East Zone’s Vaibhav Sooryavanshi plays a shot on day three of the Duleep Trophy Semi-final 1 cricket match between Central Zone and East Zone, at BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) grounds, in Bengaluru, Karnataka. (PTI Photo) BENGALURU: On a day when 13 wickets fell, East Zone had the final say in the Duleep Trophy semifinal…
‘Sultan of Mappila songs’ Kozhikode Aboobacker passes away at 80; veteran composer leaves. Kozhikode Aboobacker, one of the most celebrated composers in the Mappila music tradition, has passed away at the age of 80. Known among Malayalis as the ‘Sultan of Mappila Songs’, he leaves behind a vast musical legacy.As reported by Mathrubhumi, Aboobacker had…
Bengaluru: In a crowded Indian pace pool, opportunities have to be seized. Punjab’s Gurnoor Brar appears to have taken that lesson to heart. The lanky pacer made an immediate impression on his India ODI debut against Afghanistan in June, claiming three wickets. A month later, representing India ‘A’, he followed it up with a 10-wicket…
Actress and fitness enthusiast Bhagyashree has revisited her early experience of motherhood and opened up about postpartum fitness. The ‘Raja Shivaji’ actress revealed that she became a mother at a young age. She also shared that both of her deliveries were through C-section.Bhagyashree and her husband Himalaya Dasani have two children, son Abhimanyu Dassani and…
NEW DELHI: The English vocabulary sometimes feels the loss for words while describing what Viswanathan Anand is to India and its chess legacy. There is a particular kind of stillness that follows the Chennai-born Grandmaster into a room, the stillness of a man who solved most of what chess could throw at him decades ago…
The price nears $96 a barrel as US-Iran strikes stoke fears of supply disruption Oil prices extended their sharp rally on Wednesday, rising nearly 1 per cent in early trade as the latest US-Iran military escalation heightened fears that disruptions to crude supplies could worsen.Brent crude futures rose 87 cents, or 0.92 per cent, to…
BTS star Jungkook made hearts flutter online after a video of him, revealing a highly specific list of qualities he would like in a person, went viral on social media.During a recent livestream, Jungkook spoke about the kind of person he was looking for, listing qualities including their age, personality, interests and lifestyle. In the…
PM Modi gifting Javokhir Sindarov’s World Cup scoresheet to Uzbek Prez Prime Minister Narendra Modi used chess as a unique diplomatic gesture during his visit to Uzbekistan, gifting President Shavkat Mirziyoyev the original handwritten scoresheet from Uzbek Grandmaster Javokhir Sindarov’s 2025 FIDE World Cup final victory in Goa.The scoresheet was presented in a leatherette cover…
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