With the NCP built around Ajit Pawar’s personal authority and control over legislators, his sudden death leaves the party without a clear leader. This comes at a time when talks had begun on bringing together the two rival NCP factions led by the Deputy CM and his uncle, Sharad Pawar. In the weeks before his…
United States’ Saurabh Netravalkar, second left, celebrates with teammates (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) Shadley van Schalkwyk maintained his impressive run with the ball, claiming two key wickets as the USA limited Namibia to 168/6 in 20 overs to secure a commanding 31-run victory in their final T20 World Cup 2026 group-stage match at the MA…
Following Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s death in a plane crash on Wednesday morning, the question being asked is what happens to his Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and throws into uncertainty any efforts to merge the party and the NCP (SP) led by his uncle Sharad Pawar, with whom it contested the recent municipal…
NEW DELHI: India captain Suryakumar Yadav and Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha did not shake hands during the toss in the T20 World Cup 2026 match between the arch-rivals in Colombo on Sunday, continuing India’s no-handshake policy against Pakistan.The customary gesture was absent after the toss, extending a stance that has been in place since…
The India-UK free trade agreement signed in July last year is expected to be implemented from April 2026, a government official said.India and the United Kingdom signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) on July 24, 2025, under which 99 per cent of Indian exports will enter the British market at zero duty, while…
4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jan 28, 2026 05:36 PM IST Moments after a private plane carrying NCP president and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar crashed during landing at the Baramati airport on Wednesday morning, a slew of party leaders and workers started trickling into its Delhi office. The mood at the NCP office on…
Hello and welcome to the Live coverage of ICC T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan in Colombo. Amid the still-smouldering embers of an impasse that mixed cricket with politics like never before, India will need middle-order stability and a fit-again Abhishek Sharma firing to maintain domination over Pakistan when the two bitter rivals…
The sudden death of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a chartered plane crash near Baramati on Wednesday has not only stunned Maharashtra politics but also cast a shadow over the long-simmering efforts at reconciliation between the rival factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by him and his uncle, party founder Sharad…
Colours of the rivalry: Local vendors set up shop with India and Pakistan jerseys outside R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo ahead of the big clash. (Photo/TimesofIndia.com) TimesofIndia.com in Colombo: Saif, a fourth-division cricketer from Bengaluru, booked his flight, hotel and match tickets two months in advance. He even landed in the Sri Lankan capital three…
Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) staged a sharp turnaround in early February, infusing Rs 19,675 crore into Indian equities in the first fortnight, buoyed by the US-India trade deal and easing global macroeconomic concerns.The inflows come after three consecutive months of significant outflows. FPIs had pulled out Rs 35,962 crore in January, Rs 22,611 crore in…