Aarav Dengla is India’s 93rd Grandmaster (GM) For a centuries-old game that has witnessed and survived the rise and fall of empires, kings and kingmakers, chess has developed a vocabulary of its own. This vocabulary is a veritable tour of the people and places that have had major influence on the game.To an ordinary person,…
Allu Arjun and ‘Jawan’ fame Atlee joined hands for the upcoming epic sci-fi action drama, ‘Raaka’. Apart from Deepika Padukone as the female lead, the film also features Rashmika Mandanna reuniting with her ‘Pushpa’ co-star. Latest reports include new details about the film, suggesting Allu Arjun plays three different characters, with Rashmika Mandanna’s role appearing…
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un shakes up military; names Kim Song Gi as the new defence minister North Korea has dismissed its defence minister No Kwang Chol in a reshuffle of the country’s top military leadership, state media reported Sunday, with leader Kim Jong Un approving the changes at a meeting on Saturday.The Korean Central…
India’s Shreyas Iyer, center, with batting partner Tilak Varma (AP/PTI) New Delhi: India’s team management and selectors are working on backups for the middle order ahead of the ODI World Cup next year. TOI has learnt that Tilak Varma’s name has come up as a potential backup option for Shreyas Iyer in the top six…
Manoj Bajpayee reacts to Samay Raina’s ‘India’s Got Latent 2’ Bihari joke row: ‘We should learn to laugh at ourselves and still not be hurt and offended’ Manoj Bajpayee has weighed in on the ongoing controversy surrounding comedian Samay Raina’s show ‘India’s Got Latent 2’, which sparked debate after a segment involving humour on immigrants….
Bengaluru: Giving up a lucrative IPL contract and a thriving commentary career, Indian batting great VVS Laxman took the administrative plunge in December 2021. What began at a modest facility inside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium has since evolved into a much larger assignment, with Laxman now at the helm of the BCCI Centre of Excellence,…
Players at the US Open in New York say marijuana smoke is becoming an unexpected distraction/ Photo by Dave Dellinger/USTA The 2026 US Open is set to begin on Sunday, but as the world’s best players prepare for the year’s final Grand Slam, some competitors are dealing with an unexpected distraction around Flushing Meadows: the…
High-level review meet held over proposed ‘ARISE’ project for coastal projection and climate resilience in Odisha A high-level meeting on the proposed Adaptive Resilience Investment in Coastal Systems on Economics (ARISE) Project was held on Saturday at Lok Seva Bhawan to deliberate on a comprehensive and long-term strategy for protecting Odisha’s coastline, enhancing climate resilience…
‘Hanuman Ansh’ box office collection: From Rs 10 lakh on day 1 to Rs 27 crore in 23 days, word of mouth turns film into hit A film that opened quietly in theatres has turned into one of the most surprising box office stories of the year. ‘Hanuman Ansh,’ which released without much buzz, has…
PM Narendra Modi with Uzbekistan Shavkat President Mirziyoyev Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a warm and personal welcome from Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev after arriving in capital Tashkent on Saturday for a two-day state visit.From the airport, the two leaders travelled together by car to the presidential palace, marking the latest instance of PM Modi…