Australia’s Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc celebrate (PTI Photo/ Manvender Vashist Lav) Australia have decided to rest their top fast bowlers Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood for the upcoming white-ball tour of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The selectors instead picked several young and less experienced players as the team continues preparing for…
Oil prices inched up in recent trading but remained anchored near the USD 80 per barrel level, as easing geopolitical tensions in West Asia capped gains even as broader financial markets signaled stronger risk appetite. Benchmark crude contracts showed modest upward movement. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude traded around USD 81.08 per barrel, up…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission announced the dates for assembly elections in Assam on Sunday.According to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, voting for the 126-member Assam assembly will take place in one phase on April 9. Votes would be counted on May 4. Officials have indicated that the upcoming elections are likely to be conducted…
The Supreme Court will hear petitions demanding major reforms in the NEET UG examination system after allegations of a paper leak in NEET UG 2026. Petitioners have sought restructuring of the National Testing Agency, implementation of stricter security measures, judicial supervision of future exams, and a detailed CBI report on the investigation into the controversy….
Some love quotes sound like they belong only in movies; they are too soft, too poetic, too far from real life. And yet, every now and then, a line hits something so honest inside you that it feels like it was written for a version of you that once loved without overthinking everything.One of those…
File pic: Virat Kohli (PTI Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Birmingham: Virat Kohli spent close to 30 minutes in an animated one-on-one discussion with ODI skipper Shubman Gill as India began preparations for the three-match series against England with their first training session at Edgbaston on Saturday.The lengthy exchange appeared to revolve around batting plans for the…
The Delhi high court had issued a notice to the Centre regarding Telegram’s challenge to a temporary blocking order (File photo) NEW DELHI: The central government Thursday told the Delhi high court that social media platform Telegram has now become a “new dark web” making it hard for the authorities to “track and attribute” criminals.In…
Actor Shammy Thilakan has officially come on board ‘Chiyaan 63’, the upcoming Tamil film headlined by Vikram. Chiyaan 63 brings the two actors together once again after their appearance in the 1995 Malayalam film ‘Street’. Before that, they had also worked together in the 1993 film ‘Dhruvam’. Directed by Anand Shankar, the project is already…
Veteran Tamil filmmaker, actor and screenwriter K Bhagyaraj was cremated with full state honours at the Besant Nagar Electric Crematorium in Chennai on Sunday, a day after he passed away following a cardiac arrest. He was 73.On Sunday, Bhagyaraj’s mortal remains were taken in a funeral procession through the streets of Chennai to the crematorium….
Ben Shelton wasted a match point in the fifth-set tiebreaker against qualifier Otto Virtanen at Wimbledon in what the fourth-seeded American called “one of the toughest losses of my career.” Ben Shelton of the U.S. reacts during his first round match against Finland’s Otto Virtanen (REUTERS) Shelton was eliminated 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (8), 6-2, 7-6…
