England’s batting mainstay Joe Root struck his second century of the Ashes series on Monday, taking his overall tally to 41 Test hundreds and drawing level with Australian great Ricky Ponting in third place on the all-time list. The prolific right-hander reached the landmark with a couple off Michael Neser during a composed innings in…
Kartik Aaryan has been in the news a Reddit post sparked speculations about him dating a 17-year old girl. The discussion picked up after Kartik shared a relaxed beachside photo from Goa. Soon after, people noticed that Karina Kubiliute, reportedly from Greece, had posted photos from a seemingly identical location. They were also following each…
Northwestern’s $75m Trump agreement raises First Amendment questions. (Getty Images) Northwestern University’s agreement to pay $75m to the Trump administration in exchange for the restoration of nearly $790m in federal research funding has drawn scrutiny from constitutional scholars and free speech advocates, raising questions about the limits of government influence over higher education.The deal, announced…
EC will kick off its visits to poll-bound states to assess poll preparedness, with a tour of Assam from Feb 16 to 18, according to sources in the commission.Sources told TOI that CEC Gyanesh Kumar and ECs S S Sandhu and Vivek Joshi may visit Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in the last week of this…
The former HR chief caught in last year’s viral Coldplay kiss cam scandal is set to return to the spotlight as a keynote speaker at a high-priced crisis communications conference in the United States.Kristin Cabot, the ex-chief people officer of tech firm Astronomer, will speak at PRWeek’s 2026 Crisis Comms Conference in April, where tickets…
Odisha scraps state-level entry, makes NCET 2026 sole gateway for 4-year ITEP admissions from 2026–27 The Higher Education Department of the Government of Odisha has announced that admissions to the 4-Year Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) for the academic session 2026–27 will be conducted through the National Common Entrance Test (NCET) 2026.According to the official…
Singer-composer Palaash Muchhal and Indian cricketer Smriti Mandhana’s wedding, scheduled for November 2025, was called off just a day before the ceremony. While Palash was later accused of allegedly cheating on Smriti, the families, in their official statement at the time, cited the ill health of Smriti’s father as the reason for postponing the wedding….
Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny is set to grace the silver screen once again in a historical drama titled ‘Porto Roco.’ Filmed in his homeland, this directorial debut by René Pérez Joglar will see Bad Bunny sharing the screen with Hollywood heavyweights like Viggo Mortensen and Edward Norton. This marks another exciting chapter in the…
SRINAGAR/LUCKNOW: Ladakh and UP saw a coordinated surge of pro-Iran sentiment as thousands rallied in Kargil district Wednesday and prominent Shia clerics in Lucknow called for sanctions relief, dialogue and Indian support for Tehran.In Kargil, a Shia-majority district in eastern Ladakh bordering PoK, large crowds gathered at multiple locations to back Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (X-Cricbuzz) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi steadied the innings with calm assurance. He began to open up during the eighth over, smashing 15 runs off Iqbal Hossain Emon to push India to 42 for 2. The innings hit another speed bump when Vihaan Malhotra was dismissed for 7 in the 10th over by Md Azizul Hakim…
