Cummins Collides With South Africa Star, Then Uses DRS To Get Him Dismissed

Australia skipper Pat Cummins proved yet again why he is the man made for big stages. In the ICC World Test Championship final against South Africa, Cummins bagged a 6-for on Day 2 of the title-decider, pulling the game in his team's favour. However, en route to a heroic performance, Cummins also found himself in the center of an eventful episode that saw him collide with Proteas star Kyle Verreynne after hitting him on the pads in front of the stumps. However, shortly after, the two bumped against each other and fell down.

After an inswinging delivery from Cummins hit Verreynne, the batter ran for a single while the bowler turned his face towards the umpire and began appealing for LBW. Without realising that the South African batter was also running in the same line, Cummins bumped into him as both fell down.

Pat Cummins sent back Verreynne and Jansen in a single over.pic.twitter.com/9wuqNyGMmP

— THAKUR (@JThakur29) June 12, 2025

While the on-field umpire ruled the LBW call in the batter's favour, Cummins decided to make use of DRS. With three reds on the screen, the Australia skipper was rewarded for his performance with another prized scalp.

Kyle Verreynne departs for 13

Excellent review by Pat Cummins pic.twitter.com/AqALlJABP4

— Caught & Bowled (@caught1bowled) June 12, 2025

Cummins finished with figures of 6-28 as he reached 300 career Test wickets and secured a coveted place on the Lord's honours board with a five-wicket haul.

"He does it time and time again," said fellow pacer Mitchell Starc of Cummins. "He led from the front before he was captain, and now as captain as well. The quality and skills he has in his pocket -- I'm thrilled for him to get a bagful. To go to 300 is a special effort."

South Africa lost their last five wickets for 12 runs as Cummins ripped through the batting order.

Only South Africa captain Temba Bavuma (36) and David Bedingham (45) offered meaningful resistance during a fifth-wicket stand of 64.  

As the match starts on Day 3, Australia would start on 144/8, with a lead of 218 runs over South Africa.

With AFP Inputs

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He Was My Uncle's Son: Vikrant Massey On Co-Pilot Of Plane That Crashed

After the horrific crash in Ahmedabad, actor Vikrant Massey has condoled the death of the first officer of the plane, who was the son of his uncle, and the other 240 people feared dead, saying his "heart breaks" for the families.

Air India flight AI 171 had 242 people - 230 passengers, 10 crew and two pilots - on board and, so far, there have been reports of only one survivor. The first officer was Clive Kunder, the son of Mr Massey's uncle Clifford Kunder.

In a post on Instagram, Mr Massey wrote, "My heart breaks for the families & loved ones of
the ones who lost their lives in the unimaginably tragic air crash in Ahmedabad today. It pains even more to know that my uncle, Clifford Kunder lost his son, Clive Kunder, who was the first officer operating on that fateful flight."

"May God give strength to you and your family uncle and to all deeply affected," he added.

The plane, a Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 which had 169 Indians, 53 British nationals, a Canadian and 7 Portuguese on board, crashed into the hostel of the BJ Medical College in Meghani Nagar just over 30 seconds after it took off from the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday. The plane exploded in a fireball at 1.38 pm, and at least five doctors and trainee doctors died at the hostel while many others were injured. 

Home Minister Amit Shah reached Ahmedabad and visited the site of the crash. He said the plane had 1.25 lakh litres of fuel and the temperature after it began burning was so high that there was no opportunity to save anyone. 

Expressing grief over the incident, he said, "The work of pulling out the passengers' remains is almost over. The task of collecting DNA from the bereaved families will take two or three hours and it will soon be over... We have informed the families that lost their loved ones."

Mr Shah also went to a hospital and met the lone survivor from the plane - 40-year-old Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British-Indian who was returning to the UK after a visit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sources said, is likely to visit Ahmedabad on Friday morning.

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NDTV Ground Report: Suitcases Strewn, Food Uneaten At Hostel After Crash

In the compound of the Ahmedabad's Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College and Civil Hospital, JCBs moved charred, mangled remains spread over metres of land, now wet and muddy after hours of firefighting operations. Near a tree that mysteriously survived fire and a rainfall of debris, suitcases were strewn about, while in the mess of the first floor, plates of food remained untouched.

The Air India Ahmedabad-London flight plummeted from a height of 625 feet within seconds of taking off from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport. It brushed past one of the six buildings in the hostel compound before crashing and bursting into flames. Of the 242 people on board, only one survivor has emerged so far.

But the impact was also felt outside the aircraft too. A part of the plane that crashed into the hostel mess left five medical students, included four undergraduate students and a postgraduate resident, dead while many suffered injuries.

At the hostel building, which is just meters away from the airport compound wall, a heavy burning smell lingered while the temperature felt higher than other parts nearby. On the ground was a mix of concrete, bricks, shoes, personal belongings and mangoes fallen from a large tree. Other trees closer to the crash site were charred and without any leaves, NDTV reported from the BJMC compound.

Amid the debris of the crash, sat a piles of hundreds of travel bags that fell from the plane when it hurtled towards the ground. Authorities on the site told NDTV that 90 per cent of the salvage work was done.

