Category: Events

Wilt Chamberlain built his custom Bel-Air estate The custom-built Bel-Air home originally created for basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain has sold for about $9.7 million (£7.6 million), ending years of attempts to sell the large property at a much lower price than its original asking price. According to real estate records published by Mansion Global and...

File photo: Smoke rises following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine (AP Photo) Russian forces committed widespread sexual violence against civilians and prisoners of war in Ukraine, including gang rape, genital mutilation and electric shocks to the genitals, while Ukrainian authorities were also responsible for a smaller number of violations, according to a UN...

Defence minister Rajnath Singh BENGALURU: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Friday praised aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) for “delivering three indigenous aviation platforms from one stage” as India’s PSU delivered two FOC LCA Mk1 trainers and three HTT-40 trainer aircraft to the Indian Air Force and four Dhruv NG civilian helicopters to Pawan Hans...

Russian missiles strike Kyiv as explosions rock Ukrainian capital (Reuters image) Russian missiles struck Ukraine’s capital Kyiv on Friday, with explosions heard across the city, Mayor Vitali Klitschko was quoted as saying by Reuters.The attack comes after a Russian drone strike in the Kyiv region early on Friday morning injured five people, including three children,...

Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a press conference, in Kolkata on Friday NEW DELHI: Former West Bengal chief minister and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission of India’s decision to bar her faction from using the All India Trinamool Congress name and its traditional “Flowers...

The J-36 is the unofficial name for a jet first seen flying over Chengdu in December 2024 and believed to be a sixth-generation fighter jet under development by Chengdu Aircraft Corporation. Photo: X/Rupprecht_A China may be exploring the use of high-energy laser weapons on its next-generation fighter aircraft to defend against incoming missiles, after a...

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Gastonia Municipal Airport in Gastonia, NC (AP Photo) TOI correspondant from Washington: Twenty years ago, a single word helped change the balance of power in Washington.In 2006, Republican Senator George Allen of Virginia was cruising toward re-election and was being talked about as a possible...

Both the non-institutional investor and qualified institutional buyer categories were fully subscribed on the second day. NSE IPO subscription status: National Stock Exchange of India (NSE)’s initial public offering was fully subscribed on Friday, the second day of bidding, with non-institutional investors and qualified institutional buyers driving demand.The Rs 22,569-crore IPO has become India’s second-largest...

 India’s players celebrate the wicket of Afghanistan’s Sediqullah Atal during the third and final T20I cricket match between India and Afghanistan, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: As reports of a crisis over the accommodation arrangements start coming in from the Asian Games in Japan, it has emerged that the Indian cricket board (BCCI)...

Devajit Saikia, Ajit Agarkar The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Devajit Saikia on Friday offered no clear answers on the future of men’s selection committee chief Ajit Agarkar but said that “15 days is a long time in the world of cricket.”“We still have fifteen days to go. Fifteen days is...