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Delhi Capitals’ David Miller and Kuldeep Yadav after losing by one run vs Gujarat Titans. (Pic credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: ‘What was he thinking?’. ‘What was he doing?’. ‘Why didn’t he run?’ These were some of the questions that did the rounds in the aftermath of Delhi Capitals’ one-run loss against Gujarat Titans in the…

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday launched a veiled attack on a Tamil Nadu law that wrested control of appointment of ‘archakas (priests)’ to temples, saying Supreme Court in the past had wrongly classified appointment of ‘archakas’ as a “secular act” when it was purely a religious decision.Solicitor general Tushar Mehta made a strong pitch…

Representative image (PTI) HYDERABAD: Several residents of Hyderabad’s old city Tuesday contacted a booth-level officer (BLO) of the Election Commission to help them identify their names on the 2002 electoral rolls as part of the pre-SIR mapping exercise. To their shock, instead of someone who knew the rulebook, they were approached by a sanitation worker…

KOLKATA: The Bhowanipore assembly constituency – the high-profile seat where Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is pitted against BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari – has seen its electorate shrink by nearly 25% following the SIR of the electoral roll.Of the total 51,004 deletions, 23.3% are Muslims and 76.7% are non-Muslims.Before the SIR process, Bhowanipore had 2,06,295 voters. In…

The White House announced on Wednesday that President Donald Trump is sending Vice President JD Vance and other senior negotiators to Pakistan for mediated talks with Iran this weekend aimed at securing a permanent ceasefire.Press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed during a press briefing that the talks will begin in Islamabad on Saturday morning local time,…

The Pakistan-brokered temporary ceasefire – after 6 weeks of a brutal war in the West Asia region – was welcomed by India in an official statement in which the government also expressed hope that the truce will lead to a lasting peace in the region. Stressing that the conflict had already caused immense suffering to…

US president Donald Trump The White House quietly worked to broker a temporary ceasefire with Iran even as Donald Trump publicly ramped up threats, claiming Tehran was “begging” for a deal, according to people familiar with the discussions told FT.For weeks, the Trump administration relied on Pakistan to act as an intermediary, urging it to…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in his first briefing since the two-week ceasefire with US-Iran ceasefire, signalled that the truce remains fragile, asserting that it is “not the end” and that Israel retains the option to resume military action if its objectives are not met. Emphasising a cautious stance, Netanyahu said Israel has its “finger…

China on Wednesday said it had made its “own efforts” to push for a ceasefire between the United States and Iran. This come as US President Donald Trump also suggested that Beijing played an important role in bringing Tehran to the negotiating table.Addressing a regular briefing, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning outlined Beijing’s diplomatic…

For decades, the US and its allies poured billions into cyberattacks, assassinations of scientists, economy-destroying sanctions and grueling diplomacy to block Iran’s nuclear ambitions.Yet after a brutal month-long war with joint US-Israeli forces, Tehran may have gained something deadlier than any atomic bomb from President Donald Trump: Dominance over the Strait of Hormuz.On Wednesday, the…