Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan (AP Photo) Paris: There were seats for the taking on the show courts — Philippe-Chatrier, Suzanne-Lenglen and Simone-Mathieu — but not a patch of shade across the 34 acres of Roland Garros lay unoccupied on Wednesday, another 30-plus Celsius day at the French Open amid an unprecedented heat wave.Around the grounds,…
Rajasthan Royals stormed into Qualifier 2 of IPL 2026 after beating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 47 runs in the Eliminator on Wednesday. The night belonged to 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, whose 97 off just 29 balls put RR in complete control of the contest. Chasing a place in Qualifier 2, Rajasthan Royals first piled up 243 for…
NEW DELHI: The ED does not necessarily require a predicate offence — an FIR registered for any scheduled offence by any enforcement agency — to initiate a probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).While vacating a stay on the ED probe against Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL), a public listed company of…
Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (ANI Photo) Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi once again stunned the cricketing world with a breathtaking innings in the IPL 2026 Eliminator, and remarkably, even during the innings itself, the teenage sensation looked completely calm despite the enormity of the occasion. Speaking to the broadcasters during the mid-innings break after smashing 97 off…
LUCKNOW: A full emergency was declared by Air Traffic Control (ATC) after an Akasa Air flight operating as QP 1503 issued a “PAN PAN” call due to low fuel while en route from Bengaluru to Bhubaneswar, officials said on Wednesday.The flight was diverted to Lucknow airport following bad weather conditions along the original route.The flight,…
NEW DELHI: Alleging massive manipulation in the results of the CBSE exams of class 12, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the OSM contract given to “Globarena” was a “scam”. He said the company had a murky past and had changed its name from COEMPT after its similarly poor performance in Telangana in 2019 and 2023…
Five-time Olympian, Asian Games gold medallist Raja Randhir Singh dies at 79 New Delhi: Over the past decade, Randhir Singh could be seen once in a while treating his young granddaughter to an ice-cream at a south Delhi Nirula’s outlet after picking her up from school. It seemed like delivering on a promise for the…
AHMEDABAD: Police have registered a murder case against a woman for allegedly poisoning and strangling her three children before attempting suicide by consuming phenyl, officials said on Wednesday. She is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital.According to Valsad deputy superintendent of police (DSP) JK Patel, police received information that a woman had killed her children,…
Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi NEW DELHI: Congress on Wednesday slammed the Supreme Court judgment on SIR for not mentioning a clutch of “major flaws and contradictions” in EC’s process that, it said, has “deprived crores of citizens” of voting rights. It said the judicial challenge by political parties and civil society pertained to flaws on…
Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi produced another jaw-dropping innings in the IPL 2026 Eliminator, this time equalling one of the most iconic playoff records in tournament history previously held by Suresh Raina. Playing for Rajasthan Royals against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mullanpur, the teenage sensation raced to a breathtaking half-century in…