Ahmedabad: Rampant India rode on a smashing fifties from Hardik Pandya, Tilak Varma and Varun Chakravarthy’s four-for to thump South Africa by 30 runs and end 2025 with a 3-1 series victory in the fifth and final T20I, here on Friday. Pandya went hammer and tongs for a 16-ball half-century — the second fastest for…
Ahmedabad: Hard-hitting India batters Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya hammered fine half-centuries while spinner Varun Chakravarthy snared four wickets as India defeated South Africa by 30 runs to clinch the five-match T20I series 3-1 here on Saturday. With Varma (73 off 42 balls) and Pandya (63 off 25 balls) in full flow, India scored a…
Kapil Dev Nikhanj has never been known to mince words. India’s first World Cup–winning captain built his legacy not just on performances, but on straight talk. So, when Kapil recently questioned the very idea of a “Head Coach” for Team India, suggesting that the role is closer to that of a manager, he wasn’t being…
Fifty years on, Sholay still refuses to age. In fact, with Sholay: The Final Cut, it seems determined to stay young for another fifty. The 4K restoration with Dolby 5.1 sound does not merely preserve a classic; it revives it – frame by frame – into something that feels both archival and alive. I have…
Dharmaja, beholding the rough and rugged path before them, turned to Bheema and spoke with calm resolve. “This way, my brother, is hard to tread. The ground is unkind, the stones sharp, and the forests wild. Let Dhoumya and the other Brahmins return in the chariots; you, Sahadeva, and Draupadi too, may safely go back….
Shri Kurubagatti Hanuman Temple is located at Kurubagatti village, about 17 km from Dharwad, Karnataka.The presiding deity is Lord Hanuman, worshipped here as Japavedika Anjaneya. He is believed to be a living deity, known for fulfilling the sincere prayers of devotees. The idol of Lord Hanuman in this temple is very rare and highly powerful….
New Delhi: Key NDA ally and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday called on Nitin Nabin here and wished him on his appointment as the BJP national working president. The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president was accompanied by his party MP and Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu. After meeting Nabin,…
New Delhi: Security arrangements have been bolstered at the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi following violent protests in Bangladesh after the death of prominent leader Sharif Osman Hadi, a senior police officer said on Friday. Tension gripped Bangladesh after Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus confirmed Hadi’s death in a televised address, triggering widespread protests, attacks…
New Delhi: Indian Coast Guard ship Amulya, the third vessel in the new-generation Adamya class fast patrol vessels, has been commissioned, officials said on Friday. It will undertake a range of missions, including surveillance, search and rescue, anti-smuggling operations, and pollution response, reinforcing the Indian Coast Guard’s (ICG) role in safeguarding the country’s eastern seaboard,…
New Delhi: India and Oman will endeavour to implement the India-Oman free trade agreement, signed on December 18, within the next three months, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday. Under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), Oman has offered zero-duty access on over 98 of its tariff lines or product categories, covering…
