Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s skipper Rajat Patidar. (ANI Photo) BENGALURU: From being one of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s most dependable finishers to becoming a key figure in the backroom setup of the IPL defending champions, Dinesh Karthik has witnessed the franchise’s evolution from close quarters.In a freewheeling interview with TOI, the 40-year-old RCB mentor and batting coach…
Albert Bandura (Image: Wikipedia) Some quotes remain relevant because human nature rarely changes as much as people think it does. Societies evolve. Technology changes rapidly. Entire industries disappear and new ones emerge. Yet human behaviour often repeats the same patterns generation after generation, especially when responsibility becomes shared among large groups of people. That is…
New Delhi: Innovation took centre stage at the MIW Design Show 2026 that displayed indigenous marine surveillance drones, garments designed to aid children with disabilities, as well as fashion created using recycled waste collected from Mount Everest.The second edition of Made in WUD (MIW) Design Show, which opened on Thursday, brought together a host of…
Navi Mumbai: The practice of hand-rickshaw pulling continues atop the Matheran hill station three months after the expiry of the Supreme Court judgment abolishing the same. The apex court in its judgment on Aug 6, 2025, set a six-month deadline. Till today, 69 out of 94 licence owners are pulling the handcarts. Only 25 manual…
Trees standing close to Metro lines are being pruned ahead of monsoon in Bengaluru Metro line stretch on R V Road near South End circle on Friday in Bengaluru. Bengaluru: Within a month, Namma Metro services have been disrupted three times, with heavy rain and gusty winds twice halting operations on parts of the network.In…
Karan Dayanidhi Maran, vice-chairman, Maran Group, & founder of KadhaiShorts Chennai: Former Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran’s family has ventured into the entertainment industry with the launch of a micro-drama platform under what they call the “Maran Group”. Karan Dayanidhi Maran, his son and the group’s vice-chairman, will lead the new venture. On Thursday, Karan launched…
Chief minister A Revanth Reddy unveiling of the statue of N T Rama Rao at Ameerpet in Hyderabad on Thursday. Pic: Suman Reddy D Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday sought to position Telugu cinema icon and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR) alongside national figures such as BR…
Agitation against MP Sougata Roy at Nimta Kolkata: Veteran parliamentarian Saugata Roy ran into protestors at a Nimta police station on Thursday as they shouted “chor-chor” (thief-thief) slogans and hurled eggs at his vehicleAccording to cops, the 78-year-old Dum Dum MP had gone to the police station to submit a deputation alleging attacks on Trinamool…
Ludhiana: An 11-year-old boy, who went missing after reportedly entering the Gill Canal for a bath on Tuesday, was found dead on Wednesday evening after an extensive search operation. The deceased, Taranjit Singh, was a resident of Shaheed Karnail Singh Nagar near Gill Canal.According to his family, Taranjit left home on Tuesday morning to bathe…
Guwahati: Eid-uz-Zuha was observed across large parts of Assam without cow sacrifice after Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma urged people to refrain from it and respect the sentiments of the majority Sanatan community.No major untoward incidents were reported, with Eidgah committees backing the chief minister’s appeal. In Barak Valley region however, six individuals were apprehended…
