Kolkata: Income tax officials on Friday raided Mamata Banerjee’s poll nomination proposer, Miraj Shah, and TMC candidate Debashis Kumar, prompting the Bengal CM to call BJP “spineless cowards”.Shah was Banerjee’s proposer in Kolkata’s Bhowanipore. Kumar is seeking re-election from Rashbehari, a high-profile constituency nearby.The I-T raids mark a significant escalation of the face-off between the…
Allan Border. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) BENGALURU: There will be an IPL debut of a rather special kind at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Former Australian great Allan Border is set to watch his first-ever match in the competition when Royal Challengers Bengaluru take on Delhi Capitals.Border last visited the venue as…
MUMBAI: Three days after the successful splashdown of Artemis-2, the Trump administration on Tuesday issued a memorandum which among other things includes safely deploying nuclear reactors in space orbit as early as 2028, and on the moon in 2030.Dated April 14, the document issued by Michael J Kratsios, assistant to the President for science and…
Gujarat Titans’ captain Shubman Gill (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) Shubman Gill’s classy 86 anchored Gujarat Titans to a convincing five-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2026 on Friday, after Kagiso Rabada and Mohammed Siraj had earlier set up the victory with a disciplined and incisive new-ball spell. Rabada (3/29) and Siraj (2/23) ripped…
Felix “xQc” Lengyel had to suddenly stop his livestream on April 16, 2026, after falling sick during a training session. He was preparing for the Sidemen Charity Match 2026 alongside fellow streamer Nicholas “Jynxzi.” What started as a normal practice quickly turned worrying when xQc sat down and looked unable to continue. The stream, which…
TOI correspondent from Washington: The Hormuz horror that was choking energy supplies to much of the world is ending, following a deal between Washington and Tehran that US President Donald Trump said is imminent. Contours of the deal – said to involve Iran giving up its enriched uranium in return for unspecified rewards, including financial…
Delhi Capitals’ KL Rahul during a practice session in Bengaluru. (PTI Photo) BENGALURU: When KL Rahul walked into the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday evening, it was with his usual swagger — but also a quiet sense of homecoming. From security personnel to ground staff, familiar faces paused to greet the homegrown star, who acknowledged…
NEW DELHI: Cumulative seizures of potential poll inducements in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu have surpassed Rs 865 crore, with the former accounting for 96% of the value of liquor seized and latter reporting 88% of the illegal cash seizures.While polling will be held in Tamil Nadu on April 23, West Bengal will vote in…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli during a warm-up session. (ANI Photo) BENGALURU: Ahead of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s previous outing against Lucknow Super Giants, Virat Kohli cut an unusual figure. The superstar opener went through his pre-match routine with his knee strapped, already nursing an ankle niggle picked up during the away game against Mumbai Indians….
This disorder doesn’t announce itself. There’s no visible mark, no obvious sign, just blood that refuses to stop when it should. For the millions living with hemophilia worldwide, this invisible reality shapes everything from childhood play to the menstrual cycle, from a minor cut to the prospect of surgery.Every year on April 17, World Hemophilia…
New Zealand cricketers during the match. (Pic credit: BLACKCAPS) New Zealand produced a disciplined all-round performance to secure a comfortable 26-run victory over Bangladesh in the opening ODI of the three-match series on Friday, taking a 1-0 lead.Battling scorching conditions, New Zealand’s pace attack proved decisive, bundling out Bangladesh for 221 in 48.3 overs after…
Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani has overtaken Reliance Industries’ chairman Mukesh Ambani to become Asia’s richest individual, driven by a steady rise in the share prices of his diversified conglomerate spanning ports to energy.As the founder of the Adani Group, he presides over the country’s largest private port network, leads in renewable energy generation, operates…
