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In a significant development ahead of the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2025, experienced batter Karun Nair has been appointed captain of the Mysore Warriors. The right-hander, who has been a key figure for the franchise in past seasons, will continue to lead the side in the upcoming edition of Karnataka’s premier T20 league. Injury Concerns However, Nair’s participation will be limited at the start of the tournament as he is recovering from a finger fracture sustained during the recent Test series against England. The injury has not only sidelined him for the early stages of the Maharaja Trophy but has…

Keeping his guns trained at the Election Commission (EC), Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Raul Gandhi has released what he described as an “atom bomb” of evidence showing, he alleged, that the poll body had “stolen votes” for the BJP in Karnataka’s Mahadevapura Assembly segment, which falls under the Bangalore Central parliamentary constituency, in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.In a presentation to the media at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters in Delhi Thursday, Gandhi claimed the Congress won all the Assembly segments in Bangalore Central except Mahadevapura and lost the election by 1,14,046 votes.…

On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Bengaluru to inaugurate the Yellow Line of Bangalore Metro and the Vande Bharat Express train between Bengaluru and Belagavi.The PM will additionally visit the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Bengaluru. The visit comes just days after senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s accusations of “voter fraud” in a Bengaluru seat. Story continues below this ad On Thursday, Gandhi accused the poll body and the BJP of perpetrating “a huge criminal fraud” in elections. To back his accusation, Gandhi released what he called findings of an investigation the Congress had carried out…

Half a world apart, the Tri-Cities in Washington and Nagasaki in Japan are linked forever by the birth of the Atomic Age.In the community that became the Tri-Cities, workers raced during World War II to create the plutonium for the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, just three days after an atomic bomb fueled with uranium was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.At 11:02 a.m. Aug. 9, 1945, from 1,650 feet above Nagasaki, “Fat Man,” an atomic bomb fueled with Hanford site plutonium, was dropped.In one-fifth of one second, the fireball was a quarter-mile wide. Its mushroom cloud climbed to 30,000 feet in…

HBO The HBO original series “Chernobyl” chronicled the remarkable true story of the titular city’s nuclear meltdown in 1986. But “Chernobyl” is no disaster series — instead it’s a five-episode drama that explores the Soviet government’s role in the disaster and the fallout from their failure. From poorly-planned safety precautions to a lack of oversight and a desire to maintain the illusion of stability, the story takes a hard look at what really happened and who is to blame. In the series, Jared Harris stars as Valery Legasov, who supervised the…

Warner Bros. Director Denis Villeneuve impressed “Dune” fans with the first half of his adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic novel in 2021, but “Dune: Part Two” is a real masterpiece of sci-fi filmmaking. What makes Villeneuve’s take on the “Dune” universe so compelling is how faithful it is to Herbert’s original vision — or at least to Villeneuve’s understanding of that vision. There are definitely things that Villeneuve’s “Dune” movies get wrong from the book, but most of the deviations have a clearly defined purpose. Villeneuve made changes that he…

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Residents and politicians in Armenia and Azerbaijan responded Saturday with cautious hope — and skepticism in some cases — after their leaders signed a U.S.-brokered agreement at the White House aimed at ending decades of hostilities.Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed the agreement on Friday in the presence of U.S. President Donald Trump, who stood between the leaders as they shook hands — a gesture Trump reinforced by clasping their hands together.While the agreement does not constitute a formal peace treaty, it represents a significant diplomatic step toward normalization of relations.…

Fox “Bones” is one of the most unique police procedurals that ever aired on network television. Featuring forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz), the series follows the pair as they solve crimes and have a slow-burn romance. Accompanied by other scientists — affectionately called “squints” by Booth — as well as Booth’s partners and colleagues, they track down serial killers, solve cold cases, and rotate through a cast of interns who hope to learn something from Dr. Brennan. The show aired…

England batter Phil Salt made history on Saturday, becoming the first-ever men’s player to reach the 1,000 run mark in The Hundred competition.  The Manchester Originals opener secured this milestone during his side’s match against defending champions Oval Invincibles. During the match, he made a solid 41 in 32 balls, with a four and three sixes at a strike rate of 128.12. Along with Mark Chapman, the New Zealand all-rounder’s quickfire 28 in 19 balls (three fours and a six) and a cameo by Scott Currie (21 in nine balls, with four boundaries), his knock helped Manchester reach 128 balls…

The 2025-26 Indian domestic cricket season will kick off with the Duleep Trophy, which will be played from August 28 to September 15. Organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the red-ball tournament returns to its traditional zonal format with six teams: North Zone, South Zone, East Zone, West Zone, Central Zone, and North East Zone. This season the tournament will be played at the new Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru and will feature India Test captain Shubman Gill along with Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh and Abhimanyu Easwaran, who all…