Krunal Pandya (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru all-rounder Krunal Pandya battled cramps on a difficult Raipur surface where stroke-making remained challenging throughout the thrilling IPL 2026 clash against Mumbai Indians in Raipur. Krunal anchored RCB’s tense chase with a fighting 73 while wickets kept falling regularly at the other end. Battling cramps…
TOI Correspondent from Washington: In a city where monuments are usually carved in stone or cast in bronze, a new installation has boldly gone where no presidential tribute has gone before: into the toilet. Yes, a 10-foot golden toilet commode —titled with regal restraint “A Throne Fit for a King”—has appeared on the National Mall,…
Chennai: Travel disruptions stemming from the West Asia conflict continue to weigh on India’s medical tourism sector, with overseas patient inflows yet to return to earlier levels. The region accounts for a substantial share of overseas patients visiting India’s nearly $9-billion medical tourism market.Although hospital operators have begun to see early signs of improvement from…
PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer (L), RR captain Riyan Parag (C) and KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane (R) Three playoff spots are already locked in for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad. But the race for the final place is still alive with six league games left.While Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants are already…
Rajasthan’s ambitious greenfield refinery project, plagued by political interference and cost escalations, faces further delay after a fire incident in its main Crude Distillation Unit JODHPUR: Announced in 2013, relaunched in 2018, and held back by cost overruns, political shifts, construction hurdles and security disruptions — the Pachpadra refinery has now suffered a fire just…
Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee claimed he was struck by a projectile, causing a head injury in Hooghly district on Sunday Chanditala (Hooghly): Trinamool chief and former CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday accused BJP of “murdering democracy” after her party’s Lok Sabha chief whip Kalyan Banerjee suffered head injuries in an assault during a protest near…
TOI correspondent from Washington: Iran has moved to reassert control over the Strait of Hormuz within hours of Israel’s continued strikes in Lebanon, putting a squeeze on shipping movement just 48 hours before talks are scheduled to commence in Islamabad. Tehran’s actions—ranging from enhanced inspections to outright halts of tankers—have contradicted US claims that the…
Delhi Capitals’ Kuldeep Yadav and teammates celebrate (ANI Photo) Delhi Capitals signed off their IPL 2026 campaign with a commanding 40-run victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in a dead-rubber clash, as KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav starred on Sunday. With Rajasthan Royals defeating Mumbai Indians earlier in the day to seal the final playoff berth,…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday questioned the continued grant of reservation benefits to children of economically and educationally advanced families within backward classes, observing that social mobility comes with empowerment and that reservation cannot continue indefinitely for such sections.A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing a plea challenging a…
PRAYAGRAJ:The dominance of smaller districts continued on the top five ranks with students from Farrukhabad, Pratapgarh, Ambedkar Nagar, Mau, Saharanpur, Etawah, Fatehpur and Gonda bagging these ranks. Notably, no major city, including Prayagraj, featured prominently in the top 10, except one student from Kanpur at the seventh position. This consistent pattern across both examinations underscores…