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Royal Challengers Bengaluru fans outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium. (Screengrab) Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) all-rounder Krunal Pandya was stunned after watching the “unreal scenes” outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium at 12:30 am following their team’s two-run win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK).In a two-and-a-half minute long video posted by RCB, thousands of RCB supporters were seen waiting…

Mitchell Owen (Agencies Photo) NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings have roped in emerging Australian all-rounder Mitchell Owen as a replacement for the injured Glenn Maxwell, who has been ruled out of the remainder of the 2025 Indian Premier League season with a fractured finger. The injury adds to a forgettable campaign for Maxwell, who managed just…

Photos: Piyal Bhattacharjee Centuries come and go. Empires rise and fall. But like an unyielding boxer surviving a battery of merciless punches, the Red Fort stands tall and resolute, commanding both respect and eyeballs.It has been quite a life. The fort, now 377 years of age, has experienced the elation of being the imperious heart…

Chennai Super Kings’ MS Dhoni during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Bengaluru. (PTI) Former Australia cricketer Adam Gilchrist has questioned MS Dhoni‘s tactical decisions and batting performance following Chennai Super Kings‘ two-run defeat against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday. The loss marked RCB’s…

Khawaja Asif. (File photo) Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif has threatened that his country will target any structure built by India on the Indus River if it goes against the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), which New Delhi recently suspended after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. Speaking on a programme of Pakistan News channel Geo…

Ukrainian drone downs Russian Su-30 fighter jet Ukraine destroyed a Russian Su-30 fighter jet using a missile fired from a seaborne drone, the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence (DIU) announced on Saturday, and said this was the world’s first downing of a combat aircraft by a maritime drone.“On May 2, the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine special operations…

Elon Musk, head of Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), lashed out at media critics and denied allegations of white supremacist sympathies in a Fox News interview released Friday. “It’s an outrageous thing to claim that I’m a Nazi,” Musk said, suggesting that if his detractors could “press a button” to kill him, “they…

Former First Lady of the US, Michelle Obama, has finally spoken out about persistent rumors surrounding her marriage, and she’s not holding back.Appearing on the May 1 episode of The Diary of a CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett, Michelle made it clear that if she and former President Barack Obama were splitting, the world wouldn’t…

In a dramatic escalation of its immigration enforcement agenda, the Trump administration has rolled out a new policy enabling the US government to revoke the visas of foreign nationals—students, workers, and visitors alike—for even minor legal infractions.The “Catch and Revoke” directive, unveiled by Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the April 30 edition of the…

NEW DELHI: CJI Sanjiv Khanna on Saturday said courtroom adjudication is grim and shallow, as it results in a winner and a loser – a process that fails to heal strained relationships between parties. He contrasted this with mediation, which, he said, seeks to provide a holistic solution that restores relationships.Speaking at the first National…