3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Aug 14, 2026 12:28 AM IST Universities in the United States are preparing for fewer foreign students on campuses nationwide in Fall 2026 following the Trump administration’s crackdown on visa rules and shifting immigration policy, according to a new report by a non-profit organisation of educators. International student enrollment projected to…
Mumbai Indians Hardik Pandya (ANI Photo) Mumbai: Hardik Pandya’s search for a way out of Mumbai Indians has hit another roadblock. TOI has learnt that the India allrounder explored a return to Gujarat Titans, the franchise he led to the IPL title in 2022 and the final in 2023, but talks broke down after he…
2 min readAug 13, 2026 10:51 PM IST The Commonwealth Foundation on Wednesday announced it is pushing back the opening of the 2027 Commonwealth Short Story Prize to January in the wake of allegations that artificial intelligence was used to write some of this year’s winning stories, including Jamir Nazir’s story, which won the overall…
Hardik Pandya (BCCI/IPL Photo) Kolkata Knight Riders have added to the buzz around Hardik Pandya’s IPL future after posting a video featuring the Mumbai Indians captain. The video showed KKR spinner Varun Chakravarthy at the BCCI Centre of Excellence. While Chakravarthy was exercising, Pandya walked past him from behind and teased him.The video quickly caught…
3 min readChandigarhAug 13, 2026 09:30 PM IST At Sukhna Lake, where boat rides are one of the major attractions for visitors, a basic safety requirement of life jackets was given a “casual and lackadaisical” treatment, an inspection report has revealed. The findings during the compliance audit of Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation (CITCO)…
The preliminary investigation found no visible injury marks on the nurse’s body, while no suicide note was recovered, the officer said. KOLKATA: A 30-year-old nurse was found dead under mysterious circumstances at the state-run NRS Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, police said on Thursday.She was on night duty at the hospital’s high-dependency unit (HDU)…
5 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Aug 13, 2026 08:17 PM IST Both weather and war — this time centered more around Europe and Russia-Ukraine than West Asia — are starting to exert upward pressure on international food prices. On Tuesday, a massive drone strike by Ukraine destroyed two of Russia’s biggest grain export terminals in the…
5 min readLudhianaUpdated: Aug 13, 2026 07:00 PM IST The attack on Sukhbir Singh Badal at the Takht Sri Hazur Sahib gurdwara in Maharashtra’s Nanded on Thursday has once again brought into focus the troubled relationship between the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president and sections of the Panthic camp. The attack comes against the backdrop…
Kannada activists withdrew their bandh call after meeting Chief Minister DK Shivakumar. BENGALURU: Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday said Kannada activists had withdrawn their bandh call after meeting him, as the state Assembly began its proceedings.CM Shivakumar said representatives of Kannada organisations had met him and subsequently decided to withdraw the bandh, news…
3 min readUpdated: Aug 13, 2026 05:47 PM IST Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit Maharashtra to take part in the ongoing organisational strengthening process as part of the 10-day mandatory residential training camp in Nashik under Congress’s Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan. While the training camp includes coaching…
