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Virat Kohli (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru and India maestro Virat Kohli’s evolution in T20 batting has become one of the defining stories of the IPL 2026 season, with former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar attributing the change to a crucial realisation — that the superstar is “not indispensable” anymore.Kohli on Monday became...

Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari (R) NEW DELHI: West Bengal, the biggest among the five states that went to polls and the only one with its final phase still pending, is drawing huge attention as results are set to be announced on May 4. Even before that, all eyes are on the exit polls, which...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130579824,imgsize-84240,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/tamil-nadu-exit-polls-date-time-when-and-where-to-watch-exit-polls.jpg" alt="Tamil Nadu assembly elections 2026: Date, time, when and where to watch exit polls" title=" Tamil Nadu exit polls 2026: Date, time, when and where to watch exit polls ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Tamil Nadu exit polls 2026: Date, time, when and where to watch exit polls The stage is set for a high-stakes...

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday notched up a sweeping victory across all 15 municipal corporations. In the home turf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah, the saffron party crossed the 50% mark in every corporation.Polling for the civic elections was held on Sunday, covering 15 municipal...

NEW DELHI: At a time when centralised leadership and national narratives play a dominant role in politics, Mamata Banerjee has stood tall as one of the strongest regional satraps resisting the national trend. She has ruled West Bengal for last 15 years outmanoeuvring her rivals again and again. But the big question is: will the...

TMc protests against ‘Singham’ cop NEW DELHI: A political row erupted in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas on Tuesday as Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters staged protests, accusing Election Commission-appointed police observer Ajay Pal Sharma of “intimidating” party workers ahead of the second phase of polling.Protests broke out in Falta, where supporters raised slogans outside the...

Air India, IndiGo and SpiceJet have urged the government to revise Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) pricing and provide financial support, warning that the airline industry is under extreme stress and close to “stopping operations”.The appeal was made by the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA), which represents the three carriers, in a letter to the civil...

A Ukrainian drone attack triggered a “large-scale fire” at Russia’s Tuapse oil refinery on the Black Sea, forcing the evacuation of nearby buildings, Russian officials said on Tuesday.The refinery, owned by Rosneft, had already suspended operations since April 16 following an earlier drone strike, according to industry sources. It mainly supplies oil products for export.Reuters...