A wedding in the southern Indian state of Karnataka took a bizarre turn when the bride married a guest, discovering that the groom sneaked out. Two brothers, identified only as Ashok and Navin, were all set to get married in simultaneous ceremonies Sunday, Jan. 3. However, while Navin participated in all the pre-wedding ceremonies with his to-be wife Sindhu, he …

WILMINGTON, Del: President-elect Joe Biden said on Thursday that President Donald Trump fomented Wednesday’s violence at the U.S. Capitol, calling it one of the darkest days in the history of the country and an assault on democracy. Biden, speaking in Wilmington, Delaware, where he was introducing nominees for his Justice Department, called the Trump supporters who forced their way into …

ISLAMABAD: The statistics of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has shown that the coronavirus pandemic claims 48 more lives, whereas, 2,435 new infections were reported during the last 24 hours. In the past 24 hours, 48 more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll to 10,558. 3,313 patients have recovered from the virus in a day and …

LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid has announced that anti-polio vaccination drive will begin from January 11 across the province. Dr Yasmin Rashid said that more than 20 million children will be administered the doses of the oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) during the forthcoming immunisation drive. She detailed that 48,000 teams have been constituted besides distributing face masks and …

TOKYO: Bitcoin fell more than 5% on Friday, a day after topping $40,000 for the first time. The world’s most popular digital currency slid to as low as $36,618.36 on Bitstamp exchange, after reaching an all-time high of $40,402.46 in the previous session. Rival cryptocurrency ethereum sank more than 10% to as low as $1,064.89. Bitcoin has rallied more than …

KARACHI: Just three days after being involved in the high drama finale of red-ball cricket, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Central Punjab — the joint Quaid-e-Azam Trophy champions — will be action on Friday when they clash in the opening round of the 33-match Pakistan Cup 50-over tournament. The decider of the country’s premier championship provided the first-ever first-class final in cricket …

LONDON: England Women will tour Pakistan for the first time in October, joining the men’s side in an unprecedented joint trip, cricket chiefs announced here on Thursday. No England team have played international cricket in the country since 2005. Cricket-obsessed Pakistan spent a decade in international sporting isolation after gunmen targeted the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in 2009, …

LAHORE: Head coach of Pakistan Misbah-ul-Haq while welcoming the criticism over his team in the backdrop of losing all two Test matches to New Zealand by big margins, terms it is because the nation has the expectations from the team due to its potential. In a podcast released by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) here on Thursday, Misbah said: “Whosoever …

jamie CHRISTCHURCH: Less than a year into his Test career, Kyle Jamieson is already the toast of New Zealand and being compared to the country’s cricketing greats, but despite stunning figures he considers himself still a work in progress. The towering fast bowler made his debut last February against India on a grey Wellington day when regular firebrand Neil Wagner …