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GORAKHPUR: The saffron campaign in two high profile constituencies of Varanasi and Gorakhpur - associated with PM Narendra Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath - is not steered by BJP alone. The cadres of Rashtriya Swayemsewak Sangh and its offshoots, too, are actively involved and raising the pitch against the opposition,…

NEW DELHI: None of India's national sports federations (NSF) stand recognised by the sports ministry in the current year, as all of them are awaiting renewal of their annual recognition since November 2021, TOI has learnt. This has impacted the federations' plans to conduct their national championships and other domestic…

Ishan Kishan calls himself a "mama's boy". But he was the 'big daddy' of IPL auctions and he's back at the Mumbai Indians, a franchise that went all out to buy him for `15.25 cr. "I didn't want to go anywhere else," he says. The 23-going-on-24 player sat down for…

KOTTAYAM: P S Abdul Kareem, father of Shibli and Shaduli who were among the 38 sentenced to death in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case, said that he will go for appeal in higher courts against the verdict. Speaking to TOI, Kareem who is a retired teacher, said that he…

MUMBAI: The BCCI, in an e-mail (TOI has a copy) communication to all the 38 participating teams on Wednesday, has asked them to ensure that Covid-19 reserves stay in the team hotel on match days.

KOLKATA: After some dilly-dallying, the Ranji Trophy is set to get rolling on Thursday. Last year's runners-up Bengal, placed in Elite Group B, have been clubbed with Baroda, Hyderabad and Chandigarh. They will play all their matches at Cuttack. Skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran spoke to TOI about the coming season.

PUNE: Leading virologists in India told TOI on Tuesday there’s no need to panic over reports of a possible recombination of Omicron and Delta variants as a single SARS-CoV-2 variant found recently in a UK patient. They said there is still no evidence that the recombination has any additional advantage…

NAGPUR: Despite civic chief Radhakrishnan B directing all ten zones to identify and remove wrongly coloured infrastructure material — owned by the Municipal Corporation (NMC) — five days ago, the public works department of Hanuman Nagar Zone have got 48 benches painted in BJP party colours. They are being fixed…

TOI does a SWOT analysis of the 10 franchises following the mega auction...