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Suryakumar Yadav hasn’t been in good batting form lately. During the ongoing 2025 Asia Cup, he has registered scores of 7*, 47*, 0 and 5. Suryakumar Yadav had a disappointing outing with the bat during India’s 2025 Asia Cup Super Four fixture against Bangladesh, in Dubai on Wednesday. First it was his mix-up with Abhishek Sharma, which led to the opener departing for the dugout. Then came another his dismissal in the same over. In the first delivery of the 12th over, Mustafizur Rahman sent a short delivery, wide outside off, and Suryakumar cut it to backward point, and Rishad…

Multiple police teams are carrying out raids across Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand in connection with the case. A lookout circular has been issued against Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, who has been accused of harassing 17 students in a private institute in Delhi, the police said on Wednesday. “A lookout circular (LOC) has been issued against him to prevent any attempt to flee the country,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Amit Goel said. The officer added that multiple police teams are carrying out raids across Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand in connection with the case. Swami Chaitanyananda…

“It’s deeply unfortunate what’s unfolding in Ladakh. The situation didn’t spiral on its own; it was engineered,” officials familiar with the matter said. As protests over statehood and other demands turned violent in Leh, Ladakh, claiming at least four lives on Wednesday, government officials monitoring the situation noticed a “sinister plot for political and personal gain” in the developments. “It’s deeply unfortunate what’s unfolding in Ladakh. The situation didn’t spiral on its own; it was engineered deliberately,” officials familiar with the matter said. The violence came even though the central government had set the next date for discussions on the…

Last year, India became the top sender of international students, with over 331,000 students overall studying in the US. Amid the ongoing row over H-1B visa fee hike, Republican Senator Chuck Grassley on Wednesday called on the Department of Homeland Security to stop issuing work authorisations to student visa holders who, he said, “compete against Americans”. In a post on X, Grassley said, “DHS needs 2 stop issuing work authorisations 2 student visa holders who compete against Americans. It’s in direct violation of law & puts USA at risk of tech and corporate espionage. I sent a letter 2 DHS…

General Anil Chauhan is the second CDS to assume the post in September 2022, after Gen Bipin Rawat. The Centre on Wednesday extended the tenure of Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan till May 30, 2026. General Anil Chauhan is the second CDS to assume the post in September 2022, after Gen Bipin Rawat.

Errol Musk, father of Elon Musk, faces charges of sexually assaulting five children and stepchildren since 1993. Errol Musk, the 79-year-old father of billionaire Elon Musk, has been charged with sexually assaulting five of his children and stepchildren since 1993.  The outlet further said that these charges may be the reason why SpaceX CEO Elon hardly speaks about his father. Family members reportedly have reached out to Elon for assistance, and he has occasionally “taken action to intercede.” Meanwhile, Errol dismissed the Times’ report as “false” and “nonsense,” calling them out of hand. In an attempt to obtain money from…

The White House had clarified that the new $100,000 fee hike is only meant for new applicants, adding that the move will not impact the current lottery. The Trump administration has proposed a new and stringent H-1B visa process, a move that comes just days after the US President signed a proclamation raising the application fee to $100,000. The proposal, released via a Federal Register notice, would rework the existing H-1B visa selection process to favour high-skilled and better-paid workers. The Department of Homeland Security formally notified its intent to change the H-1B lottery scheme from a random selection process…

Besides the new train, railway minister announces new Rajpura-Mohali track. A new Vande Bharat train will be launched soon connecting Ferozepur in Punjab, a historic district headquarters near the border with Pakistan, with New Delhi, via Punjab’s major cities of Bathinda and Patiala. Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced this on Tuesday. In a presentation along with Union Minister of State Ravneet Singh Bittu, who belongs to Punjab, he also announced a rail link to be built between Rajpura and SAS Nagar (Mohali) that will help directly connect large parts of Punjab more conveniently with the Chandigarh-Mohali-Panchkula tricity. While a date…

The situation prompted CM Mamata Banerjee to announce early puja holidays for state-run schools and direct colleges and universities to hold online classes. Kolkata and its surrounding areas received the highest rainfall in 37 years during a non-stop six-hour spell between Monday midnight and Tuesday morning which left the 335-year-old city inundated and at least eight dead due to accidental electrocution, government officials said. Two similar deaths were reported from the adjacent districts of North and South 24 Parganas. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) officials said the rate of rainfall was only 2 mm short of a cloud burst. Kolkata…

US President calls India and China primary funders of Russia’s war in Ukraine; repeats Op Sindoor ceasefire claim on biggest stage of global diplomacy. US President Donald Trump mentioned India in two key contexts in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that lasted just under an hour in New York on Tuesday. The first mention was a repeat of his claim that he “stopped a war” between India and Pakistan, counting it among seven such cases — something he’s done at least three dozen times so far, though never at the biggest global stage of diplomacy. The…