Filmmaker Karan Johar has never shied away from tough industry conversations, and in a recent interview, he addressed what he sees as Bollywood’s biggest creative gap, the inability to mount large-scale mass action films. Speaking on The Streaming Show podcast with Suchin Mehrotra, Karan admitted bluntly, “It is a director crisis. You can’t think of…
Indian rugby team beat Uzbekistan 12-5 to win the bronze medal Kolkata: “I have a lot of belief in this group of girls. They are the future of Indian women’s rugby!” These words of India’s rugby coach Kiano Fourie, during an online interaction with TOI, showed his confidence in the team that scripted a historic…
File photo: PM EAC member Sanjeev Sanyal (Picture credit: ANI) India’s sovereign credit upgrade from S&P Global Ratings was “much required” but still leaves the country rated below its true economic strength, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) member Sanjeev Sanyal said.Reacting to S&P’s move to lift India’s rating from ‘BBB-’ to ‘BBB’,…
Steve Smith has sent out a firm warning to England ahead of The Ashes in November (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) Steve Smith has cautioned England’s batters ahead of the upcoming Ashes series, suggesting that conditions in Australia will pose a big challenge to their aggressive style of play. The veteran batter highlighted both the…
Hrithik Roshan’s ‘War 2,’ co-starring Jr. NTR and directed by Ayan Mukerji, has exploded at the box office, earning Rs 73 crore net in Hindi within two days and Rs 108 crore overall. Despite clashing with ‘Coolie,’ ‘War 2’ dominated multiplexes, boosted by the Independence Day holiday and Jr. NTR’s appeal. The YRF Spy Universe…
Irfan Pathan (L) has disclosed a heated exchange with Shahid Afridi (R) during the 2006 series. Former Indian cricket all-rounder Irfan Pathan has revealed details of a heated exchange with Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi during a 2006 flight from Karachi to Lahore when both teams were traveling together. The incident, which occurred during India’s tour of…
Virat Kohli (L) and Rohit Sharma (R) retired from Test cricket ahead of the England tour. Former Indian cricket legends Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma recently announced their retirements from Test cricket within a five-day gap, breaking the traditional pattern of gradual transitions in Indian cricket. Former Indian cricketer Karsan Ghavri has claimed that internal…
Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana during an event organised ahead of the ICC Women�s Cricket World Cup 2025 (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade) When India hosted the ODI Women’s World Cup in 1997, the final saw a near-capacity turnout at Eden Gardens in Kolkata that left Aussie legend Belinda Clarke’s “eardrums buzzing”. The event, played across 25…
Malaika Arora and Arbaaz Khan tied the knot in 1998, when Malaika was around 25 years old. Four years later, in 2002, they welcomed their son Arhaan Khan. After 18 years of marriage, the couple announced their separation in 2016, with their divorce being finalised in 2017. While Arbaaz has since remarried Sshura Khan, many…
India captain Shubman Gill (Ben Whitley/PA via AP) India are in a happy dilemma. Across all three formats, they are atop the ICC charts, and there is a sense of stability around the Indian cricket landscape after a tumultuous four-month phase from Oct last year to Jan 2025. With Shubman Gill shaping up as the…
