A French soldier was killed and three others wounded in an ambush Saturday on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon that French President Emmanuel Macron blamed on Hezbollah, an accusation the group has denied.The attack follows an agreement between Israel and Lebanon on Thursday for a 10-day ceasefire to negotiate an end to six weeks of fighting…
Meghan Markle marked her wedding anniversary with a series of personal snapshots, inadvertently reopening old wounds. The conspicuous absence of royal family members on this occasion led to a flurry of online chatter, reigniting conversations about past grievances related to the wedding preparations, including the bridesmaid dresses and tiaras mentioned in Harry’s memoir ‘Spare’. Meghan…
BENGALURU: Barring a last-minute surprise, chief minister Siddaramaiah is set to resign Thursday, ending a political journey that saw him serve more than eight years and 12 days as Karnataka chief minister across two terms, surpassing the record of his mentor and backward class champion D Devaraj Urs. A senior official at Karnataka Lok Bhavan…
NEW DELHI: The Congress finally ended Kerala’s suspense on Wednesday. Ten days after the UDF’s historic mandate, VD Satheesan was named chief minister. For a party that had just won 63 seats, with the UDF alliance winning 102, the delay was not about numbers or coalition arithmetic. It was about the Congress being unable to…
Krunal Pandya (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: If taking pitch, conditions, dimensions, and match-ups out of the equation is an art, then Krunal Pandya is a Picasso. As the imbalance between bat and ball continues to tilt heavily in favour of the former in IPL 2026, the left-armer has managed to restore some normalcy whenever he…
Former England spinner Graeme Swann backed teenage batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to feature in India’s T20I series against Ireland, calling him “the box-office man of the moment” and saying his inclusion in India’s squad is good for world cricket.Sooryavanshi, who was named in India’s squads for the upcoming T20I tours of Ireland and England on Saturday,…
Tensions in the Middle East have sent shockwaves through financial markets worldwide, with the Strait of Hormuz emerging as the focal point of concern. The crucial passage, which carries nearly 20% of the world’s fuel supply, has kept oil prices elevated above $100 per barrel, fuelling uncertainty across asset classes. The unease has spilled over…
Photo credit: Harvard Alumni TOI correspondent from Washington: Nirmal Narvekar, the Indian-American financier who spent nearly a decade reshaping the investment machinery behind Harvard University’s colossal $57 billion endowment, is preparing to retire, closing one of the most consequential – and controversial – chapters in modern university finance.Known on Wall Street and in Ivy League…
Cincinnati Bengals and Dallas Cowboys emerge as top landing spots for $26M Miami Dolphins All-Pro.(Image via X) The Miami Dolphins’ star player Jordyn Brooks has been in the news concerning his trade from the team even though nothing has been confirmed yet. Amid all the mess, the Cincinnati Bengals and the Dallas Cowboys have emerged…
SRINAGAR: A court in J&K’s Bandipora on Monday acquitted a woman and her alleged partner of the charges of murdering her husband in 2016, citing the lack of irrefutable evidence against the accused.District and sessions judge Mir Wajahat faulted the prosecution for failing to produce a crucial forensic report that could have resolved the ambiguity…