St John’s (Antigua): West Indies will host South Africa, England and Bangladesh between May to December, 2024 for a multi-format series. The home tours begin with a visit from South Africa, for three T20 Internationals (T20Is) at Sabina Park from May 23, prior to the start of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. The Proteas then return to...

Claim Actor Manisha Koirala supports the idea of Hindu Rashtra, says leftist governments destroyed Nepal. Fact Interview dates back to November 2022, shot during the run-up to the Nepal elections that saw Koirala campaigning for the pro-Hindu Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP). Several social media users are circulating a 59-second clip of an interview of Nepalese actor Manisha...

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police, in south Kashmir's Shopian district, arrested two terrorist associates and recovered incriminating materials from their possession, police said Saturday. "Police along with Army (44 RR) and CRPF (14th BN), at a checkpoint established at Malik Chak Crossing, arrested two terrorist associates," police said in a statement. They have been identified as Suhaib...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik are "two sides of the same coin", Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said Saturday, accusing the BJP and the BJD of being ‘in cahoots’ with each other. Modi is on a two-day poll campaign tour of Odisha and will address three rallies in the state...

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of addressing three election rallies in Odisha Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that the state will create a history in the simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls. The PM, who is set to address election rallies in Kandhamal, Bolangir and Bargarh Lok Sabha seats later in the day, took to X, saying, "It's clear...

Chitradurga (Karnataka): BJP leader and advocate G Devaraje Gowda was arrested in connection with the release of an explicit sex video allegedly involving Hassan JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna. According to police, Devaraje Gowda was arrested at Gulihal tollgate by the Hiriyur police in this district Friday night for leaking the video in a pen drive. He was...

I n the wake of SKG Rahate’s retirement, the temporary assignment of senior AGMUT cadre IAS officer Raj Kumar Goyal as Secretary Justice underscores the Modi sarkar’s struggle to maintain a robust talent pool. Of course, this could be due to the government’s preoccupation with the Lok Sabha elections currently underway, but it highlights the challenges faced...

Gaza: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned the Israeli military against expanding its assault on the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. "The situation in Rafah is on a knife's edge, as airstrikes continue throughout southern Gaza," said Guterres at a press conference in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, Friday. "A massive ground attack in Rafah would...

Rio de Janeiro: Neymar has been left out of Brazil's squad for the Copa America as he continues his recovery from a serious knee injury, the country's football confederation said Friday. Neymar has not played since suffering a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus of his left knee in October and the 32-year-old was given little chance...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will campaign in Odisha and Jharkhand Saturday for the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. From Odisha, Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to address his first public meeting in Kandhamal at 10:30 a.m., followed by another in Bolangir at 12:15 p.m. and Bargarh at 1:45 p.m. Later, he will visit Jharkhand and address...