Category: Events

Prashant Kishor celebrates after winning the Bankipur Assembly bypoll (Image credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor has finally found a seat for his “school bag” in Bihar. The election strategist-turned-politician has flipped the Bankipur assembly seat, an unassailable bastion of the BJP for the last 30 years. Before today’s shock...

Jan Suraj party workers celebrated the victory of Prashant Kishor in Bankipur assembly byelection results (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: Nearly nine months after Jan Suraaj failed to open its account in the 2025 Bihar assembly elections, party founder Prashant Kishor on Monday secured his first electoral victory. He won the high-profile Bankipur bypoll, giving the fledgling...

Michael Phelps net worth in 2026: Inside the Olympic legend’s multi-million-dollar fortune, endorsements and more (via Getty Images) Michael Phelps has already achieved everything a swimmer could dream of. He is the most decorated Olympian in history, with a record 28 Olympic medals, including 23 golds. But life after retirement has been just as successful....

The Silicon Valley is seeing a ‘talent’ war for artificial intelligence (AI) talent with companies reportedly offering up to eight-figure compensation packages. But if a new report is to be believed, the high salary is no longer enough to keep elite engineers from walking out the door. Recently, multiple top researchers moved between major labs...

Thousands of people braving rough seas, clinging to rubber tubes and makeshift flotation devices, trying desperately to swim barely 100 metres into Europe. These extraordinary scenes which unfolded at Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta recently have become one of the defining images of the global migration crisis this year.But behind the viral visuals lies...

Prashant Kishor broke the BJP’s three-decade hold on Bankipur and reshaped Bihar’s political landscape. The first electoral verdict after the nationwide Gen Z protests has delivered one of the biggest political surprises in recent years. BJP has lost Bankipur, one of its safest seats in Bihar, to Prashant Kishor, giving Jan Suraaj its first-ever electoral...

Offshore funds seeking tax exemption on their global income will no longer have to comply with conditions such as maintaining at least 25 investors. The government has proposed a major easing of the eligibility norms for Eligible Investment Funds (EIFs) managed from India as part of its efforts to establish the country as a global...

Bankipur bypoll outcome highlights shifting political dynamics in Bihar. (Prashant Kishor – PTI image) NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Monday won the Bankipur assembly bypoll, defeating BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar by 19,324 votes after securing 64,151 votes, marking the first electoral victory of his political career.The bypoll, necessitated after BJP national president...

Meta apologises before Parliament panel over removal of PM Modi’s Facebook video NEW DELHI: Meta on Monday apologised before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology over the removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Facebook video, saying it was taken down due to an error. However, several committee members said the issue went beyond an...

All India Chess Federation (AICF) acts after Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta’s concerns NEW DELHI: The All India Chess Federation (AICF) is working to ensure the senior National Chess Championship is held later this year after concerns were raised over the tournament’s initial scheduling for March 2027.TimesofIndia.com has learnt that AICF officials are in constant touch with...