The men’s and women’s tournaments are scheduled to be held simultaneously at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai from June 1 to 13.

As Mumbai gears up for the mega cricket carnival, star captains of the teams participating in the Nuwama Private T20 Mumbai League 2026 and the inaugural Nuwama Private T20 Mumbai Women’s League came together for a grand season launch event organized by co-sponsor 31 Labels in Mumbai, which promises to be an exciting two weeks of high-voltage cricketing action starting on June 1.The event was attended by Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) President Ajinkya Naik, League Governing Council Chairman Rajdeep Gupta, Apex Council, League Governing Council members as well as members of all 11 teams and their operators, coming together to celebrate the start of an exciting cricket season.Since its launch in 2018, the Nuwama Private T20 Mumbai League has been a launchpad for some of the most promising cricket talents, establishing itself as one of India’s premier franchise-based domestic T20 tournaments. The upcoming season will feature a host of global stars alongside emerging talents in both the men’s and women’s competitions.Mumbai Cricket Association President Ajinkya Naik said, ‘It is a matter of pride for us that the players like it Ajinkya RahaneShardul Thakur and Shreyas Iyer Represented India after playing for Mumbai and will now share the dressing room with the youngsters and share his knowledge and experience. The exposure that these young players will get by playing with such legends will be huge. Similarly, for the women players too, the opportunity to share the dressing room with established stars will be invaluable. Players like Shivam Dubey and Suryakumar Yadav performed in the first season of the league and won the T20 World Cup for India.“League Governing Council Chairman, Rajdeep Gupta said: “The main task assigned to me by the Apex Council members was to start the women’s tournament and I would like to thank the Apex Council members, Governing Council members and Chairman Mr. Ajinkya Naik for giving me a free hand and with everyone’s support, we were able to do it. I officially announce the launch of T20 Mumbai League and T20 Mumbai Women’s League.“To boost the excitement, the captains and vice-captains had an interesting conversation about their preparations and expectations ahead of the tournament. The event also featured a number of eye-catching performances, forming a fitting preparation for the 13-day tournament which is set to showcase some of the city’s finest cricketing talent.“Really happy and excited for the season. First of all, congratulations to the Mumbai Cricket Association for providing this platform to all the young cricketers. For players who have worked really hard, this is a great opportunity to express their talent and take the next step in their careers. From our point of view, it is all about going out there and playing with freedom,” North Mumbai Panthers captain Ajinkya Rahane said.“I think it’s a great opportunity for the youngsters, especially those coming into domestic cricket, to showcase their talent and skills at this level. I think it’s definitely gotten bigger and better since last season. It’s a great opportunity for the youngsters, and I’m excited to be a part of it,” SOBO Mumbai Falcons captain Shreyas Iyer commented.“I will try my best to repeat those five sixes from the first season. I can’t say that I will definitely do it, but I will definitely try my best to repeat it,” said Shivam Dubey, captain of Arcs Andheri.Eagle Thane Strikers captain Shardul Thakur said, “The talent sitting here on the podium is extraordinary. Mumbai is known for producing great batsmen over the years. I think every batsman will work hard. We know what is at stake. It is going to be a fierce battle and we are hoping for the best.”“Obviously, winning the trophy last year was a special moment for all of us. We want to do it again, but we are not too focused on the end result. I will just try to help my teammates and the youngsters perform to their potential. It is going to be a competitive league. We have to start from zero this year,” said Mumbai South Central Maratha Royals captain Siddhesh Lad.Akash Tigers Mumbai Western Suburbs captain Sarfaraz Khan said, “I am a little more aggressive, while Musheer is calm. But when it comes to the field, no one is your brother or friend, he will be an opponent.”Bandra Blasters captain Suved Parkar said, “I am grateful to the team management and owners for giving me the opportunity to captain the team this season. I hope they repose faith in me. The boys have been practicing really well and we will go out there, work hard and enjoy the game.”“Our team is training really well. Suryakumar Yadav is an experienced player, so the youngsters in the team will learn a lot from him. Hopefully, we will do well,” said Akhil Herwadkar, vice-captain, Triumph Knights Mumbai North East.The inaugural edition of the three-team T20 Mumbai Women’s League will add a new chapter to the history of the league as the city’s women cricketers are set to get a platform to showcase their talent.“I think we are really excited for this league, and I think every team has prepared with the aim of winning the inaugural edition. Humaira Kazi, captain of Akash Tigers Mumbai Western Suburbs, said, “It is a great opportunity for all the young girls to showcase their talent, experience playing in packed stadiums and learn a lot from the experience.SOBO Mumbai Falcons captain Sayali Satghare said, “Our main objective in the first season will be to play fearless cricket and entertain the spectators.”“The preparations have been good. There is a lot of young talent in our group and many players who have already won trophies in domestic cricket with the Mumbai senior women’s team at the Wankhede Stadium. Having been a part of that team, I know that when all the ‘Khadoos’ players from Mumbai come together on the field, the matches will be exciting,” said Thane Sky Risers captain Saima Thakor.The tournament will feature 30 blockbuster matches as the city’s best talents battle for T20 supremacy at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, with the final taking place on June 13. All matches will be live on JioHotstar and Star Sports Network.

