South Africa’s Shabnim Ismail (right) celebrates taking a wicket. (AP Photo) South Africa pace spearhead Shabnim Ismail etched her name into the record books by becoming the first bowler to claim 50 wickets in Women’s T20 World Cup history during the semifinal against England at The Oval on Thursday.The landmark came in Ismail’s 38th Women’s…
Anmol Bishnoi moves Mumbai court to surrender in Salman Khan firing case (File Photo). MUMBAI: Almost eight months after he was deported from the US, alleged gangster Anmol Bishnoi, wanted accused in the attempted murder of actor Salman Khan on April 14, 2024 and currently lodged in Tihar jail in another case, has moved the…
Stills from Belly Of The Beast Adapted from Kalki Koechlin’s book, The Elephant in the Womb, Belly of the Beast overturns conventional notions of gentle motherhood from the outset. Take the title, for instance. Drawn from the biblical story of Jonah being swallowed by a giant fish in the Book of Jonah, the phrase evokes…
DVAC arrested two women sub-inspectors attached to the Thirumullaivoyal Police Station after they were caught accepting a ₹20,000 bribe from a woman seeking a licence to operate a spa and a massage parlour in their jurisdiction in Avadi police commissionerate Chennai: Two women sub-inspectors attached to the Thirumullaivoyal police station were caught accepting a ₹20,000…
Ahmedabad: After days of uncertainty over the next phase of undergraduate admissions, Gujarat govt has announced that further admission rounds will now be conducted directly by the universities. The decision comes after four rounds of the centralised Gujarat Common Admission Services (GCAS) process, which left more than 50% of seats vacant across varsities, including Gujarat…
Kolkata: Belgachhia-Kashipur MLA Ritesh Tiwari on Thursday registered a case against Dhrubajyoti Basu who was associated with the Tala Prattoy Durga Puja Committee for allegedly occupying a public ground illegally.Tiwari alleged Tala Park Prattoy had been occupying almost 2 bigha of Tala Gymkhana ground—a govt property—since 2018. He claimed Tala Park Prattoy had also secured…
Lakhs participate in the 21-day annual pilgrimage to Pandharpur Pune: With the month-long Ashadhi Wari set to coincide with the Election Commission’s door-to-door voter verification exercise, political parties and sections of the administration are increasingly sceptical about whether the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls can be completed within the timeline from June…
Calangute: The road stretch near Calangute police station, which was hot-mixed in May, is now riddled with potholes following the onset of the monsoon and poses a danger for commuters, residents said.“Barely two months ago, both MLA Michael Lobo and Calangute sarpanch Joseph Sequeira inaugurated the hot-mixed road. If these roads get potholes within two…
MUMBAI: If you think the AI boom will only make MacBooks and iPads more expensive, you are wrong. You probably do not realise it, but a host of products you use every day have memory chips in them-this is because devices are getting ‘smart’ which means they require more memory to process data and run…
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo (AP Photo) Cristiano Ronaldo‘s extraordinary international career could be entering its final chapter, with his sister Katia Aveiro revealing that the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the Portugal legend’s “last dance” in national colours.The emotional revelation came as Ronaldo continued to rewrite football history, inspiring Portugal to a dramatic 2-1 victory…
