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NEW DELHI: The temporary truce that domestic telecom majors Airtel and Reliance Jio struck with Elon Musk’s satcom venture Starlink has been disturbed. The local telecom operators have raised questions over Trai’s recommendations regarding spectrum allocation to satcom companies and alleged that they are “non-transparent and non-justifiable”, and favour satellite companies over the homegrown terrestrial…

Pic credit: Pratyush Raj – Timesofindia.com reporter in Ahmedabad TimesofIndia.com in Ahmedabad: It has been a frustrating evening for both Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Mumbai Indians (MI) players as rain has played spoilsport in Qualifier 2 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Earlier, Punjab…

MI captain Hardik Pandya and PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer at the toss. (Video grab) With a spot in the IPL 2025 final on the line, Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer made a bold call at the toss in Qualifier 2, opting to bowl first against five-time champions Mumbai Indians at the Narendra Modi Stadium in…

Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s mentor Dinesh Karthik and captain Rajat Patidar. (ANI Photo) Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) mentor Dinesh Karthik has heaped praise on the new skipper Rajat Patidar, lauding the batter’s grounded nature and unchanged behaviour even after taking over the leadership reins of the franchise.Patidar, 32, was a surprise pick as RCB captain ahead…

NEW DELHI: IndiGo Sunday doubled its wide body aircraft order by confirming the option for 30 wide body Airbus A350s. Now the airline has 60 A350s on firm order and has an option for 40 more. “We have signed the MoU with Airbus for confirming the option for 30 A350s. Their delivery starts in 2027,”…

In a revelation that stunned the cricketing world, former India captain Virat Kohli announced his retirement from Test cricket on May 12, drawing curtains on a glorious 14-year red-ball career. Reacting to the announcement, Kohli’s close friend and former RCB teammate AB de Villiers offered deep insight into what might have driven the legendary cricketer’s…

GST collections had hit a record lifetime high of Rs 2.37 lakh crore in April. (AI image) The Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections crossed the Rs 2 lakh crore mark for the second consecutive month in May 2025. As per the data released by the Ministry of Finance, gross GST collections in May stood…

NEW DELHI: Bangladesh on Sunday opened the high-profile trial of fugitive former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who is accused of orchestrating a “systematic attack” to suppress mass protests against her government in mid-2024 that left up to 1,400 people dead, according to United Nations estimates.At the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Dhaka, chief prosecutor Mohammad…

Chairperson of the RPG Group Harsh Goenka Billionaire Harsh Goenka recently shared a post on social media platform Twitter where he compared the Andani Group’s economic scale to Pakistan’s economy. Goenka drew a comparison between the economic might of a single Indian conglomerate, the Adani Group, vs the entire nation of Pakistan. “Just one Indian…

Chirag Paswan, leader of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), is being urged by his party to contest the upcoming Bihar assembly elections from a general seat, a departure from his previous Lok Sabha runs in reserved constituencies. PATNA: The possibility of union minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan contesting the assembly…