West Indies’ Shimron Hetmyer (AP Photo/Bikas Das) Shimron Hetmyer underlined his reputation as one of the most explosive batters in world cricket by setting a new benchmark for six-hitting in a single T20 World Cup edition. The West Indies left-hander became the first player to smash 19 sixes in one tournament, achieving the milestone during…
NAGPUR: Veteran BJP leader Datta Meghe passed away on Sunday evening at the age of 89, his close aide and former Nagpur deputy mayor Raghunath Malikar said.Meghe is the father of Hingna MLA Sameer Meghe and former MLC Sagar Meghe.Datta Meghe was a four-time Congress Lok Sabha MP from Nagpur, Ramtek and Wardha and was…
Kolkata: 106-year-old Kesoram Industries, once the flagship of the B K Birla group, is being acquired by Frontier Warehousing, a city-based storage and logistics solutions company. The total value of the acquisition, as per stock exchange filings, would be close to Rs 100 crore.Frontier-owner Gautam Agarwal, told TOI he is drawing up plans for Kesoram,…
Saad Bin Zafar has had an inspiring journey (Photos from Instagram) NEW DELHI: In 2004, T20 cricket was still an idea waiting to happen. The shortest format, which today commands prime-time slots, billions in franchise cricket, biennial World Cup events, and the ICC’s most-reliable route to globalise the game, had not yet been played at…
NEW DELHI: CP(M) rebel leader G Sudhakaran on Friday announced that he would campaign against Keralam agriculture minister P Prasad in Cherthala, accusing him of making “unwarranted remarks.”Speaking to reporters in Alappuzha, Sudhakaran, who is contesting as an independent with the backing of the Congress-led opposition United Democratic Front (UDF), noted that he had earlier…
ICSI CS December 2025 result: The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has declared the Company Secretary (CS) Executive Programme result for the December 2025 session. Candidates who appeared for the Executive Programme (Syllabus 2022) examinations can now check their results on the official website icsi.edu.The results were announced today, Februrary 25, 2026 at…
Mumbai Indians team (Photo by Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images) Five-time champions Mumbai Indians have revealed their new jersey ahead of the highly anticipated Indian Premier League 2026 season, introducing a fresh design centred around a repeating ‘M’ motif that symbolises the franchise’s identity and philosophy.While the previous season’s kit retained the traditional blue and gold colours…
South Africa opener Quinton de Kock hit his seventh One Day International hundred against India during the third ODI in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. He reached the landmark in 80 balls in the 30th over, pulling Harshit Rana for his sixth six to bring up the century.This was de Kock’s seventh ODI hundred in just 23…
Lionel Messi India Tour Live: Suvendu Adhikari seeks impartial probe Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday sought an impartial probe into the chaos that erupted during Argentine football star Lionel Messi’s event at the Yuva Bharati (Salt Lake) Stadium, alleging striking similarities between the handling of the incident…
NEW DELHI: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Monday successfully conducted the maiden flight test of the Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR 120). It was conducted at the Integrated Test Range in Odisha’s Chandipur.“The rocket was tested for its maximum range of 120 km, demonstrating all in-flight manoeuvres as planned. The LRGR impacted…
