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Australia’s left-arm seasoned speedster Mitchell Starc believes Test captain Pat Cummins won’t need an extensive amount of preparation for the first Ashes fixture against their oldest rival, England, in Perth on November 21. According to Starc, Cummins remains upbeat even though he has yet to receive clearance to bowl with six weeks to go before the series starts.With each passing day, doubts continue to grow over Cummins’ availability for the Ashes series opener. The 32-year-old speedster is in rehab for the hot spot in his lower back. He has been on the sidelines since bowling his final delivery in Australia’s…

Patna, Oct 9 (PTI) Asserting that the Bihar assembly polls will have a “national impact”, the Congress on Thursday unveiled a 42-page ‘charge-sheet’ against the Nitish Kumar government, alleging that 20 years of NDA rule have wrought “destruction” upon the state. The booklet, evocatively titled ‘Bees Saal Vinaash Kaal’, was released at the historical Sadaqat Ashram here, the Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters, in the presence of top party leaders, including AICC national general secretary Jairam Ramesh and former chief ministers of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, Ashok Gehlot and Bhupesh Singh Baghel, respectively. Speaking to reporters on the occasion, Ramesh alleged…

Amazon MGM Studios RATING : 3 / 10 Pros Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloë Sevigny shine in underserved roles Cons Social commentary is reductive The relationships and character dynamics at play are borderline nonsensical Over the past several years, director Luca Guadagnino has developed a reputation for erotic dramas with tantalizing interpersonal conflicts fraught with sexual tension (see our review for his movie “Challengers”). “After the Hunt,” unhappily, is not that. This academic drama about the he-said-she-said nature of a campus assault allegation is dull, tedious, messy,…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A British Airways flight en route from Istanbul to London was forced to make an emergency landing on Thursday in Romania’s capital after four people on board reportedly suffered possible smoke inhalation, authorities said.The pilots on the Airbus A320, which was carrying 142 passengers, requested an emergency landing at Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport at 5:50 p.m. local time (1420 GMT) and landed at 6:14 p.m. (1514 GMT), after which an emergency response team, including a medical crew, boarded the plane, the airport said.Romania’s Ministry of Health later said in a statement that immediately after the…

A minor girl who had accompanied her parents to Mysuru, where they sold balloons during Dasara festivities, was raped and murdered in the early hours of Thursday, the police said, adding that they had arrested the suspect from Chamarajanagara district. The police identified the suspect as Karthik, a resident of Siddalingapura in Mysuru, whom they arrested in Kollegal, where he had reached by bus after allegedly raping and killing the minor girl. According to the police, the girl was among the four children of a couple from Kalaburagi. Story continues below this ad “The child was sleeping with her family…

India legend Dilip Vengsarkar is set to decide the course of action regarding the on-field altercation between Prithvi Shaw and Musheer Khan during a warm-up match ahead of the Ranji Trophy season. The incident took place on Day 1 of a three-day game between Maharashtra and Mumbai, where Shaw engaged in a heated exchange after a heated sledging incident. During the match, Shaw, who scored an impressive 181 runs, was subjected to sledging from his former teammates, which provoked a reaction. After Musheer Khan dismissed Shaw, he replied with a “Thank you,” which further annoyed Shaw. The situation escalated as…

The Grand Alliance (Mahagathbandhan) in Bihar is expected to formally announce its Chief Ministerial candidate for the upcoming Assembly elections soon, with sources indicating that all constituent parties have agreed on Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav’s name. According to sources, the alliance will contest the elections with a declared CM face, and discussions among the partners are now focused on finalising the seat-sharing formula. Consensus emerges on Tejashwi’s leadership Efforts are underway within the Mahagathbandhan to iron out remaining differences among the allies before the formal announcement. A key meeting was held on Thursday to discuss seat allocation and…

KolkataOctober 9, 2025 10:16 PM IST First published on: Oct 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM IST Amid Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti’s visit to West Bengal over the preparations for holding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the poll panel of threatening state government officials and acting like a “rubber stamp” of the BJP. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief also hit out at the BJP-led government at the Centre for “using SIR to disenfranchise voters for its political benefit”. “The SIR process itself is a fraud. It does…

Thousands of acres of forest razed at a breakneck pace. Stolen water and drained aquifers. Abductions and killings.All of this is being driven by the United States’ billion-dollar demand for Mexico’s avocados. The trade is so lucrative that it has for years fueled a rush to illegally clear forests and drawn in cartels, who extort growers by threatening violence. Traditional efforts to stop the deforestation and criminal activity have largely failed, so a group now hopes to use the market itself to change the industry’s destructive dynamics.The initiative — a certification program for orchards and companies — aims to halt…

ROME (AP) — For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, visitors to Rome’s world-renowned Colosseum will have the opportunity to walk through a hidden imperial passage that once allowed Roman emperors to reach the ancient amphitheater unseen.The once-secret corridor — known as the “Commodus Passage” and named after the Roman emperor turned into a pop icon by Ridley Scott’s movie “Gladiator” — opens to the public on Oct. 27, marking an extraordinary milestone in archaeological preservation and access.Archaeologists at the Colosseum Archaeological Park explained that Roman emperors would use the passage to enter the arena unseen and protected, leading…