Steve Smith, McGurk miss out as Australia unveil Mitchell Marsh-led T20 World Cup squad
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Numerous schools in Delhi, one in Noida receive bomb threats; cops suspect lone person behind menacing warnings
New Delhi/Noida: Panic gripped schools in the national capital and adjoining Noida after six of them received bomb threats here Wednesday morning, police officials said. Mother Mary School at Mayur Vihar, Delhi Public School at Dwarka, Sanskriti School in Chanakyapuri, Delhi Public School at Vasant Kunj, Amity School in Saket...
Read moreMajor jolt to Congress in Delhi as MLAs Naseeb Singh, Neeraj Basoya quit party; blame alliance with AAP
New Delhi: In a major setback to the Congress party, two of its leaders and observers for two Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, Neeraj Basoya and Naseeb Singh have resigned from the party. The two leaders in separate letters addressed to party president Mallikarjun Kharge have majorly blamed the Congress' AAP alliance for their quitting the parties. Neeraj Basoya, former MLA and party Observer for the West Delhi Parliamentary Seat, has...
Read moreAntony Blinken arrives in Israel to push for Gaza truce deal
Tel Aviv: The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, arrived in Israel where he will meet the country's President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday to push forward the Gaza ceasefire deal. This is the seventh visit of Blinken since the war between Hamas and Israel broke out October 7, 2023. The Israel Prime Minister's office in a statement Tuesday night said that the meeting with Herzog will be...
Read moreChina’s advanced third aircraft carrier begins sea trials amid South China Sea tensions
Beijing: China's third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, the most advanced homemade warship, began its maiden sea trials Wednesday as Beijing ramped up its naval power amid increasing tensions with the US in the disputed South China Sea and Taiwan Strait. The ship left Shanghai Jiangnan Shipyard Wednesday morning for the sea trials, primarily to test the reliability and stability of the aircraft carrier's propulsion and electrical systems, the state-run Xinhua news...
Read moreTwo Samajwadi Party leaders booked in HM Amit Shah’s edited video case
Lucknow: Two Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders have been served summons in connection with the edited video speech of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. SP candidate from Ambedkar Nagar, Lalji Varma, has been served notice and was even subjected to initial questioning. "This is a clear attempt to prevent me from filing nomination and contesting election from Ambedkar Nagar but incidents like Surat cannot be repeated everywhere. See the haste with which...
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Major jolt to Congress in Delhi as MLAs Naseeb Singh, Neeraj Basoya quit party; blame alliance with AAP
New Delhi: In a major setback to the Congress party, two of its leaders and observers for two Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, Neeraj Basoya and Naseeb Singh have resigned from the party. The two leaders in separate letters addressed to party president Mallikarjun Kharge have majorly blamed the Congress' AAP alliance for their quitting the parties....
‘No evidence that cipher was in Imran’s custody’: Islamabad High Court
Islamabad: In a fresh twist in the cipher case, the Islamabad High Court has observed that the Federal Investigation Agency has nothing to prove that jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan retained the confidential diplomatic cable and it went missing from his possession. An Islamabad High Court (IHC) division bench comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice...
Elon Musk lays off entire Tesla charging network team
New Delhi: Elon Musk has disbanded Tesla's charging team in a new layoff round, a move which was unexpected and "surprising to everyone". The layoffs at Tesla's Supercharger network come despite onboarding top automakers like Ford and General Motors to use its connectors. Tesla's Supercharger network has the connector technology known as the North American Charging Standard...
Eight IPL players named in Rashid Khan-led Afghanistan T20 World Cup squad
Kabul: Eight players featuring in the ongoing Indian Premier League have been named in the 15-member Afghanistan T20 World Cup squad to be led by star all-rounder Rashid Khan. Hashmatullah Shahidi, who captained Afghanistan at the 2023 ODI World Cup, has been left out of the squad named by the Afghanistan Cricket Board. Left-handed opener Hazratullah Zazai,...
IPL 2024: MI skipper Hardik Pandya fined for slow over-rate offence
New Delhi: Mumbai Indians' (MI) captain Hardik Pandya has been fined after his team maintained a slow over-rate during IPL 2024 match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Lucknow Tuesday. "As it was his team’s second offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Pandya was fined INR 24 Lakh"...
Steve Smith, McGurk miss out as Australia unveil Mitchell Marsh-led T20 World Cup squad
Melbourne: All-rounder Mitchell Marsh was formally announced full-time captain while veteran Steve Smith and young Jake Fraser McGurk were left out of the preliminary 15-member T20 World Cup squad announced by Australia Wednesday. It is the first time in a decade that Smith, a former captain and one of Australia's finest batters of the generation, has been...
G7 ministers agree to phase out coal use by 2035
Rome: Environment Ministers from the G7 nations committed themselves to phase out the use of coal by 2035 as part of a wider effort to reduce and eventually eliminate the use of fossil fuels. Climate, Energy, and Environment Ministers gathered Tuesday in Reggia di Venaria, just outside the northern Italian city of Turin, for the latest working...
Antony Blinken arrives in Israel to push for Gaza truce deal
Tel Aviv: The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, arrived in Israel where he will meet the country's President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday to push forward the Gaza ceasefire deal. This is the seventh visit of Blinken since the war between Hamas and Israel broke out October 7, 2023. The Israel Prime Minister's...
Ukraine’s agricultural exports via Black Sea return to pre-conflict level
Kyiv: Ukraine's agricultural exports via Black Sea ports have reached pre-conflict levels, the government-run Ukrinform news agency reported, citing a senior diplomat. Since last summer, Ukraine has exported about 25 million tons of foodstuff through the ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdenny, said Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine's permanent representative to the United Nations, Tuesday. A total of 1,300...
Huma Qureshi reveals what perks her up when she is ‘sleep deprived’
Mumbai: Actress Huma Qureshi, who is currently busy shooting for her next project 'Gulabi', shared what perks her up even when she is sleep-deprived. The 'Maharani' star took to her Instagram stories, where she shared a video of her stepping into a bookstore. The actress seems to be at the airport when she spots her maiden novel...