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Vadodara: A leopard was killed in an accident with an unidentified vehicle on the Indore-Ahmedabad national highway near Dantiya village in Dahod district.The dead leopard was found on the road early on Saturday morning. It is believed that the leopard may have strayed onto the road in search of prey or water.The leopard was spotted by a patrolling team keeping an eye on the highway. The team informed forest officials, who got the carcass removed from the road. It was cremated as per protocol. Source link
Kolkata: The former postmaster of Regent Estate Post Office in south Kolkata, Dilip Kumar Jana (59), was arrested for allegedly being the mastermind of a fixed deposit (FD) scam worth Rs 8.5 crore. More than 25 senior citizens and investors were duped. Joint CP (crime & Traffic) Rupesh Kumar said Jana, a resident of Ghasiara Paschim Para in Sonarpur, was arrested on Thursday evening from Gopal Nagar in Alipore. He is currently in police custody. He was produced before the court on Friday.The arrest was made on the basis of a written complaint submitted by Avijit Majumdar of Netaji Nagar.Kolkata:…
When the body of an unknown woman is found in a suitcase, forensics step in to solve the mystery. Source link
Whether it was a deliberate, pointed pick, we’ll never know.But as Wales’ replacements jogged out ahead of their team for the start of the second half, the Allianz Stadium DJ launched into the Kaiser Chiefs’ noughties shout-a-along ‘I Predict a Riot’.At 29-0 up, it wasn’t the boldest forecast. And in the end, Wales showed enough fight and quality to prevent England vandalising their national pride as they did in Cardiff last March.But, by any measure, England’s 48-7 win was a walloping.Ball in hand, they made nearly twice the metres of the visitors.Wales were spinning like tops in defence, chasing back…
Gharami’s industrious and chanceless century bailed Bengal out of trouble and enabled it to put up a fight against Andhra on the second day of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal at the Bengal Cricket Academy ground here on Saturday.Resuming at 264 for six, Andhra finished its first innings at 295.In reply, Bengal overcame a forgettable start to close the day at 199 for five.Andhra seamers bowled an ideal line and length and got some movement to deny Bengal a good start. Nitish Kumar dealt an early blow by having Bengal skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran caught spectacularly at cover by S.K. Rasheed.Sasikanth extracted help from the surface and bowled Sudip Chatterjee in his first over. He had Anustup Majumdar caught, with a feather touch…
FIFA paid $1 billion among 32 teams in the men’s 2025 Club World Cup. FIFA will pay $2.3 million in prize money to the club that wins the first Women’s Champions Cup at Arsenal’s stadium next week.The total fund detailed on Friday (January 23, 2026) by FIFA will share $3.9 million among the six continental champions. The final stages in London are a warmup for a planned full Women’s Club World Cup in 2028.European champion Arsenal will play ASFAR of Morocco after Gotham from the United States plays Corinthians of Brazil in back-to-back semifinals on Wednesday (January 28, 2026) at…
Indian goalkeepers for the FIH junior men’s World Cup, Bikramjit, left, and Princedeep. | Photo Credit: K. Keerthivasan Princedeep Singh and Bikramjit Singh (21 years) are two confident young bold men, eager to showcase their talent under the goal and bring home the yellow metal for India in their maiden FIH junior men’s World Cup beginning November 28 here (and Madurai), one that India last won in the year 2016 in Lucknow.In the last two editions in 2021 and 2023, India finished a disappointing fourth. The competition, this too, will be tough with Australia, seven-time champion Germany and The Netherlands…
Zeynep Sonmez of Turkiye and umpire Chase Urban help a ball kid who fainted, from the court during her first round match against Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday. | Photo Credit: AP Play was halted during an Australian Open first-round match on Sunday (January 18, 2026) when a ball girl fainted in soaring temperatures, with players Zeynep Sonmez and Ekaterina Alexandrova rushing to help her.The incident happened as Russian 11th seed Alexandrova was serving in the second set with the girl falling onto her back while standing at the base…
El Greco, Admirable and Staria caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday (Jan. 28) morning. Inner sand 600m: Puccini (Kirtish) 39. Moved freely. Ar First Star (R. Manish) 38. Slightly urged. Son Of A Gun (Avinash) 40. Easy. Blue Eyed Girl (Yash) 38. Moved well. Earth (Gore) 41. Easy. Luna (Parmar) 38. Good. Ariyana Star (app) 41. Easy. Jaisalmer (Ranjane) 39. Moved fluently. Pride’s Prince (Mustakim) 38. Moved well. Alexios (David Allan) 41. Easy. Inheritance (N. Bhosale), Chilton Lodge (Gore) 38. They moved level freely. Giant Gold (Aditya) 40. Easy. Mansa Musa (T.S. Jodha) 37. Worked…
Even as factional issues in Indian golf continue, Major General Bibhuti Bhusan has categorically placed the blame on the IOA for creating confusion in the sport.“There is only one IGU which is recognised by the international federation, the Asian body and the Sports Ministry and registered with the Registrar of Societies. We have organised 50-odd tournaments pan India and sent teams to almost 15 tournaments in the last one year.“We are giving funds, coming from the ministry to us, to the players. When we are recognised by everyone in the world, why is the IOA going elsewhere? It’s solely the…