Magistrate’s court in Mumbai (file photo)

Mumbai: A city magistrate court has held that a man repeatedly stealing money from his daughter-in-law’s purse to buy liquor amounts to economic domestic violence. The comments came after a 40-year-old Lalbagh man was directed to pay Rs 21.5 lakh as rent and maintenance dues to his estranged wife and minor daughter after the court found him and his family liable for financial manipulation and continuous domestic abuse including sexual harassment.Judicial Magistrate First Class JR Mullani also addressed the allegations against the woman’s brother-in-law, saying he had “boldly told” her in the presence of her father-in-law about the harassment, including attempts to force her to have physical relations, which the court called “gross and serious acts of domestic violence”.The magistrate concluded that the woman faced repeated mental and financial harassment from her husband and in-laws. The husband’s regular drinking, threats and verbal abuse, attempts to force her to leave her job, and mortgaging her gold jewellery, leaving her with a debt of Rs 2 lakh, were considered as domestic violence.The court further observed that theft by the father-in-law for liquor, mental torture by the mother-in-law, demand of the woman’s earnings and pressurizing her to buy a refrigerator, clearly amount to economic and mental domestic violence.The court ordered the husband to pay monthly maintenance of Rs 7,000 to the woman and Rs 5,000 to their minor daughter and house rent of Rs 5,000. These amounts were calculated retrospectively from February 24, 2016. The man was also directed to pay Rs 50,000 in legal costs, and the court issued a protection order barring the family from committing further acts of domestic violence.The couple met in 2007 at their workplace, a credit card company, and got married in 2012. According to the woman, the problems started soon after marriage when her husband pressured her to quit her job, started drinking heavily and abused her. When she became pregnant, he reportedly sought an abortion, claiming he could not manage the expenses. She refused and their daughter was born in 2013.The abuse escalated when her brother-in-law attempted to have physical relations with her late at night, when he was drunk and her father-in-law was sleeping nearby.In March 2014, she left the matrimonial home and started living with her brother. Her husband later filed for divorce. She filed her domestic violence application on February 24, 2016. Although interim maintenance was granted in 2017, the husband allegedly failed to make the payments regularly, and she filed an NC complaint for criminal intimidation in 2018.The husband denied the allegations in writing, but the respondents did not appear to cross-examine him or present evidence. The court proceeded without his evidence on August 2, 2025, finding that his sworn testimony was not challenged and there was no reason to disbelieve it.

Paris Saint-Germain made history in Budapest as they defeated Arsenal on penalties to retain the UEFA Champions League crown. Luis Enrique’s side kept their composure in a tense final at the Puskas Arena to seal consecutive European victories.

Only a select group of clubs have been consistently successful A Champions League or European Cup win underlines the scale of PSG’s achievement on the continental stage.

Enrique now joins Zinedine Zidane, Pep Guardiola and Bob Paisley in an elite list of managers with three Champions League titles, trailing only Carlo Ancelotti, who has five.

So when this figure was brought up in the post-match show on TNT Sports, Enrique immediately responded: “Only three? I have to improve!”

