Month: April 2025

[ad_1] Delhi Capitals' Karun Nair bats during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. (AP) Delhi Capitals batter Karun Nair apologised to the franchise's co-owner Parth Jindal on social media on Friday. The 33-year-old replied to a April 14 post by Jindal in which he spoke about the heartbreaks suffered by his teams in Indian Super League (ISL) and Indian Premier League (IPL).In the post, Jindal wrote, "Not the greatest of weekends for us - losing the ISL Cup finals after being the better team and then losing to MI when in control however got to watch the most brilliant knock by Karun Nair - don’t think iv [I've] seen anyone play better against [Jasprit] Bumrah. these type of weekends make you realise how in sport nothing is […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas has suggested that Babar Azam, currently struggling with form, might be either too egotistical or too shy to seek advice from experienced players. Zaheer, who scored 100 first-class centuries, emphasised the importance of Babar consulting with senior players to address technical flaws in his batting.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!"I think either Babar Azam has an ego issue or is too shy to seek advice from his seniors in overcoming his current situation," Zaheer said, as quoted by PTI.He cited examples such as Younis Khan seeking advice from Mohammad Azharuddin in 2016, and Azharuddin consulting Zaheer during India's 1989-90 tour of Pakistan.Zaheer noted a change in Babar's stance, suggesting it has become more closed, potentially causing timing issues and early dismissals. "In 2016, Younis Khan spoke to Muhammad […]

[ad_1] The gunman who opened fire at Florida State University, killing two and injuring six others, had a known history of promoting white supremacist rhetoric, according to former classmates and a new report.Phoenix Ikner, a 20-year-old student and son of a sheriff’s deputy, reportedly shared disturbing and hateful views during his time at Tallahassee State College before transferring to FSU. Fellow students said he regularly pushed racist theories, including that Black people were destroying his neighbourhood and that Rosa Parks had been “in the wrong”.“Basically our only rule was no Nazis — colloquially speaking — and he espoused so much white supremacist rhetoric, and far-right rhetoric as well, to the point where we had to exercise that rule,” former student Reid Seybold told the Tallahassee Democrat, recalling Ikner being asked to leave a political club on campus.Another student, Lucas Luzietti, […]

[ad_1] Image created using AI: DALL·E 3 BAREILLY: In a case of electricity theft in CB Ganj, a warrant was mistakenly issued in the name of a 65-year-old neighbour, Munni Devi, instead of the real accused, a 70-year-old woman. As a result, the police sent Munni Devi to jail on the 13th. The jailed woman's son, 38-year-old Rakesh, filed a complaint at the police station claiming his mother was innocent. Following an investigation, it was revealed that Munni Devi was wrongly imprisoned due to the incorrect warrant. Sub-Inspector Saurabh Yadav from CB Ganj police station submitted a petition to the court acknowledging the error in issuing the warrant, which led to the woman being detained in jail for three days. Munni, the wife of Chhote Mansoori from the village of Bandia under CB Ganj police station, had an FIR filed […]

[ad_1] This is a representational image (Pic credit: Lexica) NEW DELHI: Delhi high court has discharged a man in an adultery case filed by the husband of a woman, he was allegedly having an affair, noting that treating a woman as a man's property is a deeply flawed notion, one that dates back to the Mahabharat.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, who pronounced the verdict on April 17, referenced the epic to highlight the patriarchal roots of the now-defunct adultery law under Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). "The woman being considered as the property of the husband and its devastating consequences are well documented in Mahabharat wherein Draupadi was put on stake in a game of gamble by none other than her own husband Yudhishtra where other four brothers were the silent spectators and Draupadi had no voice to […]

[ad_1] Abhishek Nayar (Agency Photo) NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders’ mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy posted a cryptic Instagram story tagging former KKR coach Abhishek Nayar, shortly after the Indian cricket team's assistant coach was let go by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).In the Instagram story, Varun posted an image of himself in KKR colours alongside Nayar.Nayar built his reputation as a sharp, player-first mentor during his time with the three-time IPL champions. He is credited with playing a pivotal role in shaping talents like Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, and Chakravarthy.Fans quickly picked up on a possible return for Nayar, linking it to the BCCI’s recent decision to part ways with assistant coach Nayar, fielding coach T Dilip, and strength and conditioning coach Soham Desai following India’s Test series defeats to New Zealand and Australia.PollDo you think […]