Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq has shared details about captain Mohammad Rizwan’s religious practices within the national cricket team. Speaking on the Ultra Edge podcast ahead of the Champions Trophy 2025, Imam revealed that Rizwan arranges hotel rooms for prayers, gathers teammates for Namaz, lays out white sheets for prayer, and creates WhatsApp groups for prayer schedules. He also mentioned that non-Muslims are restricted from entering these prayer spaces.

Hamas handed over four dead hostages to the Red Cross early Thursday in exchange for Israel's release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, days before the first phase of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will end.

The teams engaged in rescuing eight persons who remain trapped in a partially collapsed SLBC tunnel have began cutting the part of Tunnel Boring Machine and other obstacles that are preventing them from going to the spot where they can search for the individuals.

India has slammed Pakistan after it raked the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in the UN Human Rights Council, saying the "failed state” that survives on “international handouts” “dutifully” spreads “falsehoods handed down by its military-terrorist complex.”

Afghanistan stunned England with a commanding performance in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, securing a crucial victory that knocked the defending champions out of the tournament.Ibrahim Zadran's majestic 177 and pacer Azmatullah Omarzai's fifer trumped Joe Root's masterful hundred, as the brave Afghanistan registered a thrilling 8-run win to knock a largely-insipid England out of the Champions Trophy here on Wednesday.

Two young men aged 19 and 20 from Bihar's Muzaffarpur town on Wednesday drowned in the Alaknanda river in Srinagar area of Uttarakhand's Pauri district, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) said.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said the Tourism Policy 2024-29 lays the foundation for growth, innovation, and responsible tourism, with Rs 1,350 crore allocated for its implementation.

 A fire broke out at a cinema hall in Select Citywalk Mall here on Wednesday evening due to a short circuit during the screening of a movie, an official said.