This led Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard, standing next to him, to ask if he could equal Caro Ancelotti’s record of five Champions League appearances with this team.

“I’d say four,” Enrique responded with a wide smile on his face, causing Gerard and the other panelists to laugh.

PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi praised the Spaniard’s impact and indicated confidence in keeping him at the club, with contract negotiations ongoing beyond his current deal, which runs until the end of next season.

“He is the best coach, I can’t answer that question but I’m really convinced,” Al-Khelaifi said. “It’s all about the project and he is the best for this project. He is very special, as a coach, as a human being, as a person, he is fantastic. He is the best coach in the world. He has done wonders with the team. With a young team, you know the story. I also want to thank the players of PSG. It is for them too. They all gave this project.”

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta also paid tribute after the final and acknowledged PSG’s dominance despite his team’s disappointment at once again missing out on European glory.

“I especially want to congratulate PSG, Luis (Enrique, the coach), because in my opinion they are the best in the world,” Arteta told reporters in Budapest, as quoted by Yahoo Sports.

Iconic Night in Budapest

Paris Saint-Germain successfully defend their UEFA Champions League title On Saturday night, 30 May, Arsenal were beaten 4–3 on penalties after a tense 1–1 draw at the Puskás Arena. The French champions retained their place on the throne of European football, while Arsenal were only left to celebrate their Premier League title, their dream of finally becoming champions of Europe delayed once again.

Kai Havertz’s sixth-minute opener got the ball rolling in a tightly contested match, before Ousmane Dembele equalized from the penalty spot midway through the second half.

PSG were without Vitinha, Khvitcha Kvaratskheliya, Dembele or captain Marquinhos for the shoot-out, yet Eberechi missed Eze and then Gabriel ensured they became the first team since Real Madrid to win consecutive European titles between 2016 and 2018.

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General Dwivedi (file photo)

New Delhi: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday said future conflicts will move beyond conventional battlefields and be fought across multiple domains, including cyber, space and cognitive warfare, and also said the armed forces are fully prepared for ‘Operation Sindoor 2.0’ if needed.Speaking at a press conference on the sidelines of the NDA passing-out parade in Pune, General Dwivedi said, “As far as Operation Sindoor is concerned, first of all, it is still going on. There is a temporary cessation of hostilities. So the Indian Army and all the three services are preparing well for Operation Sindoor 2.0, if it happens.” He said future warfare will not be limited to just land, sea and air, but will increasingly be influenced by emerging domains such as space, cyber and cognitive warfare.General Dwivedi said, modern battlefields have become highly transparent and military planners must remain vigilant about deployment and force protection measures.Explaining the need for AI-powered systems, the Army key technologies help optimize resource utilization and improve operational efficiency on the battlefield. To explain this he said, “In today’s environment, we also have a lot of drones coming. Now, you need counter-drone equipment, and you need to deploy your drones. So, the resources available on the battlefield are huge. To handle such resources, you need some kind of automation, and artificial intelligence plays a very important role.“On information war, the General said, “Victory is always in the mind. It is not on the ground. Therefore, information war is successful only when the entire country comes together and trusts the people providing information.” If that happens, I can assure you that the nation that trusts each other and all these stakeholders will always win the war.The General said that the Indian Army is fully conscious of modernization changes. “We are transforming ourselves into a future-ready force under the ‘Decade of Transformation’ in which the younger generation will play a vital role,” he said.

