Wall Street hovered near record levels on Wednesday as falling crude oil prices eased inflation concerns and boosted investor sentiment, AP reported.The S&P 500 rose 0.1 per cent after closing at a record high in the previous session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 171 points, or 0.3 per cent, while the Nasdaq Composite was…
Before the Don 3 row turned ugly, Ranveer Singh’s team offered Excel Entertainment Rs 10 crore upfront and a Rs 25 crore discount on a future film. Excel rejected the offer, demanding direct cash compensation. With FWICE now issuing a non-cooperation directive, the controversy shows no signs of dying down. The ‘Don 3’ saga has…
Sabeer Bhatia (Left) Sridhar Vembu (Right) An online fight between two billionaires over how India should view its past has stirred a row on social media, with Indian-origin tech entrepreneurs Sabeer Bhatia and Sridhar Vembu clashing after Vembu compared Bhatia’s remarks to asking Jews to “appreciate” the Holocaust.The row began after Bhatia, the Indian-American co-founder…
Chengrung Koren will now step into the Road to UFC Season 5 quarterfinals at Galaxy Arena, Macau, against the undefeated Japanese bantamweight Ryuho Miyaguchi (Photo: UFC/Instagram) In 2025, Chungreng Koren was close to realising his dream of making it to the UFC. Not directly, not yet, but through the Road to UFC tournament, the UFC’s…
Workers secure a giant 70-foot Lionel Messi statue with ropes in Kolkata as authorities assess structural safety concerns after reported wind movement/ Photo credit: AFP A 70-foot statue of Argentine football legend Lionel Messi in Kolkata is set to be removed after engineers reportedly found the structure unsafe following complaints from local residents that it…
An X account recently posted what it claimed were leaked pictures of Alia Bhatt, Sharvari and Bobby Deol from the sets of YRF’s Alpha, sparking a storm online. The images, later AI-enhanced, remain unverified. Neither YRF nor the actors have responded. The film releases on July 10, 2026. ‘Alpha’ has been generating buzz for a…
The finance ministry has called a meeting of heads of public sector banks (PSBs) on May 29 to review credit flow to the agriculture and MSME sectors, financial performance and banking operations amid the ongoing Middle East crisis, PTI reported.The meeting will be chaired by Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju, a day before his retirement.According…
Rajasthan Royals’ skipper Riyan Parag (ANI Photo) Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and opted to bowl first against Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2026 Eliminator, with RR skipper Riyan Parag confirming a major fitness concern at the toss. Parag revealed that he is not fully fit for the high-pressure knockout clash but insisted Rajasthan have…
TOI correspondent from Washington: In the summer of 1976, a Kanpur-born teenage engineering student from BITS Pilani stood in the lobby of the US embassy in New Delhi after being denied a student visa for the third time. His father, who had accompanied him, refused to leave. He had seen the photo of the consular…
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s captain Pat Cummins, and Rajasthan Royals’ captain Riyan Parag (AP Photo) Former India captain Anil Kumble believes Sunrisers Hyderabad head into the IPL 2026 Eliminator with a stronger and more balanced squad than Rajasthan Royals, insisting Hyderabad possess far more match-winners across both batting and bowling departments. The high-pressure knockout clash will take…