Inside the mess, a part of the roof was collapsed on one of the tables. Some suitcases, clothes and personal belongings of the plane's passengers were lying around while in one part, plates lay ready for around 50-60 men at the hostel. On many tables, plates with half-eaten and even uneaten food pointed to a sudden alarm caused by the aircraft's collision into the wall, possibly leading all those inside scurrying towards safety. Mattresses, now dusty, lay stacked in one corner.

108 Ambulance workers told NDTV that among those they rescued were two doctors who had burns on their faces.

Three buildings within BJMC bore the brunt of the impact, including the mess hall. The adjoining two five-storey buildings, home to hospital staff, also suffered severe damage as the resultant inferno raged through them. The buildings were completely blackened.

Rescue teams, comprising personnel from the Gujarat Police, Fire Department, and multiple emergency agencies, were still at work late into the night. Earth movers were deployed to break through collapsed walls and concrete rubble in a desperate bid to reach survivors and recover bodies.

As many as 265 bodies had been brought to the civil hospital in the city, police said. Union home minister Amit Shah, who arrived in Ahmedabad in the evening, said the temperature inside the crashed Boeing 787 Dreamliner was so high that there was no chance to rescue anyone, though one passenger did miraculously survive.

According to Air India, of the 230 passengers, 169 were Indians, 53 British, seven Portuguese and one Canadian. The other 12 people on board were two pilots and 10 crew members.

Search was also on for the aircraft's black box -- the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder -- for clues to understand what happened in the last crucial moments of the doomed flight to London's Gatwick airport.

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Pak, Troubled By Thoughts Of A Deterrent For BrahMos, Looks Beyond China

Ever since India's precision strikes first destroyed its terror infrastructure and later its air bases and military installations during Operation Sindoor, one question has kept Pakistan worried and puzzled at the same time - How to defend itself against India's BrahMos missile?

Though India has not officially stated the use of the BrahMos during Op Sindoor, Pakistan's prime minister Shehbaz Sharif had publicly admitted to its airbases being hit by the supersonic cruise missile.

LOOKING BEYOND CHINA

Disappointed with the Chinese air defence systems - HQ-9 and HQ-16 - which failed to stop India's drone and missile strikes, and was totally ineffective against the BrahMos, as claimed by Pakistan itself, Islamabad is now looking beyond China to find a worthwhile solution.

Pakistan is reportedly exploring a possibility of acquiring a German-made advanced air defence system which has proven to be effective in Ukraine against a Russian cruise missile similar to that of the Brahmos.

GERMAN ENGINEERING

Last month Ukraine claimed that the recently-inducted German air defence system - IRIS-T SLM - had successfully shot down 60 incoming missiles over the last one year. Developed by Germany's Diehl Defence, the air defence system performed well against the Russian P-800 Oniks missile, considered somewhat similar to India's BrahMos.

IRIS-T SLM, which stands for Infrared Imaging System - Tail/Thrust Vector Controlled - Surface-Launched Missile, is a medium-range air defence system. First developed in 1990, the system has been upgraded several times. It includes a radar, an operation centre, and multiple launchers.

According to news agency Reuters, in 2023, Germany purchased six IRIS-T air defence systems for its air force at a total cost of some 900 million euros ($971.73 million). It has a range of approximately 40 kilometres (25 miles) and a 360 degree view.

INDO-GERMAN DEFENCE TIES

According to a report in the Economic Times, Pakistan's plans skip Chinese air defence systems and instead purchase them from Germany, comes at a time when the company that manufactures the IRIS-T - Diehl Defence - has partnered with Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, that is engaged in defence projects in India. Together, Diehl and Thyssenkrupp are working to supply Interactive Defence and Attack Systems or IDAS for six Indian Navy submarines being made in India under the Rs. 70,000 crore Project 75I.

Moreover, as per the Economic Times, India's Reliance Defence, a subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure, has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Diehl Defence. Together they will manufacture the precision-guided munition system Vulcano 155mm - and advanced, long-range artillery shell, in India.

This might make it difficult for Pakistan to deal with the German firm.

MISPLACED PRIORITIES?

Despite its economy tanking and nearly 45 per cent of its citizens now below the poverty line and 16 per cent living in extreme poverty, Pakistan, in its annual budget today upped its defence spending significantly while lowering spending on nearly everything else. However, in the last month alone, cash-strapped Pakistan has managed to secure a billion-dollar loan from the IMF and another $800 million from the Asian Development Bank or ADB.

Additionally, Pakistan's budget saw a whopping 20 per cent hike in defence spending, while the overall expenditure has been slashed by 7 per cent. Some reports suggest that Pakistan's government has scrapped development projects worth nearly 1,000 billion Pakistani Rupees.
 

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'Love Triangle Murder' In Tripura, Man's Body Found In Ice-Cream Freezer

The mystery behind the disappearance of a youth from Agartala's Indranagar area was solved on Wednesday, with his body being discovered from inside a trolley bag hidden in an ice-cream freezer. The finding from Gandacherra market of Dhalai district, about 120 km from the Tripura capital, has sent shockwaves across Tripura, coming on the heels of the 'Honeymoon murder" in neighbouring Meghalaya.

