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Delhi Capitals’ Madhav Tiwari (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: The 22-year-old Madhav Tiwari entered IPL 2026 without any prior senior-level experience. He featured in just four matches during the season, but that brief stint was enough to grab attention and announce his arrival on the big stage.Hailing from Mauganj in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa district, Madhav is...

Russian President Vladimir Putin (Image/AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said Russia wants the conflict in Middle East to end as soon as possible, dismissing suggestions that Moscow benefits from rising energy prices triggered by tensions involving Iran and disruptions to key global shipping routes.Speaking to reporters at the annual St Petersburg International Economic...

Donald Trump (Image source: AP) US President Donald Trump on Thursday made a series of strong remarks about Iran, claiming that the country’s military capabilities had been severely degraded.Speaking to reporters, Trump said Iran no longer had an effective navy or air force and asserted that its leadership structure had been “wiped out.”He also criticised...

Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant during a practice session ahead of the one-off Test against Afghanistan. (PTI) TimesofIndia.com in Mullanpur: Three days after the IPL final, Team India are trying to undo 75 days of muscle memory. The late nights, late morning starts and T20 instincts that dominate the league have been replaced by early...

D Gukesh vs R Praggnanandhaa (Photo by Michal Walusza for Norway Chess) NEW DELHI: Alireza Firouzja. Magnus Carlsen. Dommaraju Gukesh. These were the names of the opponents Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa faced, or, more accurately, outsmarted, over his last three rounds. Three consecutive wins, each in the classical format, have put the 20-year-old right in the running...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday urged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to hold direct talks, and said that Ukraine could not afford to simply wait for the Trump administration to refocus on the war while Washington remains heavily engaged in the conflict with Iran.In an open letter – his first public message to the...

CHENNAI: DMK is no longer part of INDIA bloc, party spokesperson TKS Elangovan said on Thursday. He made the statement to ANI, hours after DMK headquarters issued a press statement saying the party would not participate in the alliance meeting to be held in Delhi on June 8.The decision came after Congress, a long-time DMK...

In an interview with TOI’s Surendra Singh, Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi, who has been leading the 12.4 lakh-strong Indian Army since June 30, 2024 and played a key role in rolling out Operation Sindoor, spoke at length about how lessons learnt from last year’s operation against Pakistan are now part of the...

NEW DELHI: Holding that constitutional courts should not remain mute spectators when there is inordinate delay in concluding an investigation and a citizen has to run from pillar to post to raise his grievance, the Supreme Court took exception to the Gujarat police not wrapping up a probe which has been going on for over...

NEW DELHI: A 42-year-old assistant professor at Delhi University was found murdered at her apartment in east Delhi‘s Vasundhara Enclave on Thursday afternoon. Debosmita Paul taught in the Department of English at Shivaji College. She lived alone in a flat at Satyam Apartment while her parents resided nearby.Police said a PCR call was received at...