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Art-inspired handpainted image on a Quirkk India ensemble | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Mudit and Surbhi Kanoria’s fashion brand, Quirkk India, may be less than a year old, but it is already making waves with its eye-catching designs. Specialising in shirts, tunics, and trousers featuring a vibrant mix of hand-painted and printed imagery, the Varanasi-based label blends geometric patterns, flora, fauna, and pop-art aesthetics. Their designs — ranging from nods to Frida Kahlo and Van Gogh to playful pet portraits with a quirky twist — have intrigued buyers, as seen at a recent exhibition by the Crafts Council of Telangana…

ICC chairman Jay Shah (c) with Chief Executives Committee members. (Pic credit: ICC) NEW DELHI: In a major move to promote inclusivity and opportunity in cricket, the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday announced the formation of a dedicated task force to support displaced Afghan women cricketers. The initiative, launched in partnership with the BCCI, ECB and Cricket Australia, aims to provide holistic support to Afghan women athletes uprooted from their homeland due to political turmoil.The ICC will establish a special fund to offer direct financial assistance, ensuring that these cricketers can continue pursuing their careers. In addition, a robust…

Fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Fugitive diamond merchantMehul Choksi, a key accused in the Rs 14,000-crore Punjab National Bank fraud case, was arrested on Saturday by Belgian authorities on India’s extradition request.Choksi’s arrest was based on two non-bailable warrants issued by a Mumbai court, dated May 23, 2018, and June 15, 2021, according to people familiar with the development.Indian officials had earlier asked Belgium to initiate extradition proceedings after locating Choksi in the country. Sources said he was allegedly planning to move to Switzerland for medical treatment at a cancer hospital.In 2018, Mehul Choksi, his nephew Nirav…

A Wisconsin teenager has been charged in the killing of his mother and stepfather in what the federal authorities described as an attempt to obtain the money and autonomy he believed was necessary for a plot to kill President Trump and overthrow the government.The teenager, Nikita Casap, 17, was arrested last month in the deaths of his mother, Tatiana Casap, 35, and stepfather, Donald Mayer, 51, according to the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department.Sheriff’s deputies found the bodies at the family’s home in Waukesha, about 17 miles southwest of Milwaukee, after receiving a call on Feb. 28 requesting a welfare check,…

Delhi-based fashion designer Divyam Mehta’s new collection Still Waters | Photo Credit: Special arrangement With deliberate, calculated precision, Delhi-based fashion designer Divyam Mehta defines the inspiration behind his newly launched summer collection Still Waters. He borrows the collection’s design language from South Asian contemporary art, tribal rugs and nautical stripes, but manipulates its grammar to create mundu skirts, oversized jackets paired with dresses, gilets, pyjama trousers, tops and layered tunics. “For the moodboard,” he explains, “we were mainly looking at modern art from Cambodia, Indonesia and South India, but these inspirations have been manipulated and edited to create something abstract,…

File photo of Mumbai cricketer Ayush Mhatre. (Image: Instagram) New Delhi: Ayush Mhatre is likely to join the Chennai Super Kings camp for the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL). It has been reliably learnt by TimesofIndia.com that the 17-year-old opener will link up with the squad ahead of CSK’s fixture against Mumbai Indians on April 20.As reported by TOI on April 3, Mhatre had been called up by the franchise for mid-season trials in Chepauk. He had gone unsold during the mega auction in Jeddah last year.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!But with Ruturaj…

US President Donald Trump on Sunday doubled down on his hardline trade stance, declaring that no country — especially China — would be spared from his sweeping tariff agenda. Trump, in a post on social media rejected claims that his administration had granted tariff exemptions to certain tech products, saying, “NOBODY is getting ‘off the hook’ for the unfair Trade Balances… especially not China which, by far, treats us the worst!”“There was no Tariff ‘exception’ announced on Friday. These products are subject to the existing 20% Fentanyl Tariffs, and they are just moving to a different Tariff ‘bucket.’ The Fake…

The Trump administration signaled on Sunday that it would pursue new tariffs on the powerful computer chips inside smartphones and other technologies, just two days after it excluded a variety of electronics from the steep import taxes recently applied on goods arriving from China.The push came as President Trump’s top economic advisers scrambled to explain their shifting strategy, after having insisted for weeks they would shield no company or industry from any of the fees it has levied in a bid to reset U.S. trade relationships.The reprieve for technology companies arrived in the form of a Customs and Border Protection…

Designers Zaid Khatri, Amruta Vankar, Mubbasirah Khatri, Muskan Khatri, and Shakil Ahmed during the Design Craft Presents Artisan Designers of Somaiya Kala Vidya show in the 25th year of Lakmé Fashion Week 2025 at Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai | Photo Credit: Perfect Shadows / FDCI x Lakmé Fashion Week / RISE Worldwide Indian fashion is entering an era of quiet reckoning — one where the silent hands behind couture’s most intricate weaves and prints are finally stepping into the light. For decades, artisans remained the invisible scaffolding of Indian fashion’s most-celebrated narratives. Now, the script is shifting. At…

Kuldeep Yadav was run-out in the penultimate over. (Pic credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: In a jaw-dropping finish at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday, Delhi Capitals imploded with three successive run-outs to hand Mumbai Indians a thrilling 12-run win in a high-octane IPL 2025 clash.Chasing 206, Delhi were well placed at 183/7 with 23 runs needed off the final 12 balls. But chaos unfolded when Ashutosh Sharma, who had reignited hope with two crisp boundaries off Jasprit Bumrah, was run out going for a risky second. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Off the very next ball,…