The man, 28-year-old Sariful Islam, is an electrician associated with the Agartala Smart City Mission project. 

The murder was the fallout of a complex love triangle involving Sariful Islam, a woman, and the prime accused -- Dibakar Saha, 28, a doctor, said a senior police officer.

"Initial investigations point to a love affair between the victim and the woman, who is also a cousin of Dibakar Saha. The love triangle appears to be the motive behind the murder," said Kiran Kumar K, a senior police officer of West Tripura.

Six people, including the doctor and his parents, have been arrested. Among the other three is a woman.

The police said Dibakar Saha had called Sariful to the house of one Joydeep Das, 20, at South Indranagar Kabarkhala area, on the evening of June 8, under the pretext of giving him a gift. 

When Sariful arrived, he was ambushed by Dibakar and his two accomplices - Animesh Yadav, 21 and Nabanita Das, 25. He was strangled and his body was packed into a trolley bag purchased two days earlier, the police said.

The next morning, Dibakar's parents - Dipak and Debika Saha - arrived in Agartala from Gandacherra and took away the trolley bag containing the body.  The corpse was subsequently hidden inside an ice-cream freezer at their shop in Gandacherra market.

The breakthrough came after days of intensive investigation by the police, who arrested all six accused on Tuesday night and recovered the body on Wednesday afternoon.

All those arrested will be produced before the court on Thursday. 
The police have recovered digital evidence, including mobile messages that confirm the motive was linked to a romantic entanglement involving all three key individuals.
 

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Girl Tells Constable's Wife He's Harassing Her, They Throw Her Off Roof

Angered that the minor he had allegedly been trying to molest for months had complained to his wife, a police constable in Lucknow thrashed the girl and threw her off the roof of the building. Far from helping, the wife - also a constable - from whom the girl had hoped for empathy, helped her husband in the assault. 

The 16-year-old girl, who suffered spinal injuries and a leg fracture, has been hospitalised and a case has been registered against the constable couple. The father of the teenager was also allegedly assaulted and is undergoing treatment. 

Officials said the girl stays in the Lalpur area of Lucknow with her family and the constable couple live opposite them in the same building. The two households share a toilet and the constable, who works with the emergency Dial 112 department, would harass the girl and try to molest her whenever he caught her alone outside. The harassment had allegedly been going on for over two months.

"The constable had been leering at me for a long time. He blocked my way many times, held my hand and said filthy things," the survivor said. 

She added that, on Monday, she got fed up with the constant harassment and decided to tell the man's wife, a constable with a nearby police station.

The wife confronted the man and they quarrelled, but then came out some time later. The wife demanded proof from the teenager, who was sitting in a common area on the roof of the two-storey building. 

The survivor said the couple then assaulted her and threw her off the roof.

The girl suffered spinal injuries and a bone in her leg was fractured. 

The police complaint said that when her family saw her lying on the ground, her father went up to the roof to confront the couple. At this point, the woman constable's brother, who also lives with the couple, came out and the three of them assaulted the man as well. 

Both the survivor and the father have been hospitalised and are undergoing treatment. 

A first information report (FIR) was registered against the couple and the woman's brother at the BBD police station on Tuesday.

(With inputs from Vivek Shahi)

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Indian Family Spends Rs 4 Lakh To Ship Bike, Furniture From Punjab To UK

A Punjabi family reportedly spent over Rs 4.5 lakh to ship their Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle and furniture from India to their new home in England. A video, originally shared on TikTok, shows a container truck carrying the bike and the furniture being offloaded in Wolverhampton in the UK. According to the owner of the motorcycle, identified as Rajguru, the entire consignment reportedly cost around 4,000 pounds (approximately Rs 4.6 lakh), and took 40 days to reach the United Kingdom. 

The video shows a black Royal Enfield Bullet with a Punjab license plate being taken out of the container. A Sikh man is then seen seated on the motorcycle. The clip also shows various pieces of furniture, including a full sofa set, dining table, wing chairs, and beds, all of which were shipped alongside the bike. 

The video was reshared by the Instagram handle @ub1ub2. "This is absolute boss behaviour, bro brought his home to his home," the caption read.

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In the comments section of the TikTok video, Rajguru wrote, "It took 4,000 pounds to ship the Bullet and all the furniture. Everything arrived safely." He also shared that the furniture was ordered from Kartarpur in India, as the quality of Indian furniture is better. He further mentioned that his family is settling down in the UK permanently. 

On Instagram, the video has gone viral, amassing over 3.9 million views and more than 241,000 likes. 

Reacting to the post, one user wrote, "I can imagine it must feel pretty epic to reunite with your bike - especially a Royal Enfield Bullet from Pind." 

"The Bullet is iconic," another said. "Yo that's cool man amazing," expressed a third user. "Everything is temporary, but BULLET is permanent," remarked another. 

"Everything about this is brilliant!" commented one user. 

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