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PORTOROŽ, Slovenia — “Wait until you find out how everyone in my family has come from a different country,” says Alex Zigante on a recent summer afternoon.Zigante, a 30-year-old engineer, takes a breath and lays out the family tree: His great-grandmother, Angela, was born in Austria-Hungary. His grandmother, Maria, 90, in Italy. His father, Aldo, 61, in Yugoslavia. And Alex was born and raised in Slovenia. And yet, all of them have lived their lives here in Portorož, a seaside village in what is now southwestern Slovenia, where the family’s roots go back centuries to the Venetian Empire, and where…

West Indies fast bowler Jayden Seales has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the opening day of the second Test against India in New Delhi on Friday. The incident took place on Friday, the opening day of the second Test against India, during the 29th over India’s first innings, when Seales fielded the ball on his follow-through and threw it at batter Yashasvi Jaiswal, hitting him on the pads.   “Seales was found to have breached Article 2.9 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and…

Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom After weeks of speculation, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has finalised its seat-sharing arrangement for the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections. Union Minister and Bihar election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan announced the official formula on social media platform X, confirming that both BJP and JD(U) will contest on 101 seats each, marking a balanced contest within the coalition. ‘One MP, Six MLAs’ Formula Favors Smaller Allies The NDA has adopted a new approach for its smaller partners, allotting six Assembly seats for every Lok Sabha MP they hold. Using this formula,…

The dream to work abroad had almost put a Karnataka man’s life at risk, with him unknowingly becoming part of a cybercrime syndicate. However, a police officer, operating 5,000 km away, tricked the ‘agent’ into getting the man released from the clutches of the syndicate.This incident is from 2023, when scores of Indians were ‘hired’ and taken to Cambodia by criminal syndicates to carry out cybercrimes targeting Indians. While many are stuck there till date, some managed to return to India, mostly due to the intervention of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Journey to Cambodia Ashok, 28, a BCom…

IFC Films Sometimes, the most heroic good boys are those who have to endure brimstone and fire to get their happy ending. That’s what happens to Indy, who must cope with terrors untold when a dark force sweeps in to claim his master in “Good Boy.” He must be brave and true to protect his humans — even as they threaten to hurt him. While Indy ultimately survives his dangerous quest, some of the good boys and girls on this list do not — but are all nevertheless loyal creatures…

In a touching gesture, a stand named after the former India captain Mithali Raj was inaugurated at the ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Sunday, October 12. Mithali, who represented Andhra Pradesh in domestic cricket during her formative years, was honoured by the Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) at the venue hosting India’s ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 match against Australia. The momentous occasion was also graced by ICC Chair Jay Shah as well as CEO Sanjog Gupta. Add Zee News as a Preferred Source “It is a true honour and privilege to have a stand named after me at…

New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Sunday announced its seat-sharing formula for the Bihar assembly elections, sending out the message that neither the JD(U) nor the BJP will act as the “big brother”, with both parties contesting an equal number of seats.The two main constituents of the ruling bloc will contest 101 seats each, while Chirag Paswan’s LJP (Ram Vilas), which sources said had been demanding 40 seats, will contest on 29. Two other NDA allies—the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) and the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM)—will contest six each. The NDA’s formula for contesting the polls to the…

The NDA on Sunday agreed to a seat-sharing formula for next month’s Bihar Assembly elections, with the BJP and the Janata Dal (United) agreeing to contest 101 each. The deal, confirmed by JD(U) national working president Sanjay Jha and BJP’s election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan, gives the Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vikas) 29 seats, while the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) of Jitan Ram Manjhi and the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) of Upendra Kushwaha will contest six seats each.This is the first time since they allied in 1996 that the BJP and the JD(U) will contest an equal number of…

BengaluruOctober 12, 2025 08:54 PM IST First published on: Oct 12, 2025 at 08:54 PM IST Amid speculations of a Cabinet reshuffle in Karnataka, all eyes are now on a dinner meeting scheduled by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for all ministers on Monday. The meeting comes weeks ahead of the completion of two and a half years of the Congress government in the state. While leaders such as Deputy CM D K Shivakumar have downplayed speculations over the Cabinet reshuffle, party insiders said that new ministers will be inducted at the halfway mark of the tenure of Siddaramaiah as CM. “As…

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