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Jammu and Kashmir’s Shubham Pundir celebrates his century (PTI Photo) Ranji Trophy finals are often marathon affairs, and the ongoing summit clash between Jammu and Kashmir and Karnataka is following that script. After J&K posted a commanding 584 in their first innings, Karnataka reached 35 for one at lunch on Day 3 but slipped to…
Koneru Humpy vs Divya Deshmukh (Photo: @FIDE_chess on X) The pairings for the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament and Women’s Candidates Tournament have been announced, setting the stage for who will challenge for the world chess titles. Both events will be held in Cyprus from 28 March to 16 April 2026 and will follow a double…
The crème de la crème of Hollywood’s artists and actors have increasingly expressed concerns over how artificial intelligence poses a significant risk to their craft and livelihood and even to the very core of what it means to be creative as humans. This has been particularly visible through strikes and other lawsuits, as actresses Scarlett…
RAIPUR:“Dear sister Maase, who is now known as ‘Kranti’ in the Maoist outfit, you had left home as a teenager to join the (Maoists) ‘party’ and I have never seen you since then. I request you to lay down arms and come back home, we all worry for you,” these are the words of appeal…
Leaked videos from Aditya Dhar’s ‘Dhurandhar 2’ show Sanjay Dutt filming a shootout scene in Lyari, Pakistan. Netizens noticed its resemblance to real 2012 incident footage that killed seven. The film, starring Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, R. Madhavan, Arjun Rampal and others, releases on March 19. Aditya Dhar has kicked off the shoot for his…
Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher NEW DELHI: This time, 150 years of Vande Mataram will be the theme of the Republic Day parade on Jan 26. A series of paintings created by Tejendra Kumar Mitra in 1923, illustrating the verses of ‘Vande Mataram’ and published in the ‘Bande Mataram Album’ (1923), will be displayed as view-cutters…
Republican representative Rich McCormick NEW DELHI: Amid questions over Washington’s outreach to Islamabad in recent months, senior US lawmakers moved to clear the air, stressing that India — not Pakistan — remains central to America’s long-term strategic vision in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.Speaking at a discussion hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies…
US president Donald Trump (File photo/PTI) US President Donald Trump has directed senior special forces commanders to begin preparing “contingency plans for a possible invasion of Greenland”, reported the Daily Mail on Sunday. The move, however, has reportedly run into resistance from top military officials who are questioning both its legality and political feasibility.According to…
The TOI correspondent from Washington: An Indian-American federal judge has become the latest target of vitriolic attacks from MAGA supporters after blocking a key Trump administration move to freeze billions of dollars in federal funding, underscoring a broader pattern in which judges of Indian origin have faced intense — and often xenophobic — backlash for…
R Praggnanandhaa stops clock, sparks controversy (Screengrab) NEW DELHI: A moment of high drama and confusion stole the spotlight on Day 2 of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid in Kolkata, triggering debate across the chess world. The incident happened during Round 6 when R Praggnanandhaa stopped the clock with just one second remaining, leading…
