NEW DELHI: Indian long jumper Lokesh Sathyanathan achieved a major breakthrough by winning the men’s long jump gold at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The young athlete, who studies at Tarleton State University, secured victory with a jump of 8.21m, setting a new Indian indoor record. The effort…
PATNA: What began as a moment of pride for a village in Sheikhpura district quickly turned into embarrassment after a resident’s claim of clearing the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) civil services examination (CSE) 2025 was found to be false.Ranjeet Kumar, a resident of Fatehpur village in Ariyari block, claimed that he had cleared the…
HOWRAH: A couple was arrested on Friday for the murder of the man’s 62-year-old mother in Fatikgachhi, Jagatballavpur. The woman’s body was found inside a sack lying by the road on Thursday evening. The victim was identified as Sushama Denre. During interrogation, her son Shubhankar (36) confessed he had been fed up with her charitable…
Pakistan’s Abrar Ahmed celebrates during the T20 World Cup. (AP) NEW DELHI: In a rare instance of a Pakistani cricketer being picked by an Indian Premier League (IPL)-backed franchise, Abrar Ahmed‘s signing at The Hundred auction could leave the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in a tricky spot, with the spinner’s availability potentially clashing with Pakistan’s…
KALYAN: Reportedly upset over his girlfriend refusing to speak to him on the phone, a 23-year-old Kalyan man allegedly hurled stones at several coaches of a passing CSMT-Shirdi Vande Bharat Express between Thakurli and Kalyan stations on Friday. He was later arrested by Kalyan RPF and remanded in magisterial custody.The attack damaged the windowpanes of…
Iranian state media has released new video footage showing part of the IRGC’s drone arsenal displayed inside a large underground tunnel, under Khamenei’s posters.Another Iranian state media outlet released footage showing drones being launched by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as part of its ongoing military campaign against US and Israeli targets.On Saturday, the…
Farah Khan revealed on Ranveer Allahbadia’s podcast that working with Akshaye Khanna in the ’90s left her traumatised due to his irritability over hair loss. She said he changed after Dil Chahta Hai. Farah recently praised him for Dhurandhar and recalled how others rejected his Tees Maar Khan role before he took it. Akshaye Khanna…
PILIBHIT: Multiple cracks and potholes were found to be present on a stretch of National Highway-74 where a critically ill woman from Pilibhit was revived, as per her family, after the ambulance carrying her home hit a bump. Following a report by TOI on the woman’s recovery, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had…
Almost 130 years after Alfred Nobel’s death, the prize named after him continues to be among the world’s most coveted honours, recognising extraordinary achievements in fields such as physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace, and economic sciences.A widely recounted, though sometimes disputed, story about the Swedish businessman, chemist, and inventor of dynamite suggests that the idea…
Akasa Air on Saturday announced that it will introduce a fuel surcharge ranging from Rs 199 to Rs 1,300 on domestic and international flight tickets booked from March 15, citing a sharp rise in aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices amid escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.In a post on X, the airline said the…
