Auqib Nabi (Pic credit: BCCI) MUMBAI: Jammu and Kashmir swing bowler Auqib Nabi was finally rewarded for his consistent performances in domestic cricket on Monday, being named the replacement for the injured Jasprit Bumrah in India’s Test squad for the two-match series in Sri Lanka.The 29-year-old has earned his maiden India call-up and if he…
NEW DELHI: In what is being seen as a major public confession from within the ranks of Lashkar-e-Taiba, senior operative Rizwan Hanif has confirmed that more than three dozen terrorists linked to the outfit have been targeted and killed across several major Pakistani cities since 2020.Delivering a fiery, hate-filled address to a Pakistani audience, Hanif…
NEW DELHI: India performed a record 20,138 organ transplants in 2025, crossing the 20,000-mark for the first time and registered a 6.5% increase over the previous year, according to National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation’s (NOTTO) annual report. The figure marks a fourfold rise from 4,990 transplants in 2013.Delhi-NCR recorded the highest number of transplants…
T Dilip (Pic credit: Dilip’s Instagram post) NEW DELHI: T Dilip signed off from his role as India’s fielding coach with an emotional farewell message on Monday, bringing the curtain down on a memorable five-year stint that transformed the team’s fielding culture and coincided with one of its most successful eras across formats.Having joined the…
US President Donald Trump (File photo) A coalition of 25 US states has sued the Donald Trump administration over its new tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, including India, calling them illegal and an attempt to replace earlier import taxes struck down by the US Supreme Court in February, The…
Kulgam: Security personnel keep a vigil during an inspection of vehicles to maintain public safety following the recent terror attack in Anantnag, at Qaimoh, Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. SRINAGAR: A suspect was arrested Monday in J&K’s Pulwama with a hand grenade, three “anti-national” posters and a mobile phone during a security overdrive spurred by…
NEW DELHI: Before Yash Vir Singh walked up for his sixth and final throw in the men’s javelin final at Scotstoun Stadium, two voices stayed with him.One came from Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra.“You’re throwing well. Just keep it straight and believe in yourself. It’s your last throw, just make sure you don’t foul. You can…
HI president Dilip Tirkey (ANI Photo) BENGALURU: What began as a controversy over the Indian hockey team’s switch from its traditional blue jersey to saffron has now snowballed into a governance battle within Hockey India (HI).In a strongly worded letter to the federation’s director general (DG), Cdr RK Srivastava, HI president Dilip Tirkey has raised…
JAMMU: Two rusted mortar shells were found in two villages near the Pakistan border in Jammu’s Poonch on Monday and were safely destroyed later by the Army’s bomb disposal squad, officials said. Some villagers found one shell in Mankote area and alerted security forces, the officials said. The other shell was spotted on a farm…
Foreign currency deposits saw a significant increase between June and July MUMBAI: Of the $28 billion addition to FCNR(B) deposits between June 5 and July 30, the top three banks, HSBC, SBI and ICICI Bank, accounted for nearly half the collections, with HSBC alone contributing about 23%, according to data released by govt in a…