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Palika Stadium in Kanpur in 2018. Maidans might be one of the most democratic institutions our world has invented without ever intending to. A maidan does not care much about your surname, class, or whether you can afford a membership at a club. If you have a bat, you can play. If you don’t, you...

May 10, 2025: Screengrab from a video of Army and security personnel during Operation Sindoor (Photo: @adgpi on X via PTI) NEW DELHI: Former Army chief General M M Naravane on Saturday described Operation Sindoor as “very necessary action”, stating that it marked a significant shift in India’s approach towards Pakistan. Naravane said India moved...

File photo: Prince Harry, and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are reportedly house-hunting in the Cotswolds, with the couple said to be looking for a sprawling countryside home that meets a detailed list of requirements, from nine bedrooms and a film studio to vast private land without public...

Bank vault carried down Trishuli by floods, 29 held As a deadly flood swept through parts of Nepal, a bank vault was carried from Rasuwa and the upper catchment areas down the Trishuli River into Dhading, where 29 people were arrested while allegedly breaking it open and taking cash from inside.The vault had been washed...

Vietnam has now run up the biggest trade surplus with the United States The TOI correspondent from Washington: There is still hope yet for US-Iran ties.Some 50 years after the fall of Saigon, America’s former enemy has achieved a distinction that would have seemed like satire in the 60s and 70s. Vietnam has now run...

A five-member committee has also been constituted to investigate the incident. REWA: Two doctors posted at Gandhi Memorial Hospital, affiliated with Rewa’s Shyam Shah Medical College, were suspended on Saturday following the deaths of a woman and her newborn during childbirth.A five-member committee has also been constituted to investigate the incident.According to news agency ANI,...

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Nabin on Saturday expressed displeasure after three party MPs from Delhi visited Congress leader Sajjan Kumar’s residence to offer condolences following his death, news agency PTI reported, citing sources.“BJP national president Nitin Nabin summoned these three MPs today and expressed his displeasure over their visit to Sajjan Kumar’s...

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz (Reuters/Mike Frey Photo) NEW YORK CITY: Four months is a long time in tennis.Since Carlos Alcaraz injured his right wrist in a fateful moment in mid-April, the men’s tour, like the swirling seasons, has changed. Alexander Zverev won his first Grand Slam title at 29 during a fortnight when temperatures soared at...

Elon Musk breaks silence on OpenAI cutting 3-year-old deal with Cursor Elon Musk has responded after OpenAI said it is ending its partnership with Cursor, a coding tool recently acquired by Musk’s SpaceX. The move ends a partnership that had been in place for around three years and adds a new chapter to the long-running...

MJ Gopalan In Indian sporting history, few careers carry an irony as striking as that of MJ Gopalan.A gifted cricketer and hockey player, Gopalan found himself facing an extraordinary choice in 1936: pursue a place in the Indian hockey team for the Berlin Olympics under legendary captain Dhyan Chand, or travel to England with the...