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Abhishek Sharma and Kuldeep Yadav during a training session ahead of the third T20 International cricket match. (Image: PTI Photo) DHARAMSHALA: By the time the Indian team reached the HPCA stadium on Saturday evening, the temperature here in the hills had started to drop. As the three-and-a half-hour long practice session progressed in chilly weather,…
US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran had positioned around 1,200 missiles aimed at several Middle Eastern countries as tensions escalate following fresh threats from Iran’s newly appointed supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei.Speaking in an interview on Fox’s The Brian Kilmeade Show, Trump alleged that Tehran had been preparing to dominate the region militarily.“Iran had thousands…
There was a time, not very long ago, when journalism believed in the tyranny of the five questions. Who. What. When. Where. And, if the newsroom gods were feeling generous, Why. It was efficient. Respectable. Industrial. Facts were assembled, quotes inserted, headlines affixed, and the reader was informed in the manner one is informed by a railway…
SBI employees’ strike: Employees of State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest public sector lender, have announced a two-day nationwide strike on May 25 and 26, raising concerns over staffing shortages, outsourcing, pension-related issues and working conditions, according to an ET report.The strike has been called by the All India State Bank of India…
In what sounds like a romantic love story, a college-going couple from Saharanpur recently found themselves getting engaged in a bizarre turn of events. The college couple, whose identities have not been revealed, is said to have bunked classes to go on a date and spend some time together. However, fate had other plans, and…
The State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell has announced the schedule for the second attempt of MHT-CET for the 2026–27 academic year. The exams will be held from May 9 to May 21, with 4,92,383 students set to appear, a statement issued by the state CET Cell said.The second attempt covers MBA/MMS, Engineering (PCM), Pharmacy…
Artist Swapan Kumar Das draws a portrait of Argentine footballer and 2022 FIFA World Cup winning captain Lionel Messi ahead of his visit, in Kolkata, West Bengal. (PTI Photo) Lionel Messi is returning to India after his first visit in 2011, but this trip will not involve any competitive football. His 2011 appearance at the…
Damien Martyn (Image credit: Instagram) NEW DELHI: Former Australia batter Damien Martyn has been admitted to hospital and placed in an induced coma after being diagnosed with meningitis, according to media reports on Wednesday.The 54-year-old, who represented Australia in 67 Tests between 1992 and 2006 and featured in 208 one-day internationals, was hospitalised on Boxing…
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NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Tuesday published a draft list of deleted voters after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal. The list features voters whose names were included in the state’s electoral rolls in 2025 but were deleted from the draft rolls of 2026.This comes after the first phase…
