Lucknow: Sanju Samson scored five runs less than his opposite number KL Rahul but his unbeaten 71 off 33 balls had five times more impact compared to Rahul's relatively sedate 48-ball-76 as Rajasthan Royals took a giant leap towards IPL play-offs by comfortably beating Lucknow Super Giants by seven wickets here Saturday. While Rahul still is favourite...

New Delhi: Food safety authorities in the European Union have found traces of ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing chemical, in 527 products linked to India between September 2020 and April 2024. This revelation has prompted bans on Indian products in regions like Hong Kong and Singapore due to their carcinogenic properties. Despite routine discoveries of ethylene oxide in...

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Lucknow: KL Rahul (76) dug deep with Deepak Hooda (50) as Lucknow Super Giants managed a competitive 196/5 against Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League clash here Saturday. Rahul and Hooda gave LSG a solid footing with a 62-ball 115-run stand for the third wicket after early blows, but the failure of others meant the hosts...

New Delhi: Delhi Capitals beat Mumbai Indians by 10 runs in another high-scoring Indian Premier League match here Saturday. Asked to bat first, Delhi Capitals posted a massive 257/4. In reply, MI scored 247/9 in the allotted 20 overs. DC's young recruit Jake Fraser-McGurk started smashing the ball right from the start, propelling DC to 92 for...

Bhubaneswar: BJD Saturday announced candidates for three more Assembly segments in Odisha, dropping two incumbent MLAs. Chief Minister and BJD President Naveen Patnaik nominated Begunia MLA Rajendra Kumar Sahoo from the Khurda Assembly seat which is now represented by Jyotirindra Nath Mitra. The party also fielded debutant Goutam Buddha Das from the Bhograi Assembly segment, denying a...

Lucknow: Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson won the toss and decided to field against Lucknow Super Giants in their Indian Premier League match here Saturday. Both LSG and RR have retained the same playing XIs from their respective previous matches. Placed at the top of the table with 14 points in bag, RR will look to continue...

New Delhi: In a significant development, 1,500 members from the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, along with Singh Sabha and other Sikh organisations, joined BJP Saturday, just weeks ahead of Lok Sabha elections in Delhi and Punjab. At a grand ceremony held at the party's central office in New Delhi, BJP's National General Secretary Tarun Chugh, National...

New Delhi: The 16 remaining Indian crew members on board a cargo ship seized by Iran are set to be released soon, Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian assured his Portuguese counterpart Paulo Rangel in a telephonic conversation Saturday. "The humanitarian issue of the release of the ship's crew is of our serious concern and we have announced...

New Delhi: The BJP Saturday dropped incumbent Lok Sabha MP Poonam Mahajan as its candidate from the Mumbai North Central seat and named lawyer Ujjwal Deorao Nikam in her place. Nikam is a well-known name in the legal circle and was a government counsel in the Mumbai terror attack case. Mahajan, the daughter of late BJP leader...