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Charter flight arranged for West Indies team to return home

Kolkata, Mar 5 (PTI) A charter flight has been arranged for the West Indies team to return home after the Caribbean side remained...

J&K’s Ranji Trophy win reflects impact of sustained investment in the region: Jay Shah

New Delhi, Mar 5 (PTI) ICC chairman Jay Shah on Thursday said Jammu and Kashmir's recent triumph in the Ranji Trophy reflected the...

I just wanna go home: Daren Sammy pleads for exit as West Indies remain stranded in India

Kolkata, Mar 5 (PTI) West Indies head coach Daren Sammy on Thursday voiced his frustration on social media as the Caribbean side remained...

SAI’s Container Labs: Prepping athletes for Japan’s ‘Tiny Living’ in Asiad 2026

New Delhi, Mar 5 (PTI) With shipping containers repurposed into housing units awaiting them as accommodation in this year's Asian Games, makeshift containers...

Baby joy, NZ’s T20 World Cup final entry make it ‘special’ week for pacer Matt Henry

Kolkata, Mar 5 (PTI) From celebrating the birth of his son back home to delivering a crucial final over in the T20 World...

Sri Lanka Sports Minister hints at revamp in SLC after poor T20WC show

Colombo, Mar 5 (PTI) Sri Lanka's dismal performance in the T20 World Cup might trigger an overhaul of the country's cricket board with...

NZ took ‘bull by horns’ to stop SA juggernaut: Finn Allen

Kolkata, Mar 5 (PTI) The recipe to halt the South African juggernaut was simple -- win the toss and "take the bull by...

First batch of Zimbabwe players leave India after ICC works out alternate air route

New Delhi, Mar 5 (PTI) Stranded here due to the closure of Gulf airspace, a batch of Zimbabwe's cricketers left for home following...

It wasn’t a choke but a walloping: SA coach Conrad after semis defeat to NZ

Kolkata, Mar 5 (PTI) Not the one to mince words, South African head coach Shukri Conrad said his team's nine-wicket defeat to New...

Kolkata’s ‘Knight Rider’ Allen blows away South Africa, takes NZ into final

Kolkata, Mar 4 (PTI) A ruthless New Zealand rode on a record 33-ball century from 'local lad' Finn Allen to outclass South Africa...

On Camera

Nitish’s exit is good for Bihar. It’s the beginning of JD(U)’s end and BJP’s supremacy

The JD(U) may still have 12 members in the Lok Sabha and 85 in the state Assembly, but without Nitish Kumar as its face, the party is confronted with a big leadership vacuum.

India’s deadly surge in tobacco use: 60% urban spike in a decade, 565% gutka boom in rural households

EAC-PM paper finds sharp rise in rural and urban tobacco consumption between 2011-12 and 2023-24, with poorer households hit hardest even as public healthcare spending expands.

War reaches India’s backyard as Iranian warship sunk by US submarine off Sri Lanka coast. 100 dead

Sinking of the ship has raised eyebrows in the Indian defence and security establishment. Lankan navy has recovered several bodies, believed to be of crew members.

Pakistan is fighting a two-front war. I saw it coming 15 yrs ago

The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.