NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court on Monday refused to grant urgent listing to a petition filed by former West Bengal minister Aroop Biswas seeking the quashing of an FIR lodged against him by Messi GOAT Tour organiser Satadru Datta over allegations of criminal intimidation.The matter was mentioned before a bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharya…
India’s Varun Chakravarthy and teammates (ANI Photo) India spinner Varun Chakravarthy has revealed a deeply troubling chapter from his career, speaking about the intense backlash and abuse he faced after testing positive for COVID-19 during the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League.Chakravarthy was among the first players to return a positive test ahead of…
Australia captain Pat Cummins has strongly denied claims made senior Australian cricketers could consider skipping the home summer to participate in lucrative overseas franchise leagues.According to report in The Age a group of Australia’s leading players, including Cummins, may seek no-objection certificates (NOCs) to feature in South Africa’s SA20 tournament in 2028 if they are…
A viral idea to rename a major US immigration agency has suddenly gained attention after Donald Trump threw his support behind it.In a post on Truth Social, Trump endorsed a proposal to rebrand US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, commonly known as ICE, as “National Immigration and Customs Enforcement” or NICE. Sharing a screenshot of a…
US President Donald Trump on Friday claimed that Iran’s leadership had collapsed and its military severely weakened by extensive US operations, while asserting that Tehran was “begging” to negotiate, in remarks at the Future Investment Initiative Priority Summit in Miami. Speaking at the summit, Trump referred to the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei…
Selection rates increased in this year’s H-1B lottery, immigration firms said. The first H-1B lottery (FY 2027) held under the second Donald Trump administration this year saw selection rates jump to “unseen levels”, Bloomberg Law reported, citing data from immigration firms. This was the first lottery that was based on wage levels and also after…
File photo (Picture credit: AP) Asian markets slipped on Thursday after briefly hitting record highs, as rising oil prices and uncertainty over US-Iran peace talks dampened investor sentiment.Japan’s benchmark index surged past a historic milestone before reversing course. The Nikkei 225 briefly crossed the 60,000 mark for the first time, touching 60,013.98, but later fell…
Virat Kohli celebrates his half century during an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru, Karnataka. (PTI Photo) Bengaluru: The M Chinnaswamy Stadium was bathed in red on Saturday night — not just in colour, but in the commanding form…
JEE Mains 2026 Admit Card NTA JEE admit card 2026: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to release the admit cards for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) 2026, jeemain.nta.nic.in. The city intimation slips have been released on the official website. The document, now accessible on the official JEE Main portal, is not the admit…
Suryakumar Yadav wished the Indian team well after losing the T20I captaincy, sharing a message of support on Instagram following the announcement of India’s squads for the Ireland and England tours.The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday named Shreyas Iyer as India’s new T20I captain, replacing Suryakumar Yadav. Soon after the…
