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Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has issued a stern warning to all Big Bash League (BBL) batters, advising them not to leave their crease early at the non-striker’s end, as Ravichandran Ashwin will not hesitate to run them out. The legendary spinner is set to make his BBL debut for Sydney Thunder on December 16, marking a significant moment in his T20 career. Ashwin, who was overlooked in the ILT20 auction, is now available to play the entire BBL season, which has created immense buzz among fans and analysts alike. Speaking to Australian media ahead of the three-match ODI…

·       Sales volume in Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru up; NCR, MMR and Pune down National, October 15, 2025: Home sales across India’s 8 prime residential markets stabilized in the July-September quarter, with a marginal 1% year-on-year dip in volume to 95,547 units sold. In sharp contrast, the total value of properties sold during the quarter surged by 14% annually to reach INR 1.52 lakh crore, a clear indication of a market shift towards premiumization. These findings were published in the latest quarterly report, ‘Real Insight Residential: July-September 2025’, by digital real estate transaction & advisory platform PropTiger.com by Aurum Proptech. The report also highlighted that…

New Delhi, October 15, 2025: Leading realty player, Omaxe Group, has applied for RERA registration for two of its upcoming projects in Ludhiana. Among the two developments, one project measuring 5 acres of prime land at Ghumar Mandi Fountain Chowk in Ludhiana through a competitive bidding process conducted by the Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA). The second is a large-format township planned on South City Road, spread across more than 70 acres, designed around community living and modern urban convenience. The move reinforces the Group’s commitment to regulatory transparency and marks another step in deepening its presence in the Punjab…

Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom Patna: Union Minister Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), an alliance partner of the NDA, on Wednesday announced its first list of 14 candidates for the Bihar assembly polls. Its state unit chief Raju Tiwary has been fielded from Govindganj in East Champaran, and another leader Hulas Pandey from the Brahampur seat in Buxar district. According to the seat-sharing arrangement among NDA constituents, the LJP (RV) got 29 assembly segments, while the BJP and the JD(U) will contest 101 seats each. Besides, Hindustani Awami Morcha (HAM) and RLM…

Just east of the Nile’s modern banks, in the heart of Luxor, Egypt, the vast Karnak Temple rises like a city of stone—its colossal columns, battered obelisks, and ram-headed sphinxes echoing millennia of royal ambition. But beneath this monumental complex, archaeologists have unearthed something even more ancient: a landscape that may have determined where—and why—Karnak was built in the first place. New research led by an international team of geo-archaeologists suggests that Karnak’s foundations were laid not just on fertile ground, but on a natural island formed by the shifting channels of the Nile more than 4,500 years ago. And…

New Delhi: Amid the growing political alignment between the Thackeray cousins, Raj and Uddhav are now speaking in one voice, saying local body polls should be delayed in Maharashtra if “discrepancies” in voter list are not corrected.Maharashtra’s opposition alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Wednesday met state and central election commission officers here, and raised allegations of large-scale irregularities in the voter list. They were joined by other parties. Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) MLA Jayant Patil, Congress’ Balasaheb Thorat and others joined them at the meeting. The leaders later addressed a joint…

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Wednesday that Information Technology/Biotechnology Minister Priyank Kharge would be provided with protection in the wake of threat calls he had received following his petition to ban Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activities on government premises. Speaking to reporters at Mysuru, Siddaramaiah said that “evil forces” always resorted to such tactics. “He is not afraid of the threats,” the chief minister said. Home Minister G Parameshwara said the Government had taken the issue seriously. “We will investigate who made the threat calls and from where,” he said. Story continues below this ad The Government will take…

Polar bears that have taken over an abandoned polar research station off Russia’s far eastern coast were intimately captured in drone footage by Vadim Makhorov. The photographer was filming the landscape of Kolyuchin Island during a cruise in the Chukchi Sea in September, when he noticed polar bears using one of the abandoned buildings as a shelter. The small island is about nearly 7 miles off the northern coast of the Chukotka Peninsula, which faces Alaska across the Bering Strait.“Bears are no strangers to the feeling of comfort and coziness,” Makhorov said in a social media post. “They perceive homes…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — They will be treated for malnutrition, lack of sunlight and the trauma of wearing leg chains for months. They suffer from unexplained pain and unresolved emotions, and they will have to relearn how to make everyday decisions as simple as when to use the bathroom.The last 20 living hostages released by Hamas are beginning a difficult path to recovery that will also include rebuilding a sense of control over their lives, according to Israeli health officials. Along the way, each one will be accompanied by a team of doctors, nurses, specialists and social workers to…

The Six Kings Slam 2025, a high-profile exhibition tennis tournament, is set to dazzle fans from October 15 to 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Bringing together six of the world’s top tennis stars, the event promises thrilling action, record-breaking prize money, and exclusive coverage on Netflix. Elite Lineup and Participants The tournament boasts a stellar lineup of players, including Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz, and Stefanos Tsitsipas (who replaced Jack Draper due to injury). Fans can expect fierce competition as these top-ranked athletes battle it out in a knockout format. Add Zee News as a…