Melbourne: Four leading Australian pacers, including Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, are set to miss the start of the upcoming Indian Premier League season later this month, dealing an early setback to their respective franchises. According to a report, Starc, Cummins and Hazlewood will miss at least the start of IPL while Nathan Ellis is...

Bhubaneswar: A fire broke out at a market complex in Odisha's Bhubaneswar Friday morning, officials said. The blaze was first noticed by a trader, who detected smoke inside his shop in the market at the CRP Square area around 10 am, they said. Firefighters broke open windows on the first floor and sprayed water to douse the...

Dubai: Israel's military said Friday it struck sites in Syria in response to attacks against the Druze. The army said it struck infrastructure belonging to Syria in response to attacks on the Druze population in Sweida in southern Syria. Syria's state-run SANA news agency did not immediately acknowledge the attack, which marks the first Israeli attack on...

Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expanded his cabinet Friday, with five MLAs taking oath as ministers at the Lok Bhavan here. With the induction of the new ministers -- Khazan Das, Bharat Singh Chaudhary, Madan Kaushik, Pradeep Batra, and Ram Singh Kaida -- the Uttarakhand cabinet has reached its maximum strength of 12, officials said....

Gangtok: Two back-to-back earthquakes of magnitude 3.6 and 2.7 hit Sikkim's Gangtok in the early hours of Friday, officials said. The magnitude 3.6 quake occurred at 426 am around 10.7 km northwest of Gangtok at a shallow depth of 5 km, while another struck 11.2 km west of the city at a depth of 10 km, the...

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday said the efforts of the Election Commission to gerrymander will not change the results in West Bengal Assembly elections, expressing confidence that Trinamool Congress will emerge victorious. No amount of effort by the Election Commission to gerrymander will change the results. Come counting day, Mamata Didi will win...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Friday met revered saint Premanand Maharaj at his Shri Hit Radha Keli Kunj Ashram in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, engaging in spiritual discourse and seeking his blessings. The meeting marked a key highlight of the President’s ongoing three‑day visit to Uttar Pradesh, where she is participating in religious ceremonies and public engagements. Arriving...

Guwahati: In a significant boost to opposition unity ahead of the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, the Indian National Congress and Raijor Dal Friday have finalised a seat-sharing arrangement, with the Congress agreeing to allocate 11 constituencies to Akhil Gogoi-led regional outfit. According to the agreement, Raijor Dal will contest from Sivasagar, Dalgaon, Dhing, Sissiborgaon, Digboi, Bokakhat, Manas,...

Mumbai: Global oil prices traded lower Friday after the US signalled a possible easing of sanctions on Iranian crude, as efforts intensified to secure shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude futures fell as much as 3.39 per cent to an intra-day low of $104.96 per barrel, while US WTI crude futures traded 3.22 per cent...

United Nations: India has dismissed a report by the expert on minority issues as “factually incorrect” and displaying “hostility” to the country. Gaurav Kumar Thakur, a counsellor at India’s UN Mission in Geneva, said India rejects the assertions of Nicolas Levrat, the special rapporteur on minority issues, about the Waqf Amendment Act 2025. His assertions are “factually...