Lionel Messi in Navy Blue Jersey against Jordan Match (Image: X) Defending champions Argentina are set for another blockbuster showdown with England in the FIFA World Cup 2026 semifinal, but it won’t just be Lionel Messi and company drawing attention at kickoff. When the two football heavyweights walk onto the pitch, Argentina are to be…
Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant, center, with teammates. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Nothing seems to be going right for Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL 2026 season. With six consecutive defeats, the franchise remains rooted to the bottom of the points table, and their playoff hopes are hanging by the thinnest of threads.After nine…
MUMBAI: Times Prime today announced a strategic partnership with Sisters In Sweat (SIS), India’s largest sports and wellness community for women, to launch a premium Mixed Gender (Sisters & Misters) Football Tournament, In Mumbai. The event is curated by Aeonic, Times Prime’s newly launched wellness membership, and marks one of the first initiatives of its…
MUMBAI: RBI’s new disclosure norms will put unlisted banks at par with listed peers, standardise reporting formats and units, and make global comparisons of Indian lenders much easier by mandating uniform, template-driven disclosures.The new norms prescribe globally aligned reporting architecture that mirrors Basel standards, addressing the third of the three pillars of the globally accepted…
Humayun Kabir “Rajneeti nie kichu bolbo na”, we will not speak about politics. That is the repeated line from workers and staff at the Babri Masjid site in Beldanga, Murshidabad. Their trepidation is not hard to understand. The leaked tape controversy around former TMC MLA Humayun Kabir has already disrupted the trajectory of his newly…
SHILLONG: A court in Meghalaya on Tuesday granted bail to Indore resident Sonam Raghuvanshi, who was allegedly involved in the killing of her husband during their honeymoon in the northeastern state in 2025.Her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi, went missing on May 23 last year while the couple was on their honeymoon. His mutilated body was later…
A strong 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck southwest China’s Guangxi region on Monday, killing 2 people, damaging buildings, disrupting transport, and forcing thousands of residents to evacuate, according to Chinese authorities.The quake struck near Liuzhou city in Guangxi at a shallow depth, intensifying tremors across nearby areas, the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC) said.Residents rushed out of…
The government has identified 40 sub-sectors, including rare earth magnets and printed circuit boards, for expedited clearance of foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals from countries sharing land borders with India, PTI reported.Under the revised framework, proposals from countries such as China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Afghanistan in these sectors will be processed within…
Krunal Pandya and Nicholas Pooran (Screengrab) A tense on-field moment between Nicholas Pooran and Krunal Pandya grabbed attention during the high-scoring IPL 2026 clash between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Lucknow on Thursday. The incident took place during LSG’s innings after Krunal bowled a short delivery to Pooran. The left-hander pulled the…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday flagged a “worrying trend” of women misusing laws on dowry harassment, domestic violence and Pocso by filing frivolous and vexatious complaint against husband and in-laws. The court said genuine cases were getting overshadowed and obscured by the “overwhelming” number of false cases filed by spouses as an “arm-twisting” method…