Author: Rahul M

Sanju Samson’s future with the Rajasthan Royals (RR) remains one of the hottest topics ahead of IPL 2026, with trade speculation reaching fever pitch. According to a report by Cricbuzz, the decision by Rajasthan Royals management to release Jos Buttler has played a major role in straining Samson’s relationship with the franchise, ultimately leading to his request for a trade or release. Jos Buttler Release a Key Trigger Samson has reportedly cited the management’s choice to let go of Buttler as one of the most painful and challenging moments. The Royals decided to retain Shimron Hetmyer over Buttler ahead of…

New Delhi: The story begins with a kitchen tweak. A 60-year-old wanted less table salt on his plate but ended in a locked psychiatric ward, a battery of medical tests and a diagnosis almost no doctor sees anymore. On August 5, 2025, the Annals of Internal Medicine published his case. He had asked ChatGPT to guide him a way to replace sodium chloride in his meals. The answer he received pointed him to sodium bromide, a chemical better known to pool owners than home cooks. For three months, he sprinkled it into his food. He bought it online. He aimed…

Netflix Netflix has more crime and true crime shows than you could watch in a lifetime, but there’s one series with near-perfect reviews that you simply have to check out. The masterful detective story “Mindhunter” is one of the best shows on Netflix in any genre. “Mindhunter” is the brainchild of David Fincher, who’s no stranger to telling gritty, gripping detective stories. But while Fincher’s movie “Se7en” is one of the best crime movies of all time, in “Mindhunter” he tells a story very much based in reality. The show,…

Venkatesh Iyer’s IPL 2025 season with Kolkata Knight Riders was dismal by his standards. Purchased for a record ₹23.75 crore, he faced intense public scrutiny and constant comparisons between his price tag and returns, even while battling a painful webbing injury. He scored 142 runs in 11 games at n average of 20.29. Despite the noise, Iyer insists his preparation and effort remain the same, regardless of the money involved. A selfless team player, he often shifted batting positions and even played through injury in the Ranji Trophy to help his skipper. He believes “impact” matters more than raw statistics,…

The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) will organise a citywide Water Adalat on August 14, providing residents an opportunity to raise concerns related to water services. Scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., the programme aims to resolve issues including water billing discrepancies, delays in water supply, sanitary connection requests, and conversion of domestic connections to non-domestic use.Also read: BWSSB regularises 1,325 illegal water, sanitary connections; collects ₹142.66 croreLocations across Bengaluru where adalat will be held The initiative will be conducted simultaneously at multiple locations across Bengaluru to ensure accessibility for residents in all zones. In the North zone,…

ROME (AP) — A boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized Wednesday in international waters off the Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 26 people and leaving around another dozen missing, the Italian coast guard and U.N. agencies said.Sixty survivors were brought to a center in Lampedusa, said Filippo Ungaro, a UNHCR spokesman in Italy. There were 92 to 97 migrants on board when the boat departed Libya, according to survivor accounts. Authorities were still searching for any remaining survivors. The coast guard said in a statement that the death toll stood at 26, but was still “provisional and being…

WASHINGTON — In an ironic twist, President Donald Trump is set to discuss the war in Ukraine with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at a military base in Alaska that was crucial to countering the Soviet Union during the height of Cold War and still plays a role today.The meeting is scheduled to take place Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, according to a White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal planning.The base created by merging Elmendorf Air Force Base and Army Fort Richardson in 2010 has played a key strategic role in monitoring and…

New Delhi, Aug 13 (PTI) Observing that electoral rolls cannot remain “static” and there is bound to be a revision, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said the expanded list of acceptable documents of identity from seven to 11 for Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters’ list was in fact “voter-friendly and not exclusionary.” As the row over the SIR which has been challenged in the top court escalated, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said the Election Commission(EC) had the residual power to conduct such an exercise as it deemed fit. The bench also disagreed with…

The BJP on Wednesday claimed irregularities in voter registration in a number of Opposition Lok Sabha seats — including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Rae Bareli, TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee’s Diamond Harbour and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav’s Kannauj — and accused these leaders of securing victory through “vote theft”.At a press conference in the capital, former Union minister Anurag Thakur presented an analysis of electoral rolls in these constituencies to make a range of allegations — duplicate votes, fake addresses, fake relatives, incorrect ages and large-scale voter additions. He also claimed voter registration irregularities in the Lok Sabha seats of Wayanad…

New Delhi, Aug 13 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he had a unique experience of having tea with some “dead” voters from Bihar and thanked the Election Commission for it. A group of seven voters from Bihar met the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha at his residence and shared their experience of how they were declared “dead” by the EC and their names removed from the electoral rolls. “There have been many interesting experiences in life, but I never got the chance to have tea with ‘dead people’. For this unique experience, thank you Election Commission!”…