Jayden Lennox (AFP Photo) New Zealand bounced back in the five-match ODI series with a five-wicket win over West Indies in the second match on Monday. Left-arm spinner Jayden Lennox starred with the ball, taking 5 for 19 as the visitors bowled out West Indies for just 138 before chasing down the target with 104…
In a morale booster for its cadre, Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has released a statement detailing its massive, coordinated suicide attack on the fortified compound of ISIS-K commander Shafiq Mengal in Pakistan’s Khuzdar city last week, claiming to have killed 34 operatives, including terrorists from Lashkar-e-Taiba besides Islamic State.In the statement, which stands out for…
NEW DELHI: India’s trade deficit widened to a five-month high of $30.4 billion as imports jumped 31% – the fastest pace of expansion in nearly four years – to $70.8 billion, although exports retained their momentum.Latest data released by the commerce department on Monday estimated that exports rose 15.4% to $40.4 billion, but it was…
NEW DELHI: Overall acreage of kharif (summer-sown) crops in the country fell 16% as of last Friday, with most crops reporting a decrease in sown area compared to the same period in 2025. But farmers’ love for water-guzzling cash crop sugarcane, in demand for ethanol, is intact despite pressure on water resources due to weak…
Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill (PTI Photo) India captain Shubman Gill has thrown his weight behind the future of One-day Internationals, insisting the 50-over format should remain untouched while suggesting the return of triangular or quadrangular series to make bilateral cricket more engaging.Speaking on the eve of the first ODI against England at Edgbaston, Gill…
File photo: An explosion at Bandar Abbas Naval Base, Iran, as three Corsair unmanned surface vessels fired by the US military, hit the port The United States launched a third consecutive night of strikes against Iran on early Tuesday (local time Monday), targeting Iranian military assets as tensions continued to rise over control of the…
NEW DELHI: BJP cited ex-PM Manmohan Singh‘s anguished remarks that he would “commit suicide” after then chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi conveyed the poll watchdog’s pain at loose comments of his ministers as proof of Congress‘s habit of attacking the institution, as it alleged that the party’s playbook had remained unchanged even in opposition.“When…
Outlining India’s approach to global governance, Jaishankar introduced the country’s SHANTI vision NEW DELHI: India on Monday officially launched its campaign for election as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2028-29 term, with external affairs minister S Jaishankar highlighting the country’s peacekeeping record, development partnerships and commitment to a…
File photo: Supreme Court of India NEW DELHI: Observing that the consequence of a person being declared a foreign national is huge and may lead to detention, deportation, separation from family and even possibly leave them stateless, Supreme Court Monday said determination of citizenship must be carried out through a “fair, lawful and reasonable” process…
SRINAGAR: The Union Territory of Ladakh will now have a hill development council in all seven districts, govt announced Monday, stressing that the move was aimed at strengthening grassroots governance.Ladakh chief secretary Asish Kundra said at a presser in Leh that section 3(1) of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Act already provides for…
File photo: Strait of Hormuz The United States will resume enforcing a maritime blockade on Iran from Tuesday, targeting all vessels entering or leaving Iranian ports and coastal areas, as tensions between Washington and Tehran continue to escalate over the Strait of Hormuz.The US Navy-led Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) said the blockade will come…
NEW DELHI: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Dalvir Singh Kala, a close aide of party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, was shot at and injured by an unidentified motorcycle-borne assailant in Punjab’s Mansa district on Monday evening, police said.The incident took place in Bareta town when Kala, a former Zila Parishad member, was preparing to leave…
