All seven Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLAs in Nagaland joined the ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), giving the Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio-led party an absolute majority in the 60-member assembly.With this merger, the NDPP’s tally increased from 25 to 32. NCP emerged as the third-largest party in the 2023 assembly elections, after the NDPP…
Dushmantha Chameera catch (Screengrab) NEW DELHI: In a thrilling clash between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Tuesday, Sri Lankan pacer Dushmantha Chameera stole the spotlight with an unbelievable catch that might just go down as the best of the IPL 2025 season. The moment came in the last over of the…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli plays a shot during the IPL match against Rajasthan Royals. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli continues to dazzle in the IPL 2025 season, smashing his fifth half-century as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) edged out Rajasthan Royals by 11 runs at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday. Kohli’s 42-ball 70…
Jason Gillespie, Rohit Sharma and Mohammad Rizwan NEW DELHI: Former Australia pacer and ex-Pakistan Test coach Jason Gillespie has dismissed Sunil Gavaskar‘s claim that an Indian B team could challenge and potentially defeat the current Pakistan side. Gavaskar made the remark after India’s dominant win over Pakistan in their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Group A…
Alastair Cook claimed that Harshit Rana coming in as a concussion substitute during the 4th T20I between India and England made ‘no sense’ as the hosts sealed the series in Pune. Harshit came in as a substitute for the injured Shivam Dube, who was hit on the helmet during the final over of the Indian…
NEW DELHI: Comical overthrows in cricket often involve moments of miscommunication, bad luck, or sheer clumsiness, leading to unintended hilarity.In amateur cricket, overthrows are far more frequent. A classic scenario involves multiple players throwing the ball to each other in a desperate attempt to hit the stumps, only for the batters to keep running while…
Sam Konstas. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: When Sam Konstas scored a century as an unknown figure in the pink-ball warm-up game against India, little did he, or anyone else for that matter, know that he would be part of the most rip-roaring episodes of the Border Gavaskar Trophy.Interestingly, it was not the…
After Donald Trump demanded the return of the Panama Canal under the US’s control, the President-elect has now said that he wanted to buy and control Greenland, asserting it was an “absolute necessity”. Greenland is a part of the North American continent but is controlled by Denmark. “For purposes of national security and freedom throughout…
KL Rahul and Steve Smith (Screengrab Photo) KL Rahul received a stroke of luck at the start of Day 4 at the Gabba when Steve Smith dropped a straightforward catch at second slip. It was the first ball of the day delivered by Australian captain Pat Cummins. Former Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin remarked on Smith’s…
NEW DELHI: Post Covid, Indians have emerged as the fastest growing outbound travellers globally and in coming decades they will overtake the Chinese — currently the largest movement of people from a country — in real numbers too. And hoteliers will have to keep in mind the characteristics of the desi globetrotter while designing properties,…