Month: June 2025

[ad_1] File photo: Former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina DHAKA: Prosecutors at Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Sunday formally charged former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two others with crimes against humanity and other charges, including mass murder, for their alleged role in a violent crackdown last year in which hundreds of people were killed.The other two charged for the crimes with Hasina are former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun."We do hereby take into cognisance the charges," the three-judge ICT bench led by Justice Golam Mortuza Majumdar said after a prosecution team accused them of attempting to tame the student-led protests using brutal force. The tribunal ordered investigators to present all three accused before the court on June 16. Mamun is in police custody. Hasina and Kamal are residing […]

[ad_1] Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer celebrates with teammates after the win. (Pic credit: IPL) TimesofIndia.com in Ahmedabad: Shashank Singh, in an exclusive interview with TimesofIndia.com, had given Shreyas Iyer a new moniker: Punjab Kings' "captain fantastic." "He has his own swag, he has his own aura, and he backs his own instinct," Shashank, who had played with Iyer in age-group cricket in Mumbai, had to say about his IPL captain.On Sunday, in a rain-affected Qualifier 2, Shreyas Iyer displayed everything that Shashank was talking about. He didn't celebrate his half-century; he batted with surety, and it looked like he was calculating the chase in his mind. Chasing 204, Iyer, who is called 'sarpanch' (head of the village) by Punjab Kings fans, took charge. In the 13th over bowled by Reece Topley, Shreyas hammered a hat-trick of sixes, each better […]

[ad_1] File photo: PM Modi (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: For the first time in six years, PM Modi is unlikely to be a part of the G7 summit being hosted by Canada this year from June 15-17. There's no official invite yet from Canada for the meeting in Alberta but Modi in all likelihood would not have travelled there in any case, especially when India still isn't sure the new government in Ottawa will be more receptive to its concerns about Khalistani separatists.A Canadian G7 spokesperson didn't confirm to TOI late on Sunday if Modi was going to be invited. Any eleventh-hour invitation is unlikely to be considered by India because of logistical constraints, likely efforts by the separatists to disrupt the visit and the strained bilateral ties that both Modi and his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney have committed […]

[ad_1] This is an AI-generated image, used for represntational purposes only. NEW DELHI: Pakistan is staring at a bleak kharif (summer crops) sowing season with a major dip in live storage at its two key dams - Mangla on river Jhelum and Tarbela on Indus - and the "sudden decrease" in Chenab river inflows due to regulation of water flow by India in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack.The situation may further aggravate this month during early kharif sowing and this is possibly what prompted Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif to raise concerns at a conference on glacier preservation in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, last week to draw global attention to India's decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty.Latest estimates by Pakistan's Indus River System Authority (IRSA) show the country is already facing an overall shortage of 21% in water flow and […]

[ad_1] Punjab Kings' captain Shreyas Iyer (PTI Photo) Shreyas Iyer etched his name in the history books on Sunday as he became just the fifth skipper to register 50 wins in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The landmark came as Punjab Kings (PBKS) edged past five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) in a high-stakes Qualifier 2 at the Narendra Modi Stadium, sealing a five-wicket win and punching their ticket to the IPL final for the second time after 2014.Iyer's leadership journey in the IPL has been nothing short of remarkable. Having captained Delhi Capitals (DC), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), and now PBKS, he has led in 85 matches, winning 50 (including two via Super Over) and losing 34, with two no-results, giving him a win percentage exceeding 57%. For DC, he secured 23 wins in 41 matches, including a runners-up finish […]

[ad_1] Paddy McCorry. Image via Paddy McCorry/Instagram 27-year-old Irish fighter Paddy McCorry raised eyebrows across the internet with his apparently yelled pro-Palestine slogans after landing some of the brutal elbows upon his opponent, Shuki Farage, at the Cage Warriors 189 event. Held in Rome, Italy, the event was headlined by the welterweight bout between Giacomo Michelis and Sado Ucar. McCorry’s final blows were accompanied by the loud cheers and chanting of pro-Palestine slogans by the audiences, as well chanted against the former Israel Defense Forces member Shuki Farage.Paddy McCorry racks up audience support while pinning down Israel-based fighter Shuki Farge with blows and pro-Palestine slogansShuki Farage, who formerly served in the Israel Defense Force, racked up wins in his former bouts of his pro-MMA career before meeting his unanimous defeat against the Irish fighter Paddy McCorry. Ahead of the bout, […]

[ad_1] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday praised the drone strike deep inside Russia, calling it a “brilliant result” and an important moment in the war.The operation, over a year and a half in the making, targeted several Russian military airfields, destroying more than 40 aircraft, including bombers and surveillance planes. It marked what Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) called the most extensive strike yet on Russian soil, carried out entirely by Ukrainian forces.“An absolutely brilliant result. A result achieved solely by Ukraine.” Zelenskyy posted on social media platform X.“Our most long-range operation,” he said, adding “Our people involved in preparing the operation were withdrawn from Russian territory in time.”Thanking General Vasyl Maliuk, the head of Ukraine’s Security Service, Zelenskyy said the success would be remembered as a defining chapter in the war, “these are Ukrainian actions that will undoubtedly be […]