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Former India cricketer Mohammed Kaif has questioned captain Shubman Gill’s use of Kuldeep Yadav in the first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle, saying the spinner’s short spells suggested a lack of faith in him.Kuldeep bowled only 25 overs across India’s two innings in the Test and took one wicket, while left-arm spinner Manav Suthar and Ravindra Jadeja bowled around 44 overs each and shared 14 wickets. India won the Test by 165 runs.Kaif, speaking on his YouTube channel, said Kuldeep is a rare type of bowler and needs the backing of the captain and team management.”From how he was…

New Delhi: BJP national President Nitin Nabin on Saturday chaired the first introductory meeting of the newly constituted BJP national team. This meeting will formally mark the beginning of their new innings as BJP office bearers.All six stanzas of the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ were recited ahead of the BJP meeting.At noon, the BJP national bearers team meeting will take place at the BJP extension office in Delhi.Three separate meetings are scheduled throughout the day at the BJP headquarters and its extended office. The agenda includes the introduction of the new office bearers, discussion on the nationwide programs to be…

Colombo, August 2026 – Sri Lanka’s higher education leadership converged at the Hilton Colombo on Friday for an exclusive, closed-door roundtable convened by ETEducation, bringing together vice chancellors, deans and directors general to confront a question the sector has debated in fragments for years but rarely in one room: what does it actually mean to make a graduate ready, not merely employed, in an economy being reshaped by AI.Themed “Human-Centred AI, Education & Employability: Shaping Sri Lanka’s Future Workforce,” the discussion moved deliberately past the access-versus-enrolment framing that has dominated national education policy for a decade. ETEducation’s opening position was…

Today (August 22) is the 387th Anniversary of the Establishing of Madras (now Chennai) – Madras Day 2026 It was a historic settlement and today it has become the hub of culture and cinema. Chennai is not just a backdrop in Tamil cinema. It has been a character. Films have recorded its many moods, from the streets of North Chennai to the urban neighborhoods. Here are five Tamil movies that explored the different shades of Madras and Chennai.‘Madras’ – The politics and identity of North ChennaiPa. Ranjith’s ‘Madras’ (2014) was a gritty portrait of life in North Chennai. The film…

Fires at recycling centres caused by wrongly discarded lithium batteries such as those found in vapes are occurring at the rate of more than 10 a week, according to new figures.Experts say the sheer volume of battery fires now occurring at waste facilities has reached a crisis that is putting lives at risk, costing £1bn a year and frustrating fire chiefs.In figures shared with the Guardian, the Environment Services Association (ESA), the trade body for waste management companies, said its members had reported 1,518 fires in the year to March 2026. At least 541 of these fires were directly attributed…

Delhi’s Sanat Sangwan celebrates his century during the fourth and last day of the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 cricket match between Delhi and Puducherry, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in New Delhi. Match ended in a draw. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: “Arey nahi nahi!” Sanat Sangwan bursts into laughter when asked if his father was a fan of Sri Lankan batting legend Sanath Jayasuriya and whether that inspired his name.The 25-year-old southpaw has been Delhi’s most consistent batter in the last two domestic seasons. Sangwan managed only 385 runs in his debut Ranji Trophy season in 2024-25, but his stay at…

Mumbai: A series of extortion threats made to businessmen and hoteliers in coastal Karnataka and Mumbai by callers claiming to be former Chhota Rajan aide Hemant Pujari has kicked off a probe by the police in both states.Police here said they were in the process of verifying if the calls were made by the fugitive gangster or are the work of imposters using his name.Sources said several businessmen and hotel owners in Udupi and neighbouring areas had recently reported receiving threatening calls from unknown numbers demanding money. Similar information also surfaced in Mumbai, where some hoteliers allegedly received extortion threats…

Delhi-NCR is likely to see generally cloudy skies, with very light to light rain at a few places. NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rain at isolated places across several parts of the country on Sunday, with Uttarakhand, central India, the Northeast and parts of eastern and southern India among the areas likely to receive heavy showers.Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds are also likely over parts of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, while strong surface winds are expected over parts of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.IMD forecast for SundayHeavy rain is likely at isolated…

Athletes from Karnataka are currently in limbo as the long-promised two percent job reservation remains unimplemented (Representative image) BENGALURU: Top athletes are still waiting to reap the benefit of Karnataka’s announced two per cent reservation for sportspersons across departments, as employment notifications have yet to include the provision.Officials of state sports associations said the final order from the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR) is still awaited, delaying the rollout of the announced reservation. The delay is proving costly for hundreds of sportspersons who stand to benefit.”What we hear from Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports (DYES) officials is…

A recent land auction in Raidurg achieved a record price of Rs 264 crore per acre (Image used for representational purpose only) HYDERABAD: Barely three months after its last mega sale, the Raidurg land auction scaled a new peak on Friday with an acre of prized land here fetching an unprecedented Rs 264 crore. The record-breaking bid for the parcel in the city’s most sought-after realty corridor — Knowledge City — was snapped up by MSN Realty.The company paid a staggering Rs 1,386 crore for the 5.25-acre land parcel in the e-auction conducted by the Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation…