Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar (ANI Photo) Sunil Gavaskar has strongly defended the IPL and the BCCI amid renewed criticism from former players and commentators over the growing influence of franchise cricket on the international calendar.The debate intensified during and after the 2026 IPL season, particularly in England, where concerns were raised about players prioritising…
Trinamool Congress, born from the grassroots in 1998, is seeing the ground slip from beneath its feet, with rebels asserting themselves in the assembly and Parliament.In 2011, Mamata Banerjee‘s party ended 34 years of Left rule in West Bengal, making her the state’s first woman chief minister and ushering in a 15-year stint in power….
What once required a team of software developers can now begin with a simple conversation. Google is showcasing that shift through a new partnership with Paris Hilton, who has become Android’s first-ever “Icon in Residence.” As part of the initiative, Hilton used Google’s Gemini Canvas platform to create a customised productivity app called Iconic Ideas…
NEW DELHI: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Adilabad in Telangana has held Flipkart and its seller jointly liable for deficiency in service and unfair trade practice after a customer received a different air purifier model than the one he had ordered.The court ordered both opposite parties — Flipkart Internet Private Limited and Consulting Rooms…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: SLC) NEW DELHI: After a spectacular IPL 2026 campaign, the focus quickly shifted to 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and was expected he will continue his six-hitting spree in the India A tri-nation one-day series in Sri Lanka. However, things did not go according to plan for the young batting sensation in his…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress on Wednesday refuted the reports of a possible merger with Congress after speculation intensified following an INDIA bloc huddle and a subsequent meeting between Mamata Banerjee and Sonia Gandhi.According to highly placed sources aware of the matters discussed at the meeting between Rahul Gandhi and Abhishek Banerjee, there was no discussion…
For just a fleeting moment under the pristine water of Swaraj Dweep, a group of divers converted months of hard work into a world record. Together, they managed to set up the tallest human pyramid under the water, breaking a record and earning themselves a place in the Guinness World Records. This was a difficult…
SLUG-Payment Goof-UpT’puram: In a bizarre turn of events, Kerala University (KU) has asked Girish R Kumar, the director of its Centre for Latin American Studies, to pay around Rs 17 lakh, which the centre had lost due to an oversight by State Bank of India (SBI). The bank had deducted $20,000 from the centre’s account…
With the beginning of a new year, every January, people make resolutions. And every autumn, they romanticise cosy sweater weather. Lately, however, a sunnier theory has been taking over social media: The idea that June, specifically, holds something special for your love life. It’s called The June Theory, and depending on who you ask, it’s…
Vehicles set on fire by protesters. (AP Photo) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday strongly condemned the anti-immigrant violence that erupted across Belfast overnight, calling the scenes “shocking and completely unacceptable” and vowing that those behind the disorder would face the “full force of the law.““It is clear that people were targeted last night…