The Congress on Thursday released its final list of 22 candidates for the Kochi Corporation elections, withholding announcements for two wards — Cheralayi and Ravipuram. Announcing the list, District Congress Committee (DCC) president Muhammed Shiyas described the decision to leave out just two wards out of the 64 that the party is contesting as a...

Russian grandmaster Daniil Dubov, who sent home India’s R Praggnanandhaa from the FIDE World Cup in the fourth round tiebreaks on Thursday, revealed that he dislikes classical chess so much that he prepared for just 10 minutes for the two classical games against the Indian prodigy, who was a finalist at the last World Cup....

Political analysts Amitabh Tiwari, Sajjan Kumar, and Rajat Sethi join India Today to discuss the outlook for the Bihar assembly election results. The panel covers the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) confidence in a historic win, the Mahagathbandhan’s reliance on the Congress party’s performance, and the potential influence of women (‘Mahila’) and youth (‘Yuva’) voters. The...