Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi has hit back at the growing criticism of Pakistan cricket, questioning whether a few defeats should be enough to declare the sport in the country “finished” while pointing to India’s recent T20I loss to Ireland as an example of how even top sides can suffer unexpected setbacks.Speaking to…
Image credit: Payton LeeImage source: PEOPLE Every child grows up believing that they are an indispensable part of their family. Yet every sibling also grows up hearing how they are apparently adopted. Payton Lee’s siblings often joked about how she didn’t look like her four younger siblings. A running family joke led to a DNA…
Thalapathy Vijay’s rise from one of Tamil cinema’s biggest stars to Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister marks a major new chapter in his public life. As he took charge of the state after his political debut, interest in the actor’s personal and professional background has also grown. At the centre of that story is his father,…
Klein’s plans to attend culinary school after graduating from high school (Photo: USA Today Network via Reuters Connect) Gage Klein was taking orders, cooking food and working the register at his West York restaurant on a recent afternoon. The catch- he is only 16 and is already running his second restaurant while attending high school.According…
Abhay Verma turned heads with his lead debut opposite Sharvari in ‘Munjya’. He’s now opened up about a rougher stretch before that breakthrough, revealing that eight films he had signed prior to ‘Munjya’ were all shelved. Despite the setbacks, he held on to his faith in God, and now feels thankful for the love and…
A former California mayor has been sentenced to four years and four months in prison after admitting to sexually abusing a 17-year-old foreign exchange student who had been staying at his home.Robert Brian Bassett, 58, was sentenced on Wednesday after pleading no contest to three felony child-sex-abuse charges, The New York Times reported.The teenager had…
Nepal has been reeling from devastating floods that have claimed numerous lives, leaving families grieving while several others remain unaccounted for. Amid the widespread struggle to recover, actor Sonu Sood made his way to Nepal to show solidarity with those affected and lend a hand in relief work. He also posted photos from the trip,…
Around 25 firefighters rescued a trapped man alive (Image Credit: X/ @SFFDPIO) A routine garbage collection in San Francisco turned into a desperate rescue early Wednesday after a bystander heard screams coming from inside a garbage truck. The San Francisco Fire Department responded at about 4:11 a.m. on September 2, after the passerby alerted the…
Ashutosh Gowariker’s Swades is now remembered as one of Shah Rukh Khan’s most acclaimed performances, but the film’s journey to the screen looked very different in its early stages. Before Khan became Mohan Bhargava, the role was originally written with Aamir Khan in mind, when the project was still titled Desh.Actor and writer Amin Hajee,…
Wasim Akram (Reuters Photo) Pakistan great Wasim Akram has urged fans on both sides of the India-Pakistan divide to stop carrying the emotions of past conflicts into cricket, insisting that one of the sport’s fiercest rivalries should ultimately be treated as nothing more than a game.Akram, while speaking on the 1 Mint podcast, also reflected…