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The ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 heats up as India Women face South Africa Women at the Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. Scheduled for 3:00 PM IST, this tenth fixture of the tournament promises a thrilling battle, with both sides seeking momentum and crucial points in the group stage. India Women’s Form Guide: Momentum and Key Performances Add Zee News as a Preferred Source India have started the World Cup with authority, winning their first two matches with a mix of resilience and explosive batting. Against Sri Lanka, the Indian lineup recovered from 124/6 to…

The grief and outcry in Assam in the wake of music legend Zubeen Garg’s demise is turning into a key political issue with the Assembly elections in the state less than six months away.Garg passed away at the age of 52 on September 19 when he was in Singapore for the North East India Festival (NEIF). He lost consciousness while swimming during an outing on a yacht, reportedly organised by the Assam Association Singapore, and was declared dead at hospital. His body was received by lakhs of people in Guwahati, and drew huge crowds over the three days it was…

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Bihar BJP Candidates List: The Bihar BJP Election Committee held a key meeting in Patna to discuss the list of probable candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections. Sources said the state committee has finalised its recommendations, which will now be sent to the party high command for final approval. According to party insiders, the following names have been discussed as potential candidates for their respective constituencies: Lakhisarai: Vijay Kumar Sinha Patepur (SC): Lakhendra Kumar Roshan Jale: Jivesh Kumar Darbhanga: Sanjay Saraogi Saharsa: Alok Ranjan Sahebganj: Raju Singh Katihar: Tarkishore Prasad Warisaliganj: Aruna Devi Jamui: Shreyasi Singh Bettiah: Renu Devi Madhuban:…

While the Election Commission (EC) has announced the dates for the Bihar Assembly elections to be held in two phases – 121 seats on November 6 and 122 seats on November 11 – both the ruling NDA and the Opposition Mahagathbandhan have yet to conclude their seat-sharing negotiations in the face of pushback from their smaller partners.In the NDA camp, amid reports of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president and Union minister Chirag Paswan’s reluctance to settle for fewer seats than his demand for 40, another ally and Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) chief, has…

New DelhiOctober 9, 2025 08:00 AM IST First published on: Oct 9, 2025 at 08:00 AM IST As Bihar heads for Assembly elections, the outgoing 17th Assembly has set a low benchmark as far as legislative performance goes, its 146 sittings between 2020 and 2025 being the lowest for incumbent Nitish Kumar’s four terms as Chief Minister. The last time the Bihar Assembly saw fewer sittings – at 144 – was more than four decades ago, between 1977 and 1980, when Karpoori Thakur of the Janata Party was the CM during its 7th House, as per data from the Bihar…

Paris, Oct 9 (IANS) Outgoing French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has said that President Emmanuel Macron is expected to appoint a new prime minister within the next 48 hours. “I feel that a path forward is possible,” Lecornu told TV channel France 2 on Wednesday night (local time), adding that the current situation allows the president to proceed with the appointment. “It’s up to him to conduct the final consultations,” Lecornu said. Amid calls from opposition parties for Macron to call early presidential elections to end political deadlock, Lecornu said it was “not the time to change the president.” He…

UN staff member released in Yemen United Nations, Oct 9 (IANS) One UN staff member, who was detained in Yemen earlier this week, has been released, leaving the number of detained UN staff in the country at 53, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. “I told you yesterday that an additional UN staff member was confirmed detained. Our coworkers in Yemen today tell us that the additional person who was detained yesterday was released today,” Dujarric told reporters at a daily briefing on Wednesday (local time). Some of the UN staff have been detained by the Houthis…

Canberra, Oct 9 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is set to hold crucial meetings with his Australian counterpart Richard Marles and other senior leaders in Canberra on Thursday to deepen defence collaboration, boost maritime security, and expand strategic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. Singh arrived in Sydney on Wednesday for a two-day official visit to Australia at the invitation of Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles. After arriving in Canberra, Singh was received by Australia’s Assistant Minister for Defence Peter Khalil. “Warmly received by Mr. Peter Khalil, Assistant Minister for Defence of Australia, on arrival at Canberra’s…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Jasmín Ordóñez looks out from a wooden boat at the water as she crosses a narrow channel that connects a labyrinth of chinampas, island farms that were built by the Aztecs thousands of years ago.“Let’s close our eyes and ask our Mother Water for permission to sail in peace,” she said as the boat moves slowly, in contrast to the frenetic traffic of Mexico City just a few miles away.Ordóñez owns one of these island farms, first created with mud from the bottom of the lakes that once covered this area. When the boat arrives at…