Rajat Patidar (BCCI/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru entered their crucial IPL 2026 clash against Punjab Kings at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala without regular captain Rajat Patidar. In Patidar’s absence, wicketkeeper-batter Jitesh Sharma led the side.RCB are the defending IPL champions, having defeated Punjab Kings in the 2025 final to lift…

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Anushka Sharma Responds To Influencer’s Story Of Her Early Days Of Dating Virat Kohli Virat Kohli has often said Anushka Sharma changed the way he looked at food, health, and animals. The cricketer turned vegetarian after health concerns, but he also credited Anushka’s compassion for animals for shaping his choice. The couple, who married in…

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Imran Khan has opened up about a painful aspect of single parenting, saying he often struggles to arrange playdates for his daughter, Imara, because some parents hesitate to send their children to a home where a single man lives. The actor said he understands why some mothers feel cautious, but the repeated refusals have been…

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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday warned that continuing wars and global instability could reverse decades of development and push large populations back into poverty, as he stressed the need for resilient and trusted global supply chains.Addressing the Indian diaspora in The Hague during his visit to the Netherlands, PM Modi said the…

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KOLKATA: A man was arrested from Kolkata’s Garden Reach area for allegedly sending an email to police threatening a suicide bomb attack on West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari “with the help of terror outfit Al Qaeda,” a senior officer said on Saturday.The accused, identified as 27-year-old Hasnain Iqbal, was arrested following a joint operation…

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Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday announced financial incentives of Rs 30,000 for the birth of a third child and Rs 40,000 for a fourth, as part of efforts to reverse the state’s declining population trend.Addressing a public meeting at Narsannapeta in Srikakulam district…

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Photo credit: Delhi Customs NEW DELHI: Customs officials at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Saturday said they had seized 115 smuggled gold bars weighing 3.5 kg from an American national of Indian origin, news agency PTI reported.The seizure comes amid a recent rise in gold smuggling attempts following the increase in Customs duty on…

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NEW DELHI: India on Saturday once again rejected the constitution of the Court of Arbitration under the Indus Waters Treaty, declaring the decision as ‘null and void.’External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India had never recognised the establishment of the court and would not accept any proceedings, awards or decisions issued by it.“The…

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CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said his party would not allow even a single genuine vote to be deleted in the state under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.Warning against any attempt to engineer “fake votes” in favour of a particular political party, Mann asserted that AAP leaders and workers would remain…

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NEW DELHI: India has finally succeeded in retrieving the ‘Chola Plates’ considered to be among the most significant surviving records of the dynasty with Netherlands formally restituting the assets at a formal ceremony in the presence of PM Narendra Modi and PM Rob Jetten on Saturday, marking yet another success of Modi govt in recovering…

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