Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: The Royal Challengers Bengaluru coaching staff huddled in a room with a projector, making plans for what was ahead. With RCB Director of Cricket Mo Bobat taking notes and hovering in the room, Mentor and Batting coach Dinesh Karthik made a bold proclamation — much to the surprise…
BENGALURU: Karnataka high court refused bail to a 23-year-old engineering student accused of rape and triggered a debate over judicial rhetoric and criminal justice in a constitutional democracy after a judge said “law has lost its teeth” and suggested harsher punishments could deter crime.“Law has lost its teeth because we don’t deal with offenders firmly….
Rasikh Salam Dar (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) TimesofIndia.com in Ahmedabad: Seven years ago, around the same time of the year, Nadeem Dar was playing a club game in Chandigarh, where he was studying at the time. He received a call from Rasikh Salam Dar, his cousin and the one he had trained since the age of…
A viral video showing streamer Jack Doherty in handcuffs and being escorted to a police car has sparked widespread debate online. While some viewers were shocked, many social media users questioned the footage’s authenticity, calling it a staged stunt. The controversy comes weeks after Doherty claimed he had been placed under house arrest, adding more…
NEW DELHI: Seeking to protect the biodiversity hotspot in Agasthyamalai landscape from depredation through illegal settlements, Supreme Court has ordered Tamil Nadu govt to prepare within a month a comprehensive time-bound action plan to evict thousands of encroachers, some of whom have been settled there for decades.Warning that failure to ensure compliance would invite administrative…
Twitch streamer HasanAbi has claimed that the United Kingdom revoked his visa, preventing him from attending several planned events and appearances in the country. Speaking during a livestream, he criticized the decision and linked it to broader political issues. The controversy quickly gained attention online, with supporters and critics debating his claims while questions remain…
NEW DELHI: Between NFHS-5 (2019-21) and NFHS-6 (2023-24), the share of Indian women who have ever used the internet almost doubled from 33.3% to 64.3%, preschool attendance among children aged two to four years rose from 40.1% to 47% and proportion of women with 10 or more years of schooling climbed from 41% to 46.4%.The…
At the centre of Beijing sits a place that once functioned as a city within a city. From above, the Forbidden City appears orderly and measured, enclosed by walls and surrounded by water. On the ground, however, it reveals something more complicated: a carefully managed world designed to organise power, family life, ritual, and government…
BENGALURU/NEW DELHI: The Congress high command, along with chief minister-designate D K Shivakumar and caretaker chief minister Siddaramaiah, held late-night discussions in New Delhi Sunday to finalise the composition of the new Karnataka cabinet. There are plans to induct between 10 and 20 ministers in the first phase, alongside Shivakumar’s swearing-in on Wednesday.Also read |…
MUMBAI: As the West Asia peace talks showed no meaningful progress, and fresh reports of flare-ups between the US and Iran emerged, crude oil prices jumped and weighed on investor sentiment on Dalal Street on Monday. With foreign funds continuing to sell Indian stocks, sensex slid 1,100 points from the day’s high to close at…
