“Will you accept the challenge?” a visibly animated Mamata Banerjee was heard asking in English to thousands of her party workers assembled at Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata. The challenge she referred to was countering the BJP‘s electoral machinery, which the West Bengal Chief Minister believes is engaged in an organised attempt—allegedly in collusion with…
TOI correspondent from Washington: Offering sketchy details and dodgy numbers, President Donald Trump has said American companies could invest in students from India and other foreign countries who graduate from US colleges to enable them obtain the proposed “gold cards” so that talent is retained in the US.A day after he floated the idea of…
Jasprit Bumrah (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Jasprit Bumrah, India’s pace spearhead, has taken a significant step towards his comeback from a lower back injury that sidelined him from the ongoing Champions Trophy. The speedster has started bowling at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, a development that has left fans excited…
Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister and Eknath Shinde on Thursday took a dig at Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray for not attending the recently-concluded Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj and said the it showed that he was scared of calling himself a Hindu. Uddhav also hit back at the…
NEW DELHI: Hosts and defending champions of the 2025 Champions Trophy, Pakistan, had a dismal start to their campaign, suffering a 60-run defeat against New Zealand. Their woes continued with a six-wicket loss to India in Dubai, effectively ending their hopes of reaching the semifinals.Any chance of finishing the tournament on a high was also…
NEW DELHI: Is the Congress staring at a crisis in yet another party-ruled state? Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar‘s holy dip at the Maha Kumbh and his visit to Sadhguru‘s ashram for Mahashivratri celebrations, where home minister Amit Shah was also present, have raised the hackles of some Congress leaders triggering a row that…
Some places in the world have a unique way of blending myth and reality. “There’s a village where even the government warns that if you enter, you will never return. This village is called Inunaki Village, and it is located in Japan. However, right outside, there are large signboards stating that Japan’s jurisdiction ends there–…
“Most useless things”, “Champions Trophy Mein 1 point Mil Gaya Ji”,“The match no one asked for” and more humorous memes have flooded social media as both teams, the host nation Pakistan as well as Bangladesh were knocked out of the Champions Trophy 2025 tournament without securing a single victory. The last match between the two…
Israeli media reported that two police officers were stabbed at the scene near the Karkur intersection. A vehicle reportely plowed into pedestrians on Highway 65 near the Pardes Hanna-Karkur intersection on Thursday afternoon in what Israel Police are investigating as a terror attack.According to Magen David Adom (MDA), the incident occurred around 4:18 pm local…
The entertainment world is abuzz with major updates! From Salman Khan unveiling the Sikandar teaser to Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, being found dead at home, to Vicky Kaushal’s Chhaava inching closer to the Rs 400 crore mark in India—here are the top five entertainment stories of the day that have everyone talking!Sikandar’s…
