, BCCI’s national selectors, in conjunction with the team management, have started charting plans for the World Test Championship (WTC) and the 2027 ODI World Cup. At the centre of the plans is the vexing issue of how to manage…
Kolkata: A day after police denied clearance for his planned April 23 appearances, Congress on Wednesday secured permission for Rahul Gandhi to hold three rallies in West Bengal on Saturday.The LoP in Lok Sabha will address rallies in Serampore, Metiaburuz and at Shaheed Minar in central Kolkata, in that order, said Congress member Amitabha Chakraborty….
KOLKATA: Supreme Court-mandated tribunals have restored voting rights to 139 people – .005% of more than 27 lakh names struck off rolls in the first phase during judicial adjudication under special intensive revision (SIR) – on the eve of round one of Bengal assembly polls Thursday. SIR has cut Bengal’s electorate from 7.6 crore to…
NEW DELHI: The 22-year-old daughter of a senior bureaucrat was sexually assaulted and murdered at her south Delhi home on Wednesday. Her head was smashed with a heavy object and she was strangled with a mobile phone charging cable, the police said.Police arrested a 23-year-old man from a hotel in Dwarka within 12 hours of…
Iran denies reopening Hormuz amid US blockade Iran declared that reopening the Strait of Hormuz is not possible as long as the US blockade of Iranian ports continues. Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said that any ceasefire between Tehran and Washington is meaningless unless the naval blockade and what he called the “hostage-taking” of…
NEW DELHI: On the first anniversary of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that claimed lives of 26 tourists, the Indian Army has issued a stern warning to the perpetrators of terrorism, asserting that when the “boundaries of humanity are crossed, the response is decisive”.Taking to social media, the Army warned that any misdeeds against…
