Spread the love Mumbai Indians kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a thrilling six-wicket victory over Lucknow Super Giants, powered by Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton’s explosive opening stand. Despite the win, MI remains in ninth place, needing a perfect four wins from their remaining matches to have any chance of qualifying. Every match from here is effectively an...
Tamil Nadu: How Vijay beat Stalin – five factors that spelt doom for DMK this time
Spread the love <img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130813433,imgsize-808774,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-67.jpg" alt="Tamil Nadu assembly elections: How Joseph Vijay beat MK Stalin – five factors that spelt doom for DMK this time" title=" How Joseph beat Stalin ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> How Joseph beat Stalin The big shock was his party’s defeat; the bigger shock, his own drubbing in Kolathur in north Chennai, which is considered part of...
A star is born in Tamil Nadu politics: Quiet, introverted, persistent
Spread the love Vijay, introvert child on film sets readies for next role CHENNAI: Long before the towering cut-outs came into play, was a quiet presence. An introvert, far removed from the archetype of a fiery public speaker, his journey has been defined less by flair and more by persistence.Academics held little interest for him. Backed by his father, filmmaker...
NaMoshkar: Bengal debut for BJP sarkar
Spread the love <img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130813308,imgsize-312716,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/130813308.jpg" alt="NaMoshkar: Bengal debut for BJP sarkar" title=" . ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Throughout the campaign, Mamata Banerjee leaned on her 2021 playbook, asserting that she was the ‘sole candidate’ across all 294 seats. This time, however, the strategy that had fended off anti-incumbency backfired. Voters were not going to make the same mistake again.In a political...
Kerala elections result: God’s own country red-cards Comrades
Spread the love Congress overcomes weak organisation with united frontThe Congress-led UDF swept back into govt in Kerala on Monday after a 10-year hiatus, riding a largerthan-expected anti-incumbency wave across the state against the Pinarayi Vijayan govt. UDF won 102 seats in the 140-member legislative assembly. The magnitude of the victory surprised even the winners. The major factor that contributed...
Assembly election results 2026: Beyond headlines, behind numbers
Spread the love <img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130813276,imgsize-1711961,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-65.jpg" alt="Assembly election results 2026: Beyond headlines, behind numbers" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo Few state polls have been as dramatic as this round. TOI explains the verdicts through 10 decisive factors, from freebies becoming entitlements to women’s safety, and from Hindu vote to Gen Z angst1) Return of anti-incumbencyFor a while, anti-incumbency...
Bengal triumph promises BJP delayed Rajya Sabha dividend
Spread the love NEW DELHI: BJP’s stellar performance in West Bengal will give the party an advantage in the Upper House only after the next parliamentary polls as the earliest vacancies from the state would be reported in Aug 2029.Similarly in Tamil Nadu, the impact will be seen two years from now. The state assembly election results will help a...
Assembly election results 2026: Assam & Bengal verdicts shift the minority needle
Spread the love <img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130813105,imgsize-1540321,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-63.jpg" alt="Assembly election results 2026: Assam & Bengal verdicts shift the minority needle" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo NEW DELHI: Bengal and Assam poll results have thrown up a challenge for the Muslim community, which has been pushed into a political whirlpool post-2014 by BJP’s ‘communal card’ to polarise the majority community, coupled...
Left out: Kerala gone, Communists not in office in any state after almost 50 years
Spread the love <img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130812030,imgsize-859642,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-62.jpg" alt="Left out: Kerala gone, Communists not in office in any state after almost 50 years" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo NEW DELHI: For the first time since 1977, India will have no Communist-governed state as Kerala voters oust the CPM-led LDF and hand a victory to the Congress-led UDF.The loss presents the...
West Bengal: ‘Poriborton hoye gechhe; let’s talk change, not revenge,’ says PM Modi
Spread the love <img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130811620,imgsize-121426,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/pm-modi-in-bengal.jpg" alt="West Bengal election results: 'Poriborton hoye gechhe; let's talk change, not revenge,' says PM Modi" title=" PM Modi in Bengal ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> PM Modi in Bengal NEW DELHI: “Banglaye poriborton hoye gechhe (change has happened in Bengal),” said a triumphant PM Narendra Modi, clad in traditional Bengali attire of ‘dhuti-panjabi’, in his victory speech...
