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Artist Swapan Kumar Das draws a portrait of Argentine footballer and 2022 FIFA World Cup winning captain Lionel Messi ahead of his visit, in Kolkata, West Bengal. (PTI Photo) Lionel Messi is returning to India after his first visit in 2011, but this trip will not involve any competitive football. His 2011 appearance at the…

Pete Alonso and Haley Alonso (Image via IG) Pete Alonso’s free agency shift became one of the week’s biggest stories after the All-Star infielder signed a five year, 155 million deal with the Baltimore Orioles. His departure closed a long and lively chapter with the New York Mets, a team he grew up in as…

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s catch (screengrabs) NEW DELHI: India’s opening match of the U19 Asia Cup 2025 turned into a showcase of dominance, power-hitting, and athletic brilliance, capped by a flying catch from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi that matched the authority of his record-shattering 171 on Friday. The moment arrived in the 38th over of UAE’s chase, when Prithvi…

Disney has secured a licensing partnership with OpenAI, which includes a $1 billion investment and access to Disney’s iconic characters. Company CEO Bob Iger stated the deal is designed to help the 102-year-old entertainment giant into new media and harness AI to attract younger audiences for engagement. However, this is in contrast to Disney’s legal…

NEW DELHI: Four people have been charged with murder in the Zubeen Garg death case, Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe revealed on Friday. The singer’s cousin and suspended Assam Police officer Sandipan Garg, has been booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the chargesheet.Shyamkanu Mahanta, Siddhartha Sharma, Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and Amritprava Mahanta…

Free chess reaches rural India (Special arrangements) NEW DELHI: The queen was not always the strongest piece in chess. From the inception of “Chaturanga” in India in the 6th century, and through its long journey across the Middle East before reaching Europe in the 15th century, the piece we now call the queen served only…

NEW DELHI: Karnataka Congress MLA Iqbal Hussain on Friday claimed that deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar will become chief minister after the ongoing winter session of the state legislature, adding fuel to speculation over a possible leadership change within the ruling party.Speaking to reporters, the Ramanagara MLA confirmed that he attended a late-night dinner…

Rivaba Jadeja, wife of Indian men’s cricket team all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, has triggered debate by claiming that some Indian cricketers take part in various vices during overseas tours, while stating that her husband has never been involved in such activities.Speaking at an event, Rivaba, while speaking in Gujarati, referred to what she called the lesser-known…

NEW DELHI: Aa the questions are being raised on his bowling capabilities, Indian men’s cricket team all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy on Friday delivered a solid bowling performance in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT), taking a hat-trick for Andhra in their match against Madhya Pradesh (MP).Reddy’s hat-trick left MP at 14 for 3 inside three…

NEW DELHI: The government on Friday allocated Rs 11,700 crore for the upcoming census schedule from April to September in 2027.According to Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, the census will be conducted in two phases — housing enlisting and population enumeration.“Census 2027 will be the first ever digital census. The digital design of the census has…