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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Manu Bhaker (Photos from PTI and Screengrab) NEW DELHI: An interaction at the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) 75th anniversary event in Delhi has sparked debate online after Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker was asked about teenage cricket sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. The exchange, intended as a cross-sport reference between two young Indian…

Former South Africa cricketer Shaun Pollock believes Rishabh Pant’s comments after Lucknow Super Giants’ Super Over loss to Kolkata Knight Riders may have indirectly put the blame on the team management.After LSG lost to KKR in the Super Over, Pant said that having too many opinions during the game made decision-making difficult.The match had gone…

Bengaluru: A logo of the IT major, Bengaluru-headquartered firm, Infosys, in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Mumbai: IT giant Infosys slipped out of the 10 most valued firms in India on Monday. On the other hand, TCS, which was the second most valued company in the country till a few years ago, is now the sixth-most valued company.All…

Thane: A man shows a sticker after the Maharashtra government plans to make Marathi language compulsory for autorickshaw and taxi drivers, in Thane. (PTI Photo) Mumbai: Maharashtra transport minister Pratap Sarnaik Monday put on hold the decision to cancel licences and permits of auto and taxi drivers from May 1 over non-compliance with the Marathi…

BJP president Nitin Nabin (second, right) welcomes Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak, Ashok Mittal, others to BJP New Delhi: Rajya Sabha chairman C P Radhakrishnan has officially accepted the merger of seven AAP MPs with BJP – taking the governing party’s strength in the 245-member upper House to 113.With Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak, Ashok Mittal, Harbhajan…

Defence minister Rajnath Singh Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Monday landed in Kyrgyzstan’s capital of Bishkek to participate in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) defence ministers’ meeting on Tuesday, which is likely to discuss the prevailing situation in West Asia.The defence ministers of various member countries will deliberate upon a number of issues concerning defence and…

Ladakh gets five new districts, LG Saxena approves notification SRINAGAR: Ladakh’s number of districts rose from two to seven after five more were added — Nubra, Sham, Changthang, Zanskar and Drass — in a notification issued Monday by lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, days before Union home minister Amit Shah is due to visit.Calling it…

Game developer Cole Allen was identified as suspect in White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting incident Cole Allen, the California man accused of trying to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner armed with guns and knives, was on Monday charged with the attempted assassination of US President Donald Trump.Allen appeared in court following a chaotic…

TOI correspondent from Washington: First Lady Melania Trump joined President Trump in a separate rebuke of the media, censuring late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on Monday after he had joked that she looked like an “expectant widow” in a parody of the aborted White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) that he made before the security scare. Kimmel…

Virat Kohli became the first batter in Indian Premier League (IPL) history to complete 9,000 runs during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s match against Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Monday.Kohli had entered the game needing just 11 runs to reached the landmark with a single on the last ball of the sixth over off…