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India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah sparked a buzz across social media after he issued a strong response to former cricketer Mohammad Kaif’s analysis of his role in the Asia Cup. Kaif had argued that Bumrah seemed to be deliberately staying away from high-pressure death overs as a means to guard against injuries. Bumrah quickly rejected this opinion on X (formerly Twitter), saying Kaif’s judgment was simply wrong and stressing that this was not the first time Kaif had misread him. Bumrah’s response to Kaif The conversation first arose because of a noticeable change in how Bumrah has been used this…

January 1996. Bengaluru was slowly returning to normalcy after the New Year celebration high when news broke of a British tourist being murdered and dumped in a sack. His partner had been raped. Under mounting pressure to solve the case, the Bengaluru police caught the accused, who were swiftly convicted and sent to jail—with a post-mortem report and a security guard’s sudden resignation proving to be key turning points in the investigation. On January 9, 1996, the Bengaluru police received information that a foreigner’s body had been dumped in an isolated area in Chandra Layout. When a police team reached…

The US-based National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) on Thursday shared the first two images captured by satellite NISAR, showcasing a portion of the American landscape, including a river, corn fields, wetlands, and forests in great detail. Credited to be the world’s most expensive earth observation satellite built at a cost of over a billion US dollars, the Nasa-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar or NISAR is a joint partnership between the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) and the US space agency. NISAR was launched on July 30 from Sriharikota. Mounted with two synthetic aperture radars (SARs) – one each from Isro (S-band radar)…

BDA’s conciliatory meeting with landowners over the long-delayed Bengaluru Business Corridor ended without consensus, as farmers demand market-rate compensation and rehabilitation.The much-delayed Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) project, part of the ambitious Bengaluru Business Corridor, hit yet another stalemate as Thursday’s conciliatory meeting between the Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) and farmers ended without a breakthrough.The ₹27,000-crore project, first proposed more than 20 years ago to ease Bengaluru’s traffic congestion, envisions a 73.5-km eight-lane corridor connecting Tumakuru Road to Hosur Road via Ballari Road, Hennur-Bagalur Road, and Old Madras Road. But land acquisition, requiring 2,561 acres across 77 villages, remains its biggest…

Dubai is set to host one of cricket’s most intense rivalries as India and Pakistan clash in the Asia Cup 2025 final. Ahead of this marquee encounter, Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson has issued a clear message: forget the drama, focus on cricket, and find a way to put India under pressure. Pakistan Eyes Historic Triumph Against India Add Zee News as a Preferred Source For the first time in 17 editions of the Asia Cup, India and Pakistan will meet in the final. Pakistan, under Hesson’s guidance, has fought its way through a competitive Super Four stage, securing a…

Pakistan’s young left-handed batter Saim Ayub has endured a challenging run in the Asia Cup 2025, registering yet another duck and equalling an unwanted record in the process. This marks Ayub’s sixth duck in T20 internationals in 2025, a tally that now matches Zimbabwe’s Richard Ngarava for the most ducks in a calendar year among players from full-member nations. A Difficult Tournament Ayub’s struggle continued in Pakistan’s Super 4 match against Bangladesh, where he was dismissed for a three-ball duck. Earlier in the tournament, he had already recorded ducks against Oman, India, and the UAE, including multiple golden ducks, highlighting…

From PM Modi to Rahul Gandhi, political leaders across party lines remembered former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on his first birth anniversary after his passing in 2024.India came together across political divides on Friday to honor Dr. Manmohan Singh, the former Prime Minister, on his 93rd birth anniversary. This is the first anniversary since his passing in December 2024, and tributes flowed in highlighting his transformative role in India’s journey.Also Read:Wipro declines Karnataka govt’s request to open Sarjapur campus, proposes mobility studyPrime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage, writing on X:“Tributes to former PM Dr. Manmohan Singh Ji on his…

New DelhiSeptember 26, 2025 12:34 PM IST First published on: Sep 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM IST With a nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls imminent, the Samajwadi Party has started gearing up for the exercise in Uttar Pradesh, with instructions going out to ensure that a 10-member committee and two Booth Level Agents are in place and active at every booth. Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has held meetings with leaders, including the SP’s in-charges and observers for Assembly constituencies, to impress on them the need to keep an eye on booth-level activities. On September 15, SP state…

Donald Trump has announced a 100% tariff on branded and patented drug imports from Oct 1, 2025. With India heavily dependent on the US pharma market, the shock move raises serious concerns.America’s latest tariff storm has rattled the global pharmaceutical industry. US President Donald Trump on Thursday declared a 100% tariff on all branded and patented drug imports starting October 1, 2025, a move that could dramatically disrupt India’s $8.7 billion drug trade with America.“Starting October 1st, 2025, we will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any branded or patented Pharmaceutical Product, unless a Company IS BUILDING their Pharmaceutical Manufacturing…

In the 41-year history of the Asia Cup, India and Pakistan will face each other in the final for the very first time, setting the stage for an epic showdown in Dubai. Cricket’s fiercest rivalry is about to write a new chapter. For the first time in the 41-year history of the Asia Cup, India and Pakistan will meet in the final. The grand clash is set for September 28 in Dubai, and the atmosphere couldn’t be more electric. Also Read:Wipro declines Karnataka govt’s request to open Sarjapur campus, proposes mobility study India, eight-time Asia Cup champions, march into the…