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Mohammad Kaif and Virat Kohli (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India international cricketer Mohammad Kaif heaped praise on Virat Kohli after the RCB star crossed 300 IPL sixes, highlighting how his growth as a T20 batter reflects adaptability rather than natural power-hitting. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Kaif wrote, “Virat Kohli taking his IPL 6s…

KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Friday scrapped the Election Commission’s 48hour bike ban order for the second phase of assembly elections on April 29 and said pillion riding would not be allowed on two-wheelers for 12 hours on poll day, unless it was for taking or bringing back children from school, medical emergencies or…

US President Donald Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan, the White House said Friday, just hours after Iran’s top diplomat headed to the South Asian nation where officials have been trying to get US and Iran to convene for a second round of ceasefire negotiations. The trip comes as…

2026’s highest earning movie, ‘Dhurandhar 2,’ has completed over a month at the box office. Released on March 19, 2026, the movie starring Ranveer Singh in the lead set new benchmarks for other Bollywood films with its box-office success. Several movies even pushed their release dates, as they didn’t want to compete with ‘Dhurandhar 2’…

KOLKATA: Claiming the high phase-one turnout as a decisive mandate against both BJP and SIR, CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday predicted that the party would not win even half the 77 seats it held after 2021 — and warned it would be dislodged from Delhi as well.“Yesterday in rural Bengal, 93% were against you, Modi-babu,…

NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh visited German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems’ (TKMS) submarine building facility in Kiel, where he was briefed on advanced naval technologies and capabilities. He was accompanied by German defence minister Boris Pistorius during the visit to the shipbuilding facility.The visit comes as India moves closer to finalising its nearly Rs…

NEW DELHI: India’s Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has been inducted into the International Hall of Fame of the US Army War College in Pennsylvania.“General Upendra Dwivedi, COAS, visited the Army War College (AWC), Carlisle Barracks, USA, where he was inducted into the International Hall of Fame — the third Indian Army Chief to receive…

NEW DELHI: Opposition MPs in Rajya Sabha on Friday submitted to the secretary general a fresh notice seeking to move a motion to remove Gyanesh Kumar as chief election commissioner on the ground of “proven misbehaviour”.Earlier this month, notices submitted by opposition MPs in both LS and RS were rejected by the speaker and the…

NEW DELHI: With energy supplies still tight amid the West Asia conflict, India is securing LPG cargo through spot purchases to meet demand for cooking gas cylinders among households as well as commercial establishments.People aware of the development said state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) have tied up with the US to bridge the supply shortfall….

NEW DELHI: Renowned legal experts highlighted the Tenth Schedule’s inability to stop political defections when they acquire the scale of “merger” and said joining of BJP by seven AAP Rajya Sabha MPs led by Raghav Chadha would not fall foul of the anti-defection law, which approves two-thirds of a legislature party to break away and…