Singapore: US Secretary of Defense pete hegseth On Saturday he took another dig at Washington’s NATO and European partners, saying those who do not substantially increase defense spending “will face a marked change in the way we do business”.NATO members pledged last year to increase defense-related spending to five percent of gross domestic product, but despite increased efforts, many states say they may not be able to reach that goal.“For too long, polite pleas by our European allies to spend more on their defense have fallen on deaf ears,” the Pentagon chief told a defense summit in Singapore.“They’re finally playing catch-up,” Hegseth said in a speech at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue conference.“Allies who refuse to step up and carry their weight to protect our collective will face drastic changes to the way we do business.”Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this month that NATO was facing U.S. troop cuts in Europe as Washington focused on other threats and European countries stepped up their security.In Asia, Hegseth reiterated that the region’s security “rests disproportionately on American military power, while many of our allies and partners have allowed their own defense capabilities to weaken”.Many countries in the Asia-Pacific region are actually moving forward, Hegseth said, using South Korea as a specific example.“South Korea has continually invested in its defense because it does not have the luxury of treating war like an academic exercise.“They remain on the front lines, and so they constitute the real fighting force.”“This reflects a clear understanding of the threat environment,” he said.Hegseth also praised the spending policies of other countries, including Australia, the Philippines and Japan.“You don’t have a strong coalition unless everyone is in the game. No freebies,” Hegseth said.When Hegseth was asked by a New Zealand representative whether he considered the Pacific island nation’s plan to increase defense spending by one to two percent as “freebies”, he agreed.“If I’m being honest, two percent is not enough, and so two percent is freebies.“I have nothing against New Zealand, (but) I want the partners to step up,” Hegseth said.

New Delhi: A video is reportedly being shown Mamata Banerjee The case of clash with officials at Belle View Hospital in Kolkata has gone viral on social media. The incident reportedly took place in the presence of his nephew and TMC MP. Abhishek Banerjee Was undergoing treatment after the mob attack.In the video, Banerjee is seen talking sharply to the hospital officials and targeting Belle Vue Hospital CEO Pradeep Tandon. According to the viral clip, he can be heard saying, “You are running a hospital, you are arrogant.”The footage shows Abhishek Banerjee lying on a stretcher and being attended to by medical staff.Sharing the video on Twitter, BJP commentator Sudhanidhi Bandyopadhyay wrote: “Last night Mamata Banerjee was shouting against the hospital authorities of Belle Vue and especially Mr. Pradeep Tandon (CEO), his ego is also not going away.”The BJP West Bengal chief spokesperson also shared the video on Twitter and accused the TMC supremo of pressurizing hospital authorities even though medical assessment indicated that Abhishek did not suffer any major injuries.He wrote, “Mamata Banerjee should be ashamed for allegedly threatening Belle Vue Hospital CEO Pradeep Tandon and pressurizing hospital authorities to admit Abhishek Banerjee despite medical reports indicating no significant injuries.” He further wrote, “This represents a disturbing attempt to misuse medical institutions for political narratives. Hospitals exist to serve patients based on medical necessity, not political convenience. Any attempt to intimidate doctors, administrators or health care institutions undermines public trust and violates basic principles of democracy and governance.” The video surfaced amid the political storm over the alleged attack on Abhishek Banerjee during his visit to Sonarpur in South 24 Parganas district on Saturday.According to West Bengal Police, five people have been arrested in connection with the attack, ANI reported. “There are no serious physical signs of injury other than bruising on the chest. The patient is talking and fully conscious and oriented. Therefore, the patient does not require any admission,” Belle Vue Hospital said in a statement. Read this also ‘Rahul Gandhi called me’: Mamata says LoP offered to take Abhishek Banerjee to Hyderabad for treatmentAbhishek had gone to meet families affected by the post-poll violence when stones, eggs and shoes were allegedly thrown at him by protesters. Visuals from the scene show his shirt torn during the scuffle as security personnel take him away.After the incident, Mamata Banerjee alleged that pressure was being put on hospitals and doctors regarding the treatment of Abhishek Banerjee. Addressing reporters, he claimed that hospital authorities had received threatening calls and were allegedly being discouraged from admitting the TMC MP despite medical advice.“Those in power are threatening all hospitals and maximum authorities not to admit Abhishek Banerjee because they do not want him to be treated,” Banerjee alleged.“When I was sitting with the hospital administrator, he told me that he was getting threat calls from the police. The doctors are sad, but they are under pressure,” she said.The allegations triggered a new political controversy, with Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi expressing support for Abhishek Banerjee and condemning the attack. According to Mamata Banerjee, Rahul personally called her and offered assistance, including helping arrange for the TMC leader’s treatment outside West Bengal if needed.The BJP has denied any involvement in the attack, while several opposition leaders, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, have condemned the incident and demanded action against those responsible.