For the second consecutive season, the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will go head-to-head with the Indian Premier League (IPL), after the Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed that the 11th edition of the franchise tournament will run from March 26 to May 3 next year. The overlap once again places the PSL directly in the IPL window, traditionally spanning from the last week of March to the end of May.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The announcement was made by PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi during the PSL roadshow in New York on Sunday. Naqvi acknowledged that the scheduling clash would require adjustments to Pakistan’s international calendar, with the national team’s commitments during that period set to be reworked.

“Any international commitments of the Pakistan team during this window will be readjusted,” Naqvi said, pointing specifically to Pakistan’s proposed tour of Bangladesh. The tour, scheduled for March–April, includes two World Test Championship Tests, three ODIs and three T20 Internationals, and will now be reshuffled to accommodate the league.Last season, the PSL was also staged in the March–May window, primarily due to Pakistan hosting the Champions Trophy. For its first nine editions, the PSL was held in February–March, a slot that suited both international scheduling and player availability. That window has now been taken over by the ICC T20 World Cup next year, which will be staged in February–March in India and Sri Lanka, leaving the PCB with limited flexibility.

Since its launch in 2016, the PSL has been staged across Pakistan and the UAE, growing steadily in stature despite competition from rival leagues. Naqvi also revealed that the auction for two new PSL teams will take place on January 8, signalling the league’s expansion ambitions even as it navigates calendar challenges.

Rob Reiner, the director of the movie When Harry Met Sally, and his wife Michele Singer were found dead at his Los Angeles home and his son Nick is under suspicion. According to the People, Nick Reiner has killed his parents with a knife. Till now, there is no confirmation from the officials.

Who were Robe Reiner and Michele Singer?

Reiner carved out an influential career as an actor, director, writer and producer across five decades, according to the Variety.Born on March 6, 1947, in the Bronx, he was the son of legendary comedian and writer Carl Reiner, a giant of television’s Golden Age. Raised in Hollywood, Reiner studied at UCLA Film School and began his career with small television roles before landing the part that made him a household name. Reiner rose to fame as Michael “Meathead” Stivic on CBS’s groundbreaking sitcom All in the Family, playing the liberal, idealistic son-in-law to Carroll O’Connor’s Archie Bunker. The role earned him two Emmy Awards and placed him at the center of one of television’s most influential series, known for tackling social issues previously considered taboo. After leaving the show in 1978, Reiner reinvented himself behind the camera. His directorial breakthrough came with the 1984 improvisational mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, which he also co-wrote and starred in. The film became a cult classic and launched one of the most remarkable directing runs in modern Hollywood. Between 1986 and 1992, Reiner delivered a string of critically acclaimed and commercially successful films across genres, including Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally…, Misery and A Few Good Men, showcasing rare versatility and a keen eye for performance. In 1987, Reiner co-founded Castle Rock Entertainment, which produced numerous hit films before being acquired by Turner Broadcasting. While his later projects were often more personal and political—and less commercially dominant—he remained committed to filmmaking as a means of expression rather than profit.A vocal progressive activist, he remained committed to storytelling over profit. His most recent work was Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.Singer was at one time a photographer who shot Donald Trump’s photo for the cover of “The Art of the Deal.”Reiner and his wife are survived by children, Jake, Nick and Romy. He was the adoptive father of actress Tracy Reiner, the daughter of his first wife, the late actress and director Penny Marshall.

