Mumbai: The rickshaw driver who rushed Saif Ali Khan to Lilavati Hospital after the attack on the actor at his home on Thursday was oblivious to his passenger’s celebrity status. Bhajan Singh, who lives in a chawl on Pipeline Road in Khar (East), told TOI that upon noticing “a profusely bleeding person”, his only thought…
I am humbled by the opportunity to write a tribute about Mr. Bhaskar Das, fondly known as BD. It has been an absolute privilege to have worked with him in the Times of India Group and the Advertising Club.For a few who may have known, Bhaskar was fighting cancer for a few years. When I…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Gandhi pays last respects to former prime minister Manmohan Singh during the latter’s State Funeral, at the Nigam Bodh Ghat in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Monday issued clarification on BJP’s allegations that the top party leaders did not accompany the family for immersion of the…
Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand NEW DELHI: Five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen’s unexpected withdrawal from the World Rapid and Blitz Championships has drawn sharp reactions from across the chess community. The controversy stemmed from Carlsen’s refusal to comply with FIDE‘s dress code, which prohibits jeans at tournament venues. This defiance led to his disqualification…
Ashton Jeanty was into basketball more than football as a kid. So before he grew up to be a 5-foot-9 battering ram in cleats, his favorite athlete was LeBron James. Jeanty, who bounced around the globe as the son of a Naval officer, spent a chunk of his childhood in Florida when James was on…
For nearly 250 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica was a bookshelf-busting series of gilt-lettered tomes, often purchased to show that its owners cared about knowledge. It was the sort of physical media expected to die in the internet era, and indeed, the encyclopedia’s publisher announced that it was ending the print edition in 2012. Skeptics wondered…
Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s retirement decision surprised not only fans but also his long-time teammate Ravindra Jadeja. Ashwin announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect after the third Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test in Brisbane, which ended in a rain-affected draw.“I got to know about it…
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Police’s probe into the death of an 18-year-old MBBS student at Dharpur Medical College in Patan nearly three weeks ago has found a shocking lapse on part of college authorities – they were allegedly well aware of the rampant ragging, but chose not to intervene.The investigation, citing statements from 11 other first-year students…
Bob Fernandez thought he’d go dancing and see the world when he joined the U.S. Navy as a 17-year-old high school student in August 1941. Four months later he found himself shaking from explosions and passing ammunition to artillery crews so his ship’s guns could return fire on Japanese planes bombing Pearl Harbor, a Navy…
NEW DELHI: A man was booked in Lucknow for allegedly claiming to be an IAS officer and threatening to kill an LLB student if she refused to marry him, police said on Monday. The suspect, Deepak Kumar, has been charged at Lucknow’s Chinhat police station based on a complaint filed by the victim’s mother on…