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West Indies pacer Jayden Seales punished by ICC for hitting Yashasvi Jaiswal during the Delhi Test. Here’s what the apex body said. West Indies pacer Jayden Seales has been reprimanded by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and 25 per cent of his match fees has been deducted after he was found guilty of breaching the Code of Conduct. The incident happened on the opening day of the second Test between West Indies and India at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. The 24-year-old was found guilty of breaching Article 2.9 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel,…

Karnataka has extended this benefit beyond government offices to include the private sector. Karnataka recently made a bold move that could reshape how workplaces across India treat women’s health. The state’s Congress government has approved a menstrual leave policy, allowing women in both the government and private sectors to take one paid day off per month during their period — a total of 12 days a year. While Karnataka’s news policy is seen as a welcome step by many, it isn’t the first time menstrual leave has been discussed in India, and it represents a significant move in the debate.…

The ruling NDA announced its seat-sharing formula on Sunday for the upcoming Bihar Assembly election, with BJP and JD(U) contesting equal numbers of seats. The opposition ‘Mahagathbandhan’ alliance in Bihar is likely to finalise its seat-sharing in the next few days and may announce its candidates along with a joint manifesto this week. The ruling NDA announced its seat-sharing formula on Sunday for the upcoming Bihar Assembly election, with the BJP and the JD(U) contesting equal numbers of seats. Talks between the RJD and Congress are underway, and their leadership may meet on Monday as RJD’s Lalu Prasad and Tejashwi…

Durgapur medical college gang rape case: Statements by woman’s parents suggest the incident occurred before 10 pm on Friday. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday asked private colleges in the state to not allow women to step out in the late hours, asking how the survivor of the alleged Durgapur medical college gang rape case “was outside the campus at 12:30 am”, the time the incident is said to have taken place. While the statements by the woman’s parents suggest the incident occurred before 10 pm on Friday, Mamata Banerjee, addressing a press briefing on Sunday, asked how…

“We NDA colleagues have completed the distribution of seats in a cordial atmosphere,” says JDU national working president Sanjay Kumar Jha on X. Reflecting a change in political equations within Bihar’s ruling alliance, the JDU and BJP have decided to contest an equal number of seats in the 2025 election. The math is impacted majorly by the entry of Chirag Paswan’s LJP(RV). Here’s the math of the 243 seats as divided among NDA constituents, shared on X by JDU working national chief Sanjay Kumar Jha: Janata Dal (United) or JDU: 101 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP): 101 Lok Janshakti Party (Ram…

Last year’s prize went to South Korean author Han Kang for her work that the panel said “confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai on Thursday won the Nobel Prize 2025 for Literature “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.” He joined the illustrious list of laureates that includes Ernest Hemingway, Toni Morrison and Kazuo Ishiguro. According to the Nobel Prize website, author László Krasznahorkai was born in 1954 in the small town of Gyula, southeast Hungary. His first novel, Sátántangó, was…

This is the first of the dismissals for violating a ban on such relationships which had been introduced in 2024 by the Biden administration. The US State Department said on Wednesday that it has fired an American diplomat over his romantic relationship which he admitted having with a Chinese women with alleged ties to the Chinese Communist party. The case was reviewed by the US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. This is the first of the dismissals for violating a ban on such relationships which had been introduced in 2024 by the Biden administration. The Associated…

Advocate Rakesh Kishore had suddenly approached the dias on October 6 and tried to remove his shoe before being restrained by security personnel. Two days after the attempt to hurl a shoe at Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R. Gavai during court proceedings in the top court, Gavai said on Thursday that he does not wish to take the matter further and has “forgotten about it.” CJI Gavai’s remark came while the bench headed by him, along with justices Ujjal Bhuyan and K. Vinod Chandran, was hearing a review petition seeking recall of a May 16 judgment that set…

Jethmalani said that Priya Kapur and her minor son have control of nearly 75 per cent share of the trust, while Karisma’s children are left with 26 per cent. The inheritance dispute between Bollywood actor Karisma Kapoor’s children and their late father Sunjay Kapur’s widow Priya Sachdev Kapur took a dramatic turn during Thursday’s hearing in the Delhi high court. During the hearing, Karisma Kapoor’s two children, who are seeking a share in their father’s assets, compared their stepmother, Priya, to ‘Cinderella’s stepmother’. Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, who is representing Karisma’s children, alleged that soon after Sunjay’s death, Priya Kapur…

Gor said that he had an “incredible meeting” with PM Modi and added that the two discussed bilateral issues, including defence, trade and technology. US Ambassador-designate Sergio Gor on Saturday said that President Donald Trump considers Prime Minister Narendra Modi “a great and personal friend”. Gor, a member of President Donald Trump’s inner circle, made the remarks after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi. Gor is in India with deputy secretary for management and resources Michael J Rigas for a six-day visit to meet senior Indian functionaries. Prime Minister Modi also wrote about his meeting with Gor on X…