NEW DELHI: Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju has demanded apology from leader of oppositions in both the houses — Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi — a day after videos of Congress workers sloganeering “eliminate” Prime Minister Narendra Modi surfaced on social media.“Both the LoPs in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha should apologise,” Rijiju said. He further claimed that the BJP or NDA had “never disrespected anyone’s parents or threatened anyone’s life.” “BJP-NDA has never disrespected anyone’s parents or threatened anyone’s life. We oppose people in different ways and criticise them, as politics allows in a democracy, but to kill someone, there has never been such a thought. What kind of mentality is this, that Congress leaders openly declared to kill someone?” he questioned.“The world and the country acknowledge PM Modi, and if some opposition leaders speak of killing him, it’s deeply saddening. Merely condemning it will not help. The Congress chief and the LoP must apologise to the country from the floor of the House,” he added.Several BJP leaders had shared a video on Sunday alleging the “real agenda” behind its SIR, ‘vote chori’ rally in Delhi was to “eliminate” Prime Minister Narendra Modi.“So the agenda is clear. It’s not about SIR. It is about Sanvidhan pe vaar. Congress leaders chanting ‘Kabr khudegi Modi ki, aaj nahi to kal khudegi‘,” BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said.“Recently Ragini Nayak had also tweeted an AI Video showing him as a chaiwala. In name of SIR – they want to eliminate PM Modi? Recently Rahul Gandhi threatened ECI too. So far Cong has abused PM Modi 150 + times,” he added.The Congress organised a massive rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi, stepping up its agitation over alleged “vote theft” and the special intensive revision of electoral rolls. The demonstration, branded “Vote Chor, Gaddi Chhod”, was held amid heightened political tensions, coming just days after heated confrontations between the government and the Opposition in Parliament over the credibility of the electoral process.

Stock market today (AI image)

Stock market today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened in red on Monday on weak global cues. While Nifty50 was near 26,000, BSE Sensex was down over 250 points. At 9:16 AM, Nifty50 was trading at 25,961.20, down 86 points or 0.33%. BSE Sensex was at 85,014.79, down 253 points or 0.30%.The week’s calendar includes important data releases such as India’s WPI inflation and trade balance numbers. Additionally, HSBC’s Flash Composite, Manufacturing, and Services PMI readings will be monitored for economic trends towards the year’s conclusion.Dr. VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Investments Limited says, “The general expectation in the market is that India’s underperformance in 2025 is likely to be compensated in 2026. India’s macros are in fine shape and policy support has been strong. The fiscal and monetary stimuli imparted to trigger consumption and investment has started yielding results. If the momentum sustains it can give the much needed boost to corporate earnings in FY27.”“A major drag on the market continues to be the elusive US-India trade deal which is impacting India’s exports to the US, widening of trade deficit and continuous depreciation in the rupee. On the global market front, a likely scenario is the weakening of the AI trade. Recent AI results in the US indicate earnings stress in some AI companies. If the AI trade weakens, that will be beneficial to India. In brief, the macro construct favours outperformance by India in the EM universe in 2026. But the high market valuations should temper expectations.”The S&P 500 and Nasdaq dropped over 1% on Friday as investors moved away from technology shares. Concerns about AI valuation sparked by Broadcom and Oracle, coupled with rising US Treasury yields following policymakers’ resistance to monetary easing, affected market sentiment.Asian equities declined early Monday as investors showed caution ahead of central bank meetings and significant data releases this week.On Friday, foreign portfolio investors offloaded shares worth Rs 1,114 crore. Domestic institutional investors, conversely, purchased shares valued at Rs 3,869 crore.(Disclaimer: Recommendations and views on the stock market, other asset classes or personal finance management tips given by experts are their own. These opinions do not represent the views of The Times of India)

Suryakumar Yadav (AFP Photo)

NEW DELHI: Suryakumar Yadav may be short of runs, but India’s T20I captain remains firm in his belief that form is not the issue. After another modest outing in India’s seven-wicket win over South Africa in the third T20I on Sunday, Suryakumar acknowledged the lean patch but insisted it was only a matter of time before the runs returned.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Suryakumar scored 12 off 11 balls before falling to Lungi Ngidi, extending a difficult run that has seen him struggle for consistency. Barring a fluent 75 against Bangladesh in Hyderabad on October 24 and an unbeaten 47 against Pakistan in the Asia Cup in September, runs have been hard to come by. The sequence has now dragged on for 21 innings and has pushed his T20I average in 2025 down to 14.20, with two matches still left in the series.

