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…
The Indian Railway Technical Supervisors’ Association (IRTSA) has proposed a separate fitment-factor structure for different categories of employees under the 8th Pay Commission, moving away from the uniform formula followed in previous pay revisions, according to an ET report.The railway technical staff body has suggested five different fitment factors ranging from 2.92 to 4.38 across…
Deep in Utah’s desert near Moab lies one of America’s strangest hidden communities. Known as Rockland Ranch, or “The Rock”, the settlement is home to dozens of families living inside cave-like homes carved into sandstone cliffs. The homes were blasted into the mountainside with dynamite during the 1970s. Over time, the isolated religious community grew…
In the film industry, productions can fall apart just as quickly as they come together. Whether due to creative clashes, injuries or scheduling conflicts, some of cinema’s biggest actors have exited projects sometime just days before the production could go on floors. The latest name to join that growing list is Bollywood star Ranveer Singh,…
Raja Krishnamoorthi and Pramila Jayapal Indian-American lawmakers and advocacy groups have criticised US President Donald Trump after he shared a social media post that used derogatory language about Indians and Chinese people, calling it racist and dangerous at a time of rising anti-Asian hate in USThe backlash followed the introduction of a House resolution by…