The Los Angeles Dodgers shattered MLB spending records in 2025 with a $514.6 million total payroll and luxury tax bill, powering their second straight World Series title. Their outlay dwarfed rivals, including a budget more than seven times the Miami Marlins’ and exceeding the bottom six teams combined. The spending gap highlights growing financial disparity…
MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI: Air India’s mounting losses and operational issues are leading to serious concerns among both its parent groups. Goh Choon Phong, CEO of Singapore Airlines (SIA, which has a 25.1% stake in AI) is in Mumbai and is expected to meet Tata Sons and AI chairman N Chandrasekaran on Thursday.The meeting comes in…
Image used for representative purposes With just days to go for the April 29 second phase of the West Bengal assembly elections, authorities will convene a high-level coordination meeting in Kolkata on Sunday to assess poll preparedness across key districts.The meeting, to be held at Dhana Dhanya Auditorium, will bring together senior police officials, election…
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted searches and questioning at the residence of former Trinamool Congress MLA Saokat Molla in the South Bamunia area of Bhangar as part of its probe into a bomb blast that took place shortly before the West Bengal assembly elections and claimed one life.The investigation was…
Aizawl: Officials of the Mizoram excise & narcotics department, in a joint operation with the Assam Rifles and the central anti-drug squad (CADS) of the Central Young Mizo Association (YMA), seized 740 grams of heroin and arrested nine people in the early hours of Friday, department spokesperson Peter Zohmingthanga said.Zohmingthanga said the contraband was being…
Sudipto.DasKolkata: A standoff between a section of parents and St Lawrence School authorities was resolved after police stepped in on Wednesday. Parents had accused the school of withholding students’ report cards until they paid for alleged damages.A section of parents of St Lawrence High School protested for over an hour against what they called unnecessary…
Top stocks to buy (AI image) Stock market recommendations: Bajaj Broking Research has chosen NMDC, and Jayaswal Neco Industries as the top stock picks for May 15, 2026. The brokerage has shared its target prices and time period to attain it. Let’s take a look:NMDCBuy in the range of ₹ 91.00-93.50 Target Return STOPLOSS Time…
REDUCE AND REUSE: Sumrux offers parents a free platform to sell, swap, lend, or borrow children’s books online, aiming to conserve resources and reduce waste. Parents looking to dispose of children’s old textbooks after exams can list them free of cost for sale or donation at www.sumrux.com. “Listing takes about a minute only and could…
Britain extracted 25 million years of life and labour through slavery in Barbados: Report A report presented in Barbados states that the British colonial practices drained nearly 25 million years of life and forced work from enslaved Africans. Value lost through such extraction may reach £1.6 trillion, as researchers seek to quantify historical harm. The…
MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises is seeking to raise Rs 2,300 crore for strategic and business initiatives, nearly a year after shareholders blocked a similar attempt by the broadcaster’s promoter group to increase its stake.The company said its board would deliberate further on funding options, without specifying the instrument or timeline. The move comes as Zee…