Yet, the skipper struck an optimistic note at the post-match presentation. “I’ve been batting beautifully in the nets. When the runs have to come, they’ll come. Not out of form, definitely out of runs,” Suryakumar said, brushing aside concerns over his personal returns.More than individual numbers, Suryakumar underlined India’s response after their defeat in the second T20I. “I think this sport teaches you a lot of things. How you come back into the series is more important,” he said. “We wanted to go back to basics, do the same things we were doing in Cuttack, and the results were on our side.” He added that lessons from the loss in New Chandigarh were addressed collectively. “The bowlers sat together, we had a good team meeting as well.”

India’s bowlers set up the victory, led by player of the match Arshdeep Singh, who returned to his “tried and tested basic methods” after an ordinary previous game. “It was one off day… so it feels nice to do this,” Arshdeep said, dedicating the Man-of-the-Match award to his 10-month-old niece watching from the stands.South Africa skipper Aiden Markram credited India’s pacers for dismantling the top order early, while also acknowledging Abhishek Sharma’s brisk 18-ball 35 that put the chase beyond reach. Varun Chakravarthy, who struck twice in the middle overs, said honest conversations after the last match helped India regroup.

Ranveer Singh’s ‘Dhurandhar,’ which was released on December 6, shows no sign of slowing down in its second week. The Aditya Dhar film, featuring a stellar cast including Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, R. Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, and more, crossed the Rs 350 crore mark in just 10 days and set a new record at the box office. It has beaten Allu Arjun’s ‘Pushpa 2’ in the second Sunday’s collection and is now eying to outperform the lifetime numbers of Yash’s ‘KGF Chapter 2’. The blockbuster from the South earned Rs 435.33 crore in its lifetime, and given the pace of ‘Dhurandhar,’ it appears the film has the potential to surpass this number by the end of its second week.Dhurandhar Movie ReviewRead on to know more about Dhurandhar’s box office performance.

‘Dhurandhar’ box office collection in India

The high-octane action drama opened with Rs 28 crore, and became the second-highest opener of 2025, beating ‘Saiyaara’ starring Ahaan Panday and Aneet Pada, according to Sacnilk. Over its first weekend, it added around Rs 75 crore more to the tally. Then came the first weekday, the first speed bump in the road, which was nothing but a small hiccup. On its first Monday, the collection saw a drop, yet it made Rs. 23.25 crore and over the entire week, it didn’t lose its grip.It began its second week on a high note and made Rs 32.5 crore. Further growth was seen on the second Saturday, with Rs 53 crore business, and then Sunday recorded the highest – Rs 59 crore. With this, ‘Dhurandar’ outperformed ‘Pushpa 2’ in the second Sunday’s earnings, as the Allu Arjun starrer made Rs 54 crore.

Day-wise collection of ‘Dhurandhar’

Day 1 [1st Friday] Rs 28 CrDay 2 [1st Saturday] Rs 32 CrDay 3 [1st Sunday] Rs 43 CrDay 4 [1st Monday] Rs 23.25 CrDay 5 [1st Tuesday] Rs 27 CrDay 6 [1st Wednesday] Rs 27 CrDay 7 [1st Thursday] Rs 27 CrWeek 1 Collection Rs 207.25 CrDay 8 [2nd Friday] Rs 32.5 CrDay 9 [2nd Saturday] Rs 53 CrDay 10 [2nd Sunday] Rs59 CrTotal Rs 351.75CrDISCLAIMER: The box office numbers in this article are compiled from our proprietary sources and diverse public data. While we strive for accuracy, all figures are approximate unless explicitly mentioned, offering a fair representation of the project’s box office performance. We are open to feedback and suggestions on toientertainment@timesinternet.in.

