NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hugged and took the blessings of 98-year-old BJP veteran Makhanlal Sarkar during the swearing-in ceremony of the BJP’s first government in West Bengal at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground.The Prime Minister arrived at the venue amid loud chants of “Jay Shri Ram and waved to supporters from an…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party’s “Sonar Bangla” era has begun as Suvendu Adhikari is set to be sworn in as chief minister of West Bengal on Saturday.This comes after the BJP received an overwhelming mandate in the assembly polls, winning 207 out of 293 seats.Despite being considered a politically difficult terrain for the BJP, even…
BAN vs PAK Live Score, 1st Test Day 2: Bangladesh national cricket team dominated the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan national cricket team at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, finishing strongly at 301/4 at Stumps on Friday. After opting to bowl first, Pakistan made an ideal start as pace spearheads…
In the quiet high desert of Oregon, a small discovery is once again reshaping how we think about early human life in North America. It is not a dramatic artefact or a famous skeleton. It is something far more fragile. A tiny stitched fragment of elk hide, preserved inside a cave for roughly 12,400 years,…
PTI file photo NEW DELHI: Even after the assembly results, Tamil Nadu is far from forming a government as parties scramble for numbers to reach the majority mark.With TVK emerging as the single largest party with 108 seats in the 234-member Assembly, Vijay’s support tally rose to 117, just one short of the majority mark….
Sanjiv Goenka wins hert with humble gesture (Image: X/Screengrab) Sanjiv Goenka won praise on social media for his humble gesture after Lucknow Super Giants’s victory over Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Thursday.Lucknow Super Giants defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru by nine runs via the DLS method in a rain-hit IPL 2026 thriller at the Ekana Stadium, keeping…
IPL Trophy (Photo Credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: As the Indian cricket board (BCCI) gets aggressive with the implementation of its anti-corruption guidelines in the IPL, it has started to come down heavily on players, officials, family of team members and broadcasters who create social-media content, TOI has learnt.A few former cricketers who are working as…
NEW DELHI: The rare hantavirus outbreak reported aboard a cruise ship carrying two Indian crew members has triggered international attention, but Indian health experts and government agencies say there is no immediate concern for the country as sporadic hantavirus cases and evidence of exposure have been reported in India earlier as well.According to information shared…
AI generated match tickets busted in Lucknow (Image: BCCI/IPL) Lucknow Super Giants finally registered their first home win of the IPL 2026 season after defeating Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Ekana Stadium, but the match was also overshadowed as fake AI-generated tickets being circulated outside the venue.According to PTI, the Lucknow Police busted an interstate…
BENGALURU: The Karnataka capital reported the highest number of cases in the country under the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, with 878 incidents recorded in National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) ‘Crime in India 2024’ report.Out of a total of 1,008 dowry-related cases registered across the country’s metropolitan cities, roughly 87% were from Bengaluru alone.In comparison, Lucknow,…