Christchurch: Arshdeep Singh returned with 2/33 before Glenn Phillips (70) and Bevon Jacobs (56) powered New Zealand to 180/5 in the second T20I against India here Saturday. The two Kiwi batters added 116 runs for the fourth wicket after New Zealand were reduced to 41 for three inside the powerplay. Phillips hit four sixes and four fours...

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu's scheduled two-day visit to Odisha from October 28 has been postponed in the wake of a possible cyclonic storm in the state's coastal areas next week, officials said. "Due to unfavourable weather forecasts and safety precautions, the President's tour has been postponed," an official at the chief secretary's office said. Murmu was slated...

New Delhi: Actor Tara Sutaria has joined Aditya Roy Kapur in Bhushan Kumar's next untitled film. The film is described as an "intense musical love story" and is set against a world of high-stakes conflict and emotion. It is directed by Milap Milan Zaveri, known for Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat and Satyameva Jayate and is produced by Kumar and...

Itanagar: Amid protests against the proposed 11,200-MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project in Arunachal Pradesh, a mob torched an NHPC office and a police station, and vandalised the residences of two political leaders, including that of the state BJP chief, in East Siang district, a senior officer said Saturday. Several police personnel were injured after protesters allegedly hurled...

Washington: The State Department is reducing staffing at four US embassies in the Middle East after receiving intelligence that Iran has stepped up efforts to target American personnel in the region and elsewhere. In a memo sent Friday to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton said his teams have received intelligence that...

New Delhi: Indian physicist Ashoke Sen has been awarded the 2026 Oskar Klein Medal, becoming the first Indian physicist to receive the honour. Sen, an ICTS-Infosys Madhava Chair professor at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS)-Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bengaluru, is widely regarded as an architect of modern string theory. The theory postulates that...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court-appointed High Powered Enquiry Committee (HPEC), probing the alleged violence during the July Jantar Mantar protests, will hold a two-day sitting October 29 and 30 to hear affected persons and record evidence on the alleged use of pellet guns and harassment of female protesters, officials said Saturday. The panel will hold its proceedings...

Jajpur: A woman stopped her husband’s second marriage Saturday while their divorce case was still pending in a court in Jajpur district. According to reports, the incident took place at Trinath Temple in Jarka under Dharmasala block, where Bibhudendra Padhi was reportedly preparing to marry another woman. Sources said Bibhudendra had earlier married Suchismita Panda, daughter of...

LehJammu: Education reformist and HIAL founding director Sonam Wangchuk Saturday cited administrative delays in execution of the lease deed for land allotted to his institute in Leh, sharing an official communication from the Ladakh administration dated February 19, 2021, to support his claim. The climate activist also said he had repeatedly approached the authorities for timely execution...

Mumbai: Mumbai Crime Branch has recovered two firearms allegedly used by assailants to fire at actor Tiger Shroff's car and ten live cartridges from Surat in Gujarat, police official said Saturday. The recovery was made Friday during targeted operational raids conducted by investigating officials in connection with the case. According to a police official, crime branch teams...