Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday called off a scheduled meeting with her party’s legislators after only 20 of 80 MLAs turned up, with the party blaming the mass absence on a “sudden and emergent ground situation” triggered by attacks on senior functionaries and several arrests statewide.Trinamool spokesperson Kunal Ghosh, speaking outside Mamata’s…
BCCI President Mithun Manhas, left, and Secretary Devajit Saikia, right, hand over the tournament trophy to Rajat Patidar (PTI Photo) Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar struggled to find words after guiding his side to a second successive IPL title, admitting that lifting the trophy for the franchise was something he never imagined when he…
AHMEDABAD: In the end, it had to be him.Virat Kohli fittingly applied the finishing touches as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) sealed a second straight IPL title, chasing down 156 to beat Gujarat Titans by five wickets in a one-sided final at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday night.‘King’ Kohli smashed Arshad Khan over long-on for…
NEW DELHI: After an “exhaustive and microscopic” analysis of the 70-year-old Immoral Traffic Prevention Act (ITPA), Supreme Court has ruled that the principal objective of the legislation is neither to abolish prostitution nor to make it a criminal offence but to prevent its commercialisation.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said, “We…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s remarkable IPL 2026 campaign ended with yet another record as the Rajasthan Royals teenager became the first player in tournament history to win five major individual awards in a single season.Although Rajasthan Royals fell short of reaching the final, Sooryavanshi was the undisputed star of the tournament. The 15-year-old swept the awards night,…
Hollywood star Paul Rudd hit the headlines over the weekend after he auctioned off an exclusive ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ premiere experience during the annual Big Slick charity event in Kansas City.The actor had people bidding big for two tickets to the Los Angeles premiere of ‘Avengers: Doomsday’, access to the film’s after-party, and the opportunity to…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the elections to 24 Rajya Sabha seats and MLC polls in some states, BJP’s central election committee (CEC) met at PM Narendra Modi’s residence on Sunday to finalise the names of candidates.The CEC includes Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh and BJP president Nitin Nabin, and its meeting came a…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has reportedly submitted a letter of resignation to the Office of the Supreme Leader, said Fox News, citing a report by Iranian media.According to the report, which cited an unnamed Iran International source, Pezeshkian stated in the letter that his administration had been excluded from major decision-making processes in Iran, while…
A concert by the US rapper Kanye West, who was supposed to perform on July 18 in Reggio Emilia in northern Italy, has been banned on public safety grounds, the authorities said. Kanye West gig banned in Italy The prefect of the province, Salvatore Angieri, said the decision was made following requests from bodies including…
Massive scare for Gujarat Titans as team bus suffers short circuit after the match. (Special Arrangement) TimesofIndia.com in Ahmedabad: What began as a disappointing night on the field nearly turned into a far more alarming ordeal for the Gujarat Titans (GT).The night went from bad to worse for the Shubman Gill-led GT when their team…