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Riding on fantastic knocks from Tilak Varma and Shivam Dube, India thrashed Pakistan by 5 wickets to win the Asia Cup 2025 title at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Sunday, September 28. This was the ninth Asia Cup title for India, who are the most successful team in the history of Asia’s premier cricket tournament.   While Tilak rose to the occasion under immense pressure with an unbeaten 69, Shivam also played an important knock of 33 off 22 at the crucial stage of the game. Both Tilak and Shivam stitched a crucial partnership and helped India beat Pakistan…

The police in Karnataka’s Udupi district on Sunday announced the arrests of three people on charges of murdering their employer allegedly over financial disputes the previous day. The police identified the deceased as Faizal Saiffuddin, 48, who ran AKMS Tours and Travels in Manipal, and the arrested men as Mohammed Faisal Khan, 27, Mohammed Sharif, 37, and Abdul Shukoor, 43, all of whom were residents of Udupi district and drivers employed by the victim. Saiffuddin, who was a rowdy-sheeter with 18 criminal cases registered against him, was hacked to death at his home on September 27. Story continues below this…

Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom New Delhi: With Home Minister Amit Shah urging people to ensure NDA victory in more than 160 seats in Bihar, the Congress on Monday said he is hoping that “VC (vote chori) plus VR (vote revdi)” will bring about this outcome. It asserted that the politically conscious people of Bihar will defeat these “machinations”. In an X post, Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh said that in education, VC stands for Vice Chancellor; in the world of start-ups, VC stands for Venture Capital and in the military, VC is…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels set a Dutch-flagged cargo ship ablaze in the Gulf of Aden on Monday, officials said, injuring two mariners and forcing its crew to abandon the damaged vessel.The attack on the Minervagracht represents the most-serious attack in the Gulf of Aden, some distance away from the Red Sea where the Iranian-backed Houthis sank two vessels in July. While the rebels did not claim the assault, they had threatened to strike ships as part of their campaign over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, particularly as Israel squeezes…

The Karnataka Government postponed its decision on providing electricity and water connections to buildings constructed without obtaining completion certificates and occupancy certificates following an inconclusive meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday. Another meeting is scheduled for October 8. A large number of such buildings are in Bengaluru. According to government sources, many buildings are in a limbo as electricity and water supply agencies have refused to provide connections to buildings without these certificates following a December 2024 Supreme Court order that bars public utility providers from granting connections to such structures. Most of the cases involve buildings constructed…

Marni Grossman/Paramount+ Although maintaining romantic relationships can prove challenging for Starfleet captains, Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” seems to have found his ideal match in fellow commander Captain Marie Batel (Melanie Scrofano). Like her significant other, Captain Batel is a highly competent and respected captain of her own ship, the USS Cayuga, until its destruction at the hands of Star Trek’s villainous predator race the Gorn in the Season 2 finale, “Hegemony.” But as we learn at the end of Season 3, she was always destined…

An old skull discovered in Hubei province, China, is providing new insights into the timeline of human evolution. The fossil, known as Yunxian 2, dates back about 1 million years and has recently undergone detailed analysis. According to The Guardian, this ancient skull is raising important questions about the emergence of modern humans. Previously classified as a member of Homo erectus, the skull is now believed by some researchers to belong to a different species entirely. A New Twist on Homo Erectus For decades, scientists classified the Yunxian 2 skull, discovered in 1990, as belonging to Homo erectus, an early…

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO is stepping up aerial surveillance in the Baltic Sea, while France, Germany and Sweden are bolstering Denmark’s air defenses ahead of two summits in Copenhagen this week over a series of troubling drone incidents near the country’s airports and military bases.The number of serious airspace violations in Europe has spiked this month, including by Russian warplanes. But not all NATO allies agree on how to respond. Poland is ready to use lethal force. Others say that must only be a last resort.Regardless of who is to blame in Denmark, European leaders believe that Russia is testing…

Former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna has moved the Karnataka High Court against his conviction last month in one of the rape cases filed against him, wherein a special court for legislators awarded him a life sentence. Revanna is challenging the conviction on grounds including alleged inconsistencies in the evidence. Revanna, the former Hassan MP, has been in custody since his arrest in May last year on returning from Germany, where he had fled after several videos surfaced allegedly showing him sexually assaulting women. Apart from the life sentence imposed on him, the court has also ordered the payment of Rs…

Amid speculations about the detection of a possible case of amoebic encephalitis, a deadly disease being reported from neighbouring Kerala in unusual numbers, doctors in Bengaluru have clarified that the recent death of a 26-year-old man had nothing to do with it. Claims about the fatal disease affecting people in Bengaluru surfaced after Shiju, a resident of the state capital, died on September 26. His family members said that Shiju died after suffering from fever along with bouts of serious headache. “On Tuesday night, he started vomiting and later fell unconscious. He was rushed to hospital,” Shiju’s elder sister Sherin…