D Gukesh, Magnus Carlsen, and Divya Deshmukh (Photo by Michal Walusza for Norway Chess) NEW DELHI: Today is the birthday of World Chess Champion Dommaraju Gukesh. As he prepared to leave his teenage years behind and turn 20, the Chennai-born Grandmaster had a rare opportunity to celebrate by defeating World No. 1 and five-time world…
Sonam Wangchuk (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Activist Sonam Wangchuk on Thursday doubled down on his support for the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and rejected Ladakh lieutenant governor VK Saxena’s claim that he was unsure about the online movement’s origins. Wangchuk also questioned the LG’s public portrayal of their recent meeting, saying the tone of Saxena’s…
Ravi Prakash Jha with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in Tajpur, Samastipur before the U19 World Cup. (Special arrangement) TimesofIndia.com in Mullanpur: For the cricket world, what unfolded at Mullanpur during the IPL 2026 Eliminator between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad felt magical. A 15-year-old dismantled an attack led by Pat Cummins without blinking twice.But 1,300 kilometres away…
BAREILLY: Block education officers (BEOs) in Bareilly were told to collect 1,500 quintals of straw for stray cattle housed in local cow shelters earlier this month. The order by Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) Vineeta Singh mandated each of the district’s 15 BEOs to collect at least 100 quintals from their respective blocks.The matter ignited a…
MYSURU: Shock. Silence. Sombre faces huddled around television screens. Siddaramanahundi – home turf of outgoing Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah – slipped into mourning after news of his resignation rippled through the tiny village, 25km from Mysuru, Thursday.Several residents left for Bengaluru on Wednesday to stand by him. Villagers clung to hope till the very end. By…
Virat Kohli, widely regarded as one of the greatest Test batters of his generation, continues to earn admiration for his deep love and passion for the longest format of the game. Even after retiring from Test cricket in May 2025, Kohli has repeatedly spoken about how much the format means to him, something that recently…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (ANI Photo) Sunil Gavaskar has declared Vaibhav Sooryavanshi a “God’s gift to Indian cricket” after the teenage sensation’s breathtaking performances in IPL 2026, with the batting legend even backing the 15-year-old for a place in India’s upcoming T20I tour of England.Sooryavanshi has emerged as the biggest story of the IPL season after producing…
Image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: To prevent paper leak in NEET-UG, Centre is actively exploring the use of IAF aircraft for transporting question papers for the June 21 retest, as part of a wider “whole-of-govt” security strategy involving the home ministry, central agencies and state police networks, reports Manash Gohain.The proposal was discussed…
Rajasthan Royals’ Jofra Archer (AP Photo) Jofra Archer produced a match-winning spell inside the powerplay as Rajasthan Royals knocked Sunrisers Hyderabad out in the Eliminator of IPL 2026. Archer struck early and often, removing Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan in his first three overs. Those breakthroughs completely broke the backbone of SRH’s 244-run…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Thursday accused fellow party MP Kalyan Banerjee of “verbally abusing” her inside Lok Sabha and urged Speaker Om Birla to punish him, saying other women members of the House too have been at the receiving end of his “misogyny”.Her complaint underscored the deep churn within TMC,…