India A hockey coach Shivendra Singh (TOI) Rajgir: The Indian men’s hockey team has a hectic schedule ahead of them next year, with the Hockey India League happening in January, then the FIH Pro League and the World Cup and the Asian Games taking place in a span of mere three weeks.Keeping this in mind,…
Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed) Pakistan batter Sahibzada Farhan found himself at the centre of online ridicule after a strange choice in a this-or-that questionnaire sparked disbelief across the cricketing world. Farhan stunned fans by picking former Pakistan opener Ahmed Shehzad over icons like Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag. The selection quickly went viral,…
Bollywood may dazzle with stardom, applause, and towering personalities, but beneath the glitter are individuals navigating the same emotional terrain as everyone else. They, too, confront fears, carry unhealed wounds, push through expectations, chase calm amid chaos, and discover new truths about themselves.As 2025 approaches its end, ETimes reached out to Alexx O’Nell, Sadia Khateeb,…
Film-maker Mahesh Bhatt recently made a weird, bold confession. He revealed that when he was a struggler, in order to get money from an investor, he actually fed him human flesh, as per instructions given by a ‘tantrik’. As the ‘Arth’ director spoke about his journey, struggling days, marriage to his first wife and then…
PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi and Bangladesh cricket team Former India cricketer Atul Wassan has strongly reacted to comments made by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi about Pakistan possibly staying away from the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.Wassan believes that dragging politics into cricket only harms the game. ‘Indian cricket no less than…
Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone, one of Bollywood’s most admired on-screen pairs, were seen together once again in Mumbai, this time in the evening, hours after their morning airport reunion created a social media buzz. Stylish arrivals in the evening Upon their return, Ranbir was seen sporting a brown jacket over a white T-shirt paired…
MUMBAI: With nearly Rs 2 lakh crore collected from 365 IPOs in 2025, the year set a new record in terms of mobilisation through the primary market. In comparison, in 2024, through 336 IPOs, companies had collected about Rs 1.9 lakh crore. What’s more, total funds mobilised in 2025 was nearly four times that of…
Election Commission of India (ECI) office in New Delhi (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: The election commission on Tuesday extended the special intensive revision (SIR) deadline in poll-bound West Bengal by two weeks. The roll revision in the TMC-ruled state will go on till February 21, and rolls will be published on February 28.In a letter…
Banks across the country will observe several holidays in December 2025, as per the festive and regional holiday calendar issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). These holidays come in addition to the usual Sunday closures and the second and fourth Saturdays of the month. Banks will remain operational on the first, third, and…
President Rajendra Prasad leaves for first Republic Day parade in buggy (File photo) NEW DELHI: As India celebrated its 77th Republic Day, Kartavya Path once again became the setting for the country’s most enduring national ritual. President Droupadi Murmu unfurled the national flag — the Tiranga — amid elaborate celebrations, in the presence of the…
