Spread the love       KOLKATA: Almost everything that could have possibly gone wrong at Salt Lake stadium on Saturday went wrong, as revealed by a post-mortem by TOI 24 hours after the massive Messi mess.Those who had a ringside view of how the mayhem unfolded were near-unanimous about the origin of the trouble. Someone from the crowd of hangers-on of the...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: As the AQI climbed to alarmingly severe levels on Sunday across the city, at Wazirpur it maxed out at 500. But Wazirpur was not the only station to score the shameful 500. Stations in neighbouring Rohini and Ashok Vihar, too, maxed out.In Rohini, the scale read 499 for over 20 hours. It touched 500 at...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Delhiites could see poison in the air on Sunday. A thick layer of toxic smog enveloped the capital, turning the city into a gas chamber with air quality plunging to ‘severe-plus’ category for the first time this year.The city’s 24-hour average air quality index stood at 461, the second-worst recorded in Dec and the worst...

Spread the love       BATHINDA: A targeted shooting in Edmonton, Canada, has claimed the lives of two Punjabi students, sending shockwaves back home in the Budhlada sub-division of Mansa.The victims were identified as Gurdeep Singh (27) of Bareh and Ranveer Singh (19) from Uddat Saidewala villages. Both had arrived in Canada at different times to pursue their studies. Gurdeep had come...

Spread the love       Argentine football icon Lionel Messi, left, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, second left, Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff, right, in Mumbai (@CMOMaharashtra/X via PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: A tense moment unfolded at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium when Bollywood actors Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff faced booing from the crowd during Lionel Messi’s event on Sunday. The incident took place...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: As the world moves towards AI-led transformation across industries, govt and the broader society, India has been ranked third in ‘AI Vibrancy’ index in a study conducted by Stanford University. The US and China lead the pack.The 2025 version of Stanford’s ‘Global AI Vibrancy Tool’ works with data coverage through 2024 across a set of...

Spread the love       Representational photo NEW DELHI: In a boost to India’s rotary wing combat capabilities, the Army is set to get delivery of three remaining Apache AH-64 attack helicopters from US, while the Navy will commission its second squadron of MH-60R Seahawk submarine-hunting choppers this week.The induction of these much-delayed American helicopters will plug existing operational gaps but the...

Spread the love       Police have identified 24-year-old Benjamin Erickson as the suspect in custody for the Brown University shooting that killed two people and injured nine others on Saturday, according to three senior law enforcement officials who briefed NBC News.Public records reveal Erickson currently resides in Washington, DC, where he was registered to vote in 2023 with a “statehood” party...

Spread the love       The two men responsible for the Bondi Beach shooting that left 16 people dead, including a child, were a father and son who told their family they were going on a fishing trip, the mother of one of the alleged attackers has revealed, according to the Sunday Morning Herald.24-year-old Naveed Akram was taken into custody at the...

Spread the love       The two gunmen responsible for the Bondi Beach shooting that targeted Sydney’s Jewish community have been identified as a father and son, Naveed and Sajid Akram. The attack left 16 people dead, including a child, leaving dozens injured. The massacre is being treated as an act of terrorism.24-year-old Naveed Akram was apprehended at the scene and taken...