NEW DELHI: In the middle of Laxmi Nagar market is a single room, easy to miss in the chaos, that holds a few chairs. Seated are young men and women from Delhi, UP and Haryana, busy polishing ‘Ikura desu ka’ and ‘tetsudatte kuremasu ka’, Japanese phrases that translate, respectively, to ‘how much is this’ and ‘can you help me’.Some labour on the ‘u’, only to be reminded by the teacher not to dwell on it. “Not ikoora. Suppress u, stress ra.”It’s not an easy lesson for this group of native Hindi speakers but motivation is strong, so they keep at it. Getting spoken Japanese right will earn them a ticket to a job that will pay more than anything they are likely to get here.With curbs on immigration rising in the West, Indians have in Japan been presented with a destination in the east that has a high demand for young workers, especially in caregiving and blue-collar occupations like plumbers and electricians. In Aug this year, the Indian and Japanese governments signed a pact for potential exchange of 5 lakh personnel in five years, including 50,000 skilled workers.And with jobs beckoning, Japanese language teaching has taken off in NCR, not just in physical classrooms like the one in Laxmi Nagar but in online listings of tutors saying ‘Konichiwa’ to not just Japan job seekers but also those preparing for JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) and anime fans as they promise proficiency tailored to the learner’s need.

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According to data with Japan Foundation on language education abroad, the number of Japanese learners in India went from 5,446 in 2003 to 52,946 in 2024. The total number of teachers – at primary, secondary and higher education levels – has risen from 256 to 5,446 in the corresponding period.Owing to its ageing population, Japan needs caregivers at hospitals and for eldercare. Salaries in these jobs, converted to INR, begin at about Rs 80,000 a month. A nursing qualification is not mandatory; basic proficiency in the language – which is the N4 level – is enough.Sudha Rotili has already secured a job and will be flying to Hokkaido soon. While pursuing a master’s in maths from a Delhi University college, she felt her degrees might not be enough to get a good job abroad and enrolled in a Japanese course earlier this year. “My friend, who is a nurse, learnt it last year and now works in Japan as a caregiver. I thought this was something I could do. It would also give me a headstart abroad,” Sudha says, adding she will make a saving that will also let her remit money back home.Japanese has three scripts – Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. Though it has almost no similarity to languages widely spoken in India, some teachers say it comes easier to native Hindi speakers because the grammar is similar. “They do not have to first think of translating to English and then Japanese, they can do a Hindi to Japanese translation in their minds,” says a teacher.Anushka, a 21-year-old nursing graduate learning Japanese at a centre in Okhla, doesn’t know if that worked to her advantage, but is confident about holding a basic conversation in Japanese. “Watashi wo namae wa Anushka. Hajimemashite (My name is Anushka. Nice to meet you),” is how she introduces herself to make her point.Anushka says her lack of fluency in English made her apprehensive about attempting to take on Japanese. But once she dived in, she began enjoying herself, downloading an app to practise and watching Japanese TV shows.Jaspreet Kaur, a first-year political science student, says she is ready to take up any job in Japan for the exposure. She enrolled at the Okhla centre this year and will start applying for jobs soon.Divesh Birla, who has been teaching Japanese since 2007, says he gets two kinds of students – schoolkids who want to pick up a language early, and of late, adults who are learning for the purpose of employment. Birla, who teaches at Govt Polytechnic College in Haryana, says many students are coming from lower-income backgrounds. “They feel like a job in Japan will be their family’s ticket to a good life,” he says. Ambica Gupta, who runs Masaru Institute for Japanese language in Faridabad, says though she has been teaching for the last 12 years, it’s only in the last four that she has seen a boom in interest. “I used to have just two-three students per class, but from 2021, every batch has 10-15 students. I don’t want to make the classes bigger, but there are more people expressing interest. Every batch is full,” she says.Shrishti Arora, who started NEC Institute in Lajpat Nagar seven years ago, adds: “I’ve noticed that people who come to us are not just interested in learning the language, they are serious about the opportunities it can get them. They inquire about jobs and higher studies.” (Additional reporting by Ayantika Pal)