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Deja vu: Head-ache yet again for Rohit & Co

Travis smashes century at his home ground to put hosts on top

State of play: Mercury rising on the board at World Chess Championship

VER the last week or so, journalists have come under fire because of the nature of some questions asked to the players during the post-game press conferences.

Chhetri turns back clock to power Bengaluru FC

SUNIL Chhetri turned back the clock to score a hat-trick, helping Bengaluru FC post a thrilling 4-2 victory over Kerala Blasters in the ISL here.

CONVINCED ABOUT HIL'S ECONOMIC VIABILITY: HI CHIEF TIRKEY

HEN former India captain Dilip Tirkey was elected as the president of Hockey India, besides galvanising the India team, he had two objectives in mind.

Man City held, Merseyside derby postponed

MANCHESTER City failed to win for the eighth time in nine games in a 2-2 draw at Crystal Palace on Saturday as high winds caused the Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool to be postponed.

Railway wrestler asked to pull out in sr nat'ls

A Rajasthan Greco-Roman wrestler was asked to pull out of the ongoing Senior National Championship in Bengaluru on Saturday, saying the Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) has not given no-objection certificates to its grapplers to compete in the event.

MORE OLA STORES, MODELS; BUT THERE'S A BACKLOG

LA Electric's co-founder, Bhavish Aggarwal, has just announced an ambitious plan to open as many as 3,200 stores by the end of December.

UltraTech's India Cement buyout under CCI scrutiny

The acquisition of India Cements by UltraTech Cement has come under the lens of the Competition Commission of India (CCI).

Mahindra to rename electric SUV as 'BE 6'

The car manufacturer says it will contest the brand rights of 'BE 6e' in court, asserts that IndiGo's claim is baseless

Wooden Street raises ₹354 cr funding from Premji Invest

FURNITURE and home decor brand Wooden Street has raised $43 million or nearly ₹354 crore in series-C round from Premji Invest.

RBI adds 27 tn gold in Oct, 50% of central banks' buying

THE Reserve Bank has bought 48% of all the gold that the central banks bought in October, adding a whopping 27 tonne to its home reserves, taking the total tonnage to 882.

Qatar PM says Gaza truce talks gathering momentum ahead of Don's return

QATAR's prime minister said on Saturday that momentum had returned to talks aimed at securing a truce and hostage exchange deal in Gaza following the election of Donald Trump as US president.

Nobel winners flag AI's risks, call for strong regulation

PHYSICS Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton and chemistry laureate Demis Hassabis on Saturday insisted on a need for strong regulation of artificial intelligence, which played a key role in their awards.

Blast destroys housing block in Netherlands

AN explosion and fire rocked a neighbourhood in the Dutch city of The Hague on Saturday, killing one woman and injuring other people and destroying several apartments, according to authorities.

S Korea president Yoon's impeachment fails

Most lawmakers from his conservative party boycott proceedings leaving Oppn unable to garner two-thirds of vote

Syrian rebels 'encircling' Damascus

REBELS on a lightning advance through Syria said on Saturday they have begun to encircle Damascus as government forces denied they had withdrawn from areas near the capital.

Woman brings brother's body tied to taxi roof

UNABLE to afford the exorbitant fee charged by the ambulance service, a woman was forced to travel 195 kilometers from her village to Haldwani by tying the body of her brother, who died by suicide, to the roof of a taxi.

Lack of snowfall at Badrinath raises concerns, climate change blamed

EXPERTS and priests of the Badrinath shrine have expressed concern over the absence of snowfall in the region until December, attributing to climate change.

Four BJP MLAs inducted into Assam ministry

WITH around 15 months left for Assam to go to elections, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday expanded his ministry by appointing four BJP MLAs as ministers.

Modi made welfare state a reality, 25 cr lifted out of poverty, says Shah

HOME Minister Amit Shah on Saturday credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for transforming the vision of a welfare state into a reality, a feat he claimed previous governments before 2014 pursued only in bits and pieces.

Hit by bullet, Bihar man drives passengers to safety

IN an act of courage and bravery, a driver saved the life of at least 15 people in Bihar's Bhojpur district.

MoS defence Seth says he got ₹50 lakh ransom threat, 2 held after probe

MINISTER of State for Defence Sanjay Seth on Saturday said he has received an extortion call of ₹50 lakh via text message from Ranchi while attending the winter session Parliament in New Delhi.

BJP MLA wants ban on beef sale, JD(U) sees red

INSPIRED by his senior party colleague and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Bihar BJP MLA Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul on Saturday demanded a ban on sale of beef in hotels, restaurants and public places of the state.

Temple burnt in Bangla: ISKCON

Kolkata official says idols gutted, expresses concern over arrested Krishna Das's safety

THE HERO WHO ENCHANTS A NATION

When the trailer of Allu Arjun's Pushpa 2: The Rule was launched in Patna, thousands thronged the event, eager to catch a glimpse of the star who embodies the almost-mythical protagonist of the franchise.

Season's first cold wave to hit by next week

WARMER winter has reduced the sweetness of jaggery and created a conducive weather for pest attacks on sugarcane plants in western Uttar Pradesh, one of the largest sugarcane producer belts in the country.

India issues Syria travel advisory, asks citizens to return at the earliest

90 Indians in Syria

Working on resolution of Ukraine conflict, says EAM

Jaishankar says needle moving towards negotiations than a longer war

Drop in India's TB burden doubled since 2015: Nadda

UNION Health Minister JP Nadda on Saturday said the rate of decline of tuberculosis incidence in India has doubled since 2015 and is ahead of the global average.

Indian youth brutalised in Myanmar cyber fraud cell hospitalised, say relatives

TWENTY-two-year-old Ajay, one of the Indian youths trapped in a cyber scam centre in Myanmar, has been hospitalised after being brutally beaten up, his relative revealed.