In what climbers are calling a miracle, a 52-year-old Sherpa guide who was presumed dead on Mount Everest after he vanished during descent on May 29 was found alive after six days near Base Camp on Thursday morning.Dawa ‘Hillary’ Sherpa — who earned the moniker for his mountaineering expertise – covered more than 12km from…
The state Crime Investigation Department’s forest cell authorities Thursday arrested an individual and detained six others following a raid on an illegal exotic wildlife trafficking racket in Kumaraswamy Layout. Bengaluru: The Karnataka CID forest cell Thursday arrested an individual and detained six others for running an illegal exotic wildlife trafficking racket in Kumaraswamy Layout, south…
Two Indian men who sought asylum in New Zealand on the basis of a claimed same-sex relationship are facing deportation after an immigration tribunal rejected their appeal, finding key parts of their account were not credible.The Immigration and Protection Tribunal found that the two men, both from Jammu and in their late 20s, failed to…
NEW DELHI: Holding that constitutional courts should not remain mute spectators when there is inordinate delay in concluding an investigation and a citizen has to run from pillar to post to raise his grievance, the Supreme Court took exception to the Gujarat police not wrapping up a probe which has been going on for over…
MUMBAI: Digital entertainment startup Kuku Technologies has confidentially filed for IPO, said people aware of the matter. The company is seeking to raise up to Rs 3,500 crore ( up to $360 million) through a mix of fresh issue of shares and an offer for sale. Eyeing a listing later this FY, Kuku is targeting…
Marta Kostyuk-Mirra Andreeva semi-final sparks controversy (Screengrab) There was no handshake between Marta Kostyuk and Mirra Andreeva after their French Open semifinal, a scene that has become common whenever the Ukrainian player faces Russian opponents. The decision was expected, as Kostyuk has consistently refused post-match handshakes with Russian and Belarusian players since Russia’s invasion of…
File photo: US President Donald Trump TOI correspondent from Washington: For almost a decade during the Trump era, one of the enduring mysteries of American politics has been whether Republican lawmakers still possessed a functioning spine.Some rare sightings have been reported this week on Capitol Hill, where in a series of small but unmistakable acts…
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi called the death of Akanksha Chaturvedi “not suicide, but a consequence of a corrupt, broken system under PM Modi”. He said the PM had ruined the education system so much over 12 years that “an entire young generation of India is paying the price for it”. Rahul said Akanksha had wanted…
MUMBAI: HDFC Bank, the largest private sector lender in India, has sent a mail to its agents informing them that effective July 1 they should stop mobilising fixed deposits and current account, savings account (CASA) funds from govt entities. The decision comes close on the heels of the bank paying Rs 45 crore incentive to…
A Miami real estate agent, her two young daughters and their estranged father have been found dead in an apparent murder-suicide inside a family home in Florida.Melanie Hyer, 46, her daughters Savannah, 11, and Sienna, 8, and the children’s father, 42-year-old Ryan Charles Whiten, were discovered during a welfare check at Hyer’s home in Doral…
