COIMBATORE: A protest in Tamil Nadu left behind an awkward truth for the election season – outrage, this time, was not over bribery itself but over who didn’t get it. Anger over being left out of the alleged cash-for-votes payout spilt onto a key road in Kottur, a rural pocket about 40km south of Coimbatore…
NEW DELHI: The humble jhalmuri is having its moment under the sun and piquing people’s interest like never before after PM Modi had a taste of it. The moment is breaking the Internet, with views crossing 100 million on Instagram within 24 hours. Similarly, it has clocked 90 million views on Facebook. Modi visited the…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress on Monday raised fresh objections against alleged mass enrolment of new voters in Bengal, forcing an already exasperated Supreme Court bench led by CJI Surya Kant to sarcastically observe that he would have to create a dedicated special bench to deal with the volume of pleas relating to SIR and elections.TMC…
A Delhi court on Monday remanded former Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) senior executive Amitabh Jhunjhunwala and Anil Ambani‘s aide Amit Bapna to judicial custody till May 2 in a bank loan fraud-linked money laundering case. The prosecution said release at a crucial stage of investigation could compromise the probe. Special judge Hasan Anzar has…
NEW DELHI: After the firing incident on two Indian vessels by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on April 18, “Indian Navy is prioritising security for all Indian vessels stranded and waiting to cross the Strait of Hormuz”, defence sources confirmed to TOI. “All Indian-flagged cargo ships in the Persian Gulf have also been asked…
Representative image: Security tightened across Kashmir Valley SRINAGAR: Ahead of the first anniversary of the Pahalgam terror strike, security has been heightened across the Kashmir Valley. Officials said vigilance has been stepped up and precautionary mechanisms have been fortified, but efforts are underway to avoid unnecessary public alarm.On April 22, 2025, terrorists struck the scenic…
JAMMU: At least 21 passengers died and 51 were injured Monday after their bus skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Jammu’s Udhampur district.Preliminary probe pointed to mechanical failure, driver error, road condition or a combination of the factors as possible causes for the 10am crash in the hilly Khagote area marked…
PAHALGAM: Routine care at a quiet medical outpost evaporated with a single phone call on April 22 last year. By dusk, the floor was slick with blood. Staff had processed 26 bodies and 17 wounded survivors. The one-storey facility was the thin line between life and death following the terrorist attack in Baisaran valley near…
NEW DELHI: Nepal’s Balendra Shah-led new govt’s stricter enforcement of customs duty of up to 80% on goods worth over Nepali Rs 100 (Rs 63) bought from Indian markets has cut Nepali footfall in border bazaars from Dharchula to Darjeeling, squeezed Indian traders and made routine purchases costlier for families across Nepal’s border districts. It…
Guwahati logs highest April rainfall in 75 years; 1 dead, schools closed NEW DELHI: At least one person died and normal life was disrupted in Guwahati on Monday after torrential overnight rains triggered widespread flooding, leaving roads submerged, homes inundated and traffic paralysed across the Assam capital.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported that Guwahati received…
