Author: Rahul M

The Maharaja T20 Trophy 2025 is here, and Karnataka cricket fans are gearing up for two weeks of nonstop T20 action from August 11 to 28. With a new venue, star players, and live coverage on multiple platforms, here’s everything you need to know to catch the action. When and Where Will the Maharaja Trophy 2025 Be Played? The tournament will feature 30 league matches from August 11 to 25, followed by Qualifier 1 and the Eliminator on August 26, Qualifier 2 on August 27, and the Final on August 28. Originally planned for M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, the…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday inaugurated Bengaluru metro’s Yellow Line covering a distance of 19km, connecting RV Road to Bommasandra via Electronic City.Modi also undertook a metro train ride from RV Road (Ragigudda) metro station to Electronic City with Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, central ministers and other local parliamentarians and legislators. The Yellow Line has 16 stations and has been built at a cost of Rs 7,160 crore. The prime minister Sunday also laid the foundation stone of the Bengaluru metro’s Phase-3 project worth over Rs 15,610 crore. Story continues below this ad The…

The Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2025 is back in full swing, and cricket fans are set for an electrifying clash as Bengaluru Blasters (BB) take on Mysore Warriors (MW) in the second match of the season. Scheduled for August 11, 2025, at 7:15 PM IST at the Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground, Mysore, this encounter promises fireworks, star performances, and tactical battles that could set the tone for the tournament. Battle of the Titans – Defending Champions vs Last Season’s Finalists The Mysore Warriors, reigning champions of 2024, enter the contest brimming with confidence. Their success last season was built…

Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam’s struggles with the bat continued on Sunday as he registered a three-ball duck in the 2nd ODI against West Indies at the Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba. This latest setback not only marked his 20th international duck but also extended his 63-innings century drought across all formats, raising fresh concerns over his form and role in Pakistan’s batting line-up. Seales’ Swing Stuns Babar Walking in at 37/1 in the ninth over, Babar faced West Indies pacer Jayden Seales, who delivered a perfect full-length ball that swung late towards the off stump. Babar, attempting an expansive drive,…

The Opposition’s march to the Election Commission (EC) headquarters against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar will be held on Monday, a source said last week.The march, earlier set to be held on August 8, was rescheduled after the death of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren. Popularly known as Guruji, Shibu Soren died at a private hospital in Delhi. Story continues below this ad The Congress is protesting against what it calls large-scale manipulation of electoral rolls in Bengaluru’s Mahadevapura constituency in the 2023 Assembly polls. At a meeting of the INDIA bloc parties on Tuesday morning, Opposition…

The logjam in Parliament looks likely to continue in the coming days, with the Opposition firm on its demand for a discussion on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar and the government arguing that the working of an autonomous Constitutional body cannot be discussed on the floor of the House.Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh have already rejected several notices from the Opposition seeking a discussion on the issue. To register their protest against the exercise, the Opposition INDIA bloc will march to the Election Commission (EC) headquarters in…

A special workshop for UP legislators on Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Sunday led to a volley of queries, ranging from concerns to curiosity. “How would AI help us to get votes?”; “Would AI help us to know which road construction would fetch us more votes in our constituency?”; “Would AI tell us which party is getting widespread support in the state?”; “AI is like a thug. How can we trust the data provided by it?”; and “How would you ensure that it does not defame us?” The 90-minute AI awareness workshop was organised by the Secretariat since plans are afoot…

WASHINGTON — Judy McCullough, a rancher in Wyoming, still remembers the blood sprayed on the barn walls, the smell of burning tar and the fear of finding a maggot nestled in the broken hide of a cow.More than 70 years ago, when McCullough was a child on her grandfather’s cattle ranch, the New World screwworm was all but certain to incite dread. Feeding on the flesh of the live cattle, it laid eggs on open wounds, killing the animals if it went untreated. Ranchers resorted to a number of preventive measures: spraying noxious pesticides, dehorning and castrating calves in colder…

For decades, President Vladimir Putin turned to one loyal aide for some of his most delicate assignments.When Putin became prime minister in 1999, he named the aide, Dmitry N. Kozak, his chief of staff. When Russia won the bidding in 2007 to host the Winter Olympics seven years later, Kozak managed the preparations for the Games. When Putin annexed Crimea in 2014, Kozak oversaw its integration into Russia. As Putin massed troops in 2021, Kozak was telling American diplomats about the evils of the Ukrainian government. These days, Kozak, 66, is not responsible for much at all, with many of…

DHAKA, Bangladesh — A waste picker from a Delhi slum, who said he had been deported with his pregnant wife and son. A rice farmer in Assam, in India’s northeastern corner, who said his mother had been detained by police for weeks. A 60‑year‑old shrine attendant in the western state of Gujarat, who said he had been blindfolded, beaten by police and then put on a boat. All have been caught up in a widening crackdown on migrants that the Indian government has justified as a national security imperative. Rights groups say the crackdown, which intensified after a terrorist attack…