INDIA head to Brisbane for the third Test against Australia, starting Saturday, amid concerns over captain Rohit Sharma's form and the fitness of pacer Jasprit Bumrah. Meanwhile, Australia, buoyed by their strong showing in Adelaide, aim to... Continue

TEACHERS and nurses may strike after the government recommended a 2.8 per cent pay rise for public sector workers for the next financial year.


Ministers cautioned that higher pay awards would require cuts in Whitehall budgets.Continue

FILMMAKER Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine As Light“, a Mumbai-set story about three women and their friendship, on Monday (9) received two nominations at the 82nd Golden Globes in the Best Motion Picture Non-English Language and the B... Continue

AUSTRALIA defeated India by 10 wickets in the second Test at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday, levelling the five-match series 1-1.
The hosts delivered a dominant performance with both bat and ball to secure victory on day three of the pink-b... Continue

CONSERVATIVE peer and donor Lord Rami Ranger has been stripped of his Commander of the British Empire (CBE) honour following a decision by the Forfeiture Committee.
The committee determined that he had brought the honours system into dis... Continue

AUSTRALIA’S batsmen were dominated by Jasprit Bumrah in Perth, but Travis Head said they were looking forward to another round against the Indian spearhead, who he believes will be come to regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in h... Continue

VODAFONE and Three, the UK ision of Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison, have received approval from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for their planned merger.
The deal will create the largest mobile phone operator in Britain by c... Continue

SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY (SWR) will become the first train operator to be renationalised under Labour’s plans to address issues in the country’s railway system, the Department for Transport announced on Wednesday.
SWR, one of the larges... Continue

KEIR STARMER has stated that the country does not need to choose between its alliance with a Donald Trump-led United States and its European neighbours.
Delivering a keynote speech at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet in London on Monday, the p... Continue

THE DEATH toll from Cyclone Fengal, which swept through Sri Lanka and southern India, rose to 20 on Monday. The storm triggered heavy rains and flooding after its winds subsided, leaving significant disruption in its path.
Fengal made la... Continue

MARCO JANSEN’s seven-wicket haul led South Africa to a commanding position as Sri Lanka were bowled out for their lowest Test total of 42 on the second day of the first Test at Kingsmead on Thursday.
The left-arm pacer took 7 for 13, w... Continue

NET migration to Britain hit a record of more than 900,000 in 2023, much higher than original estimates, although tougher visa rules have started to reduce the number of arrivals, official data showed.
In the year ending June 2024, most ... Continue

US president-elect Donald Trump has nominated Indian-American scientist Jay Bhattacharya as the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the leading health research and funding body in the United States.
Bhattacharya is the f... Continue

THIRTEEN-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest player ever sold in an IPL auction on Monday, overshadowing big-ticket signings like veteran pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Deepak Chahar.
Suryavanshi, a left-handed batter and spin... Continue

INDIAN wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in Indian Premier League (IPL) history on Sunday (24), fetching a record £2.54 million at the auction held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Teams competed fiercely over 577 playe... Continue