Musk, who also runs rocket company SpaceX, brain-chip startup Neuralink and tunneling firm the Boring Company, fired Twitter's previous chief, Parag Agrawal, and other top company officials last week. from Times of India ht…
The Dera chief has significantly increased his online activity during his latest parole, his third this year. There have been a few incidents of Dera’s followers sent to invite people for gatherings being confronted by Sikhs. The…
AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge said it was important to know what caused the bridge collapse as it was reopened just five days ago. “Why were so many people allowed? There should be an inquiry headed by a retired Supreme Court…
On Monday, two youths drowned in Bihpur. Five people drowned in Saharsa district, while three drowned in Muzaffarpur and one in Madhubani. Two minor boys drowned and one went missing in Supaul district. from Times of India http…
The vote was a rebuke for the fiery far-right populism of Bolsonaro, who emerged from the back benches of Congress to forge a novel conservative coalition but lost support as Brazil ran up one of the worst death tolls of the …
“I had a long meeting with Amit Shah last night. After the Chhath Puja and bypolls, we will have more meetings with the him and PM Narendra Modi,” Chirag Paswan said in Patna. Responding to a question whether his party will be a …
The proposed museum, a first of its kind acknowledging the contributions of the 562 princely states of the country in giving current shape to India, will be at “Ekta Nagar”, Kevadia, adjacent to the “Statue of Unity” of Sardar Pa…
The Z+ cover of Shinde, Fadnavis and governor B S Koshyari has also been been retained. There is no change in the Y+ cover of MNS chief Raj Thackeray, Uddhav’s wife Rashmi and son Tejas, and Shinde’s MLA son Shrikant. The securit…
"The bridge was given to Oreva company for operation and maintenance for 15 years. In March this year, it was closed for the public for renovation. It reopened after renovation on the Gujarati New Year day celebrated on Octo…