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Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson attends a press conference in Dubai on Thursday. | Photo Credit: AFP Pakistan’s opening encounter of the Asia Cup is against Oman on Friday, but Sunday’s marquee spectacle versus India featured prominently in coach Mike Hesson’s pre-match media interaction. Instead of trotting out cliches about the Pakistanis taking one game at a time, the New Zealander was more than willing to have his say on the big battle.“Being part of a highly-charged event is going to be exciting,” Hesson, who took the reins in May, said on Thursday. “From my perspective, just like anytime you…

Matthew Dowd, a senior political analyst, has been fired by MSNBC after he suggested on air that Charlie Kirk’s “hateful speech” might have contributed to the conservative political activist’s assassination at Utah Valley University on September 10. MSNBC fires political analyst Matthew Dowd over ‘insensitive’ remarks on Charlie Kirk(Getty Images) During an appearance on Katy Tur Reports, Dowd was asked to discuss the “environment in which a shooting like this happens,” according to TIME magazine. At first, Dowd noted that there were no major details regarding the incident at that time. Later on, he said Kirk had been “one of…

Grocery prices jumped 0.6% in August, fueling a sharper-than-expected jump in inflation last month. Frederic J. Brown/AFP hide caption toggle caption Frederic J. Brown/AFP Inflation inched higher last month as Americans closed out the summer paying more for both groceries and gasoline. Consumer prices in August were up 2.9% from a year ago, according to a report Thursday from the Labor Department. That’s a sharper annual increase than the previous month, when inflation was clocked at 2.7%. Prices rose 0.4% between July and August, compared to a 0.2% increase the previous month. Prices for groceries jumped 0.6% while gasoline prices…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday released picture of ‘person of interest’ in Charlie Kirk’s assassination, seeking public’s help in identifying the suspect. FBI is seeking public’s help identifying the ‘person of interest’ in Charlie Kirk’s assassination.(FBI) “We are asking for the public’s help identifying this person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University,” the FBI Salt Lake City said in a post on X, attaching the pictures. Charlie Kirk was on Wednesday shot dead by a sniper who authorities believe jumped off a roof and fled into a neighborhood…

A male tarantula looks for a mate on the plains near La Junta, Colo., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. Thomas Peipert/AP hide caption toggle caption Thomas Peipert/AP Each year, male brown tarantula trek across Colorado to look for ladies. From mid-September to mid-October, they leave the safety of their burrows to go on journeys that will take interesting turns as they face rejection, predators and fatigue. Why they’re on the move Cara Shillington, a biology professor at Eastern Michigan University, doesn’t consider the trek a migration because “this is not a one-way movement from one location to a different location.” Arachnid…

ImphalSeptember 11, 2025 08:33 PM IST First published on: Sep 11, 2025 at 08:33 PM IST Two days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposed visit to Manipur, the apex group of Nagas in the state on Thursday temporarily lifted its “trade embargo” on transit routes passing through Naga-majority districts. In a statement, the United Naga Council (UNC) said it decided to lift the blockade following the government’s request. “The organisation held an emergency meeting in Senapati district and decided to temporarily suspend the indefinite blockade from 6 pm on Thursday,” it said. Key highways through which goods enter the state,…

Congress MP and former global diplomat Shashi Tharoor on Thursday expressed worry at the victory of religio-political party Jamaat-e-Islami’s student wing in Dhaka University elections in Bangladesh. Congress leader Shashi Tharoor saw Jamaat-backed candidates’ win at Dhaka University as a sign of “increasing sense of frustration” with the major parties.(PTI File) “This may have registered as barely a blip on most Indian minds, but it is a worrying portent of things to come,” Tharoor wrote on X on Thursday. He saw it as a sign of “increasing sense of frustration” with the major parties, the (banned) Awami League of ousted…

Amazon starts its 10-minute delivery service in select parts of Mumbai | Photo Credit: REUTERS Amazon on Thursday (September 11, 2025) announced the expansion of its 10-minute delivery service, Amazon Now, to select parts of Mumbai. According to company’s country manager, this quick arm of Amazon is already live in parts of Bengaluru and Delhi.Amazon said it is witnessing 25% month-over-month growth in the 10-minute delivery space. Amazon said that it has created over 100 micro-fulfillment centers for Amazon Now and hundreds more are planned by this year-end. The centers will house everyday essentials from groceries, beauty and personal care, to…

Uncertainty over the formation of an interim government in Nepal following the fall of the K P Sharma Oli government deepened Thursday with Gen Z protest groups divided on who should hold the temporary reins of power, and President Ram Chandra Poudel insisting that any solution to the current stalemate must be found under the existing Constitution.The President’s stance complicates efforts by Nepal Army chief General Ashok Raj Sigdel to ensure an interim dispensation takes charge soonest. A day earlier, General Sigdel had asked former Chief Justice Sushila Karki to step in as the interim Chief Executive, an offer that…

When Saiyaara was first announced, nobody expected it to become a cultural phenomenon. With two newcomers—Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda—leading the film and minimal promotions before its release, trade experts questioned why audiences would even be interested. Yet, against all odds, the film opened to a massive Rs 21.5 crore on day one and eventually went on to earn a staggering Rs 570 crore worldwide. The film’s unexpected success even forced the makers of Son of Sardaar 2 and Param Sundari to delay their releases. Soon, clips of audiences crying in theatres began circulating online, and social media was flooded…