Sachin Tendulkar and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi NEW DELHI: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s unbelievable IPL 2026 season reached another level after the 15-year-old smashed 97 off just 29 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Eliminator.The Rajasthan Royals batter hammered 12 sixes during his explosive innings and broke Chris Gayle’s long-standing record for most sixes in a single IPL season,...
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Karnataka CM likely to step down; DKS, Siddaramaiah bonhomie: What happened at breakfast meeting?
NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday met deputy CM DK Shivakumar over breakfast at his official residence ‘Kaveri’, where several ministers from the state cabinet were also present. During the meeting, Siddaramaiah reportedly informed his ministers that he would step down from the post, paving the way for DK Shivakumar and bringing an...
Workload (mis) management: Why IPL franchises need to do better
(Left to right) KKR’s Varun Chakaravarthy, MI’s Jasprit Bumrah and RR’s Riyan Parag during IPL 2026. New Delhi: Sunday was a significant day in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Not only did it decide the fourth, and final, team for the playoffs, but it also put the spotlight on how workload...
Fuel price hike and OMC profits: Are India’s oil firms really making windfall gains?
In recent days, petrol and diesel prices have gone up by around Rs 7.5 per litre, increasing daily costs for consumers. This has once again sparked a familiar debate, are oil marketing companies (OMCs) making windfall gains amid the Middle East crisis?At the centre of this discussion is a headline number, a combined profit of...
50 seconds of terror: Lucknow property dealer shot point blank in broad daylight
LUCKNOW: A 35-year-old property dealer was killed in broad daylight in a busy marketplace of the city on Wedndesday. A 50-second CCTV clip has captured the murder, purportedly showing two bikeborne assailants firing repeatedly at close range and continuing to shoot even after the victim, Sandeep Singh , collapsed.The victim ran an office under the...
Months after Dell CEOdonated $6.25 billion to Trump Accounts, company gets $9.7 billion Pentagon deal
Months after Dell Technologies founder and CEO Michael Dell and his wife Susan donated $6.25 billion to seed “Trump accounts” for children, the company has secured a massive $9.7 billion contract with the US Department of Defense to provide enterprise software to the military. Dell CEO Michael Dell and his wife Susan Dell committed a...
‘Verbal abuse, misogyny’: TMC MP Kakoli writes to Om Birla against party MP Kalyan Banerjee
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Kalyan Banerjee NEW DELHI: Former Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Thursday lodged a formal complaint with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla against party MP and current chief whip Kalyan Banerjee, alleging that he had ‘repeatedly verbally abused’ her inside Parliament.“I seek your permission to lodge a formal complain to...
Watch: Kavya Maran greets Vaibhav Sooryavanshi after SRH exit IPL 2026
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi shakes hand with SRH’s Kavya Maran (Screengrab) NEW DELHI: Rajasthan Royals’ teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi once again found himself at the centre of attention after his breathtaking knock against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2026 Eliminator. But apart from the fireworks on the field, one post-match moment involving SRH co-owner Kavya Maran also...
Sooryavanshi ‘doesn’t give a damn about any bowler’: Jurel reveals mantra
Dhruv Jurel congratulates Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. (Pic credit: IPL) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi unleashed complete carnage in the IPL 2026 Eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad, smashing a breathtaking 97 off just 29 balls. After the match, his Rajasthan Royals teammate Dhruv Jurel revealed the fearless batting mantra behind the 15-year-old sensation’s incredible success.Rajasthan Royals crushed Sunrisers Hyderabad by 47...
Four lines that ‘layoff email’ from Meta Leadership has for those on H-1B visa
Meta laid off nearly 8,000 employees earlier this month as part of its latest workforce reduction. The layoffs began in Singapore, where at 4 am local time emails went out to workers who were being laid off. Alongside the job cuts, the social media giant has said that it plans to move more than 7,000...
