Sharjah: Renuka Singh Thakur (2/24) and Deepti Sharma (2/28) played pivotal roles but Australia posted a tricky 152-run target against India in their must-win Group A match in the Women's T20 World Cup here on Sunday. While Renuka struck twice early on to give India an upper hand, Deepti grabbed the crucial wickets of Grace Harris (40)...

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New Delhi: India captain Harmanpreet Singh became the most expensive player on day one of the Hockey India League auction, with Soorma Hockey Club snapping the star drag-flicker for Rs 78 lakh on Sunday. All eight franchises spent heavily to acquire the services of Indian men's hockey team core players. Abhishek became the second-most expensive buy, acquired...

New Delhi: A three-member technical team of senior railway officials from the Signal & Telecom, Engineering and Operations department raised serious apprehension of sabotage after inspecting the accident site at Kavaraippettai Railway Station in Tamil Nadu, railway sources said. On October 11, train No12578 Mysuru - Darbhanga Bagmati Express collided with a stationary goods train at around...

Mumbai/Delhi: The murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique in Mumbai's upscale Bandra triggered a fiery exchange between the opposition and BJP Sunday even as a viral social media post claimed Lawrence Bishnoi gang's role behind the shocking crime. A court here remanded one of the two accused arrested in the case in police custody till October 21...

Mumbai: A court here Sunday remanded one of the two accused arrested for allegedly shooting dead former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique to police custody till October 21. The court directed the police to conduct a bone ossification test to determine the age of the second accused after he claimed to be a minor. Police were directed to...

Kolkata: The Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA), a body representing Resident Doctors' Associations (RDAs) across India, Sunday called for a nationwide shutdown of elective services in hospitals from Monday in solidarity with medics' ongoing protest in West Bengal, an official of the body said. The decision was taken after a meeting of FAIMA Saturday. The...

Sharjah: Australia stand-in captain Tahlia McGrath won the toss and elected to bat against India in their Group A match of the Women's T20 World Cup here on Sunday. India made one change to bring back seamer Pooja Vastrakar in place of Sajeevan Sajana while Australia made two changes to bring back Grace Harris and Darcie Brown....

Boca Chica (US): SpaceX launched its enormous Starship rocket Sunday on its boldest test flight yet, catching the returning booster back at the pad with mechanical arms. Towering almost 400 feet (121 metres), the empty Starship blasted off at sunrise from the southern tip of Texas near the Mexican border. It arced over the Gulf of Mexico...

Bhubaneswar: The technical survey report of Ratna Bhandar in Puri's Jagannath temple is likely to be released soon, Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan said Sunday. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) had in September conducted the exercise, including the Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey of the Ratna Bhandar (chambers of Lord Jagannth's treasury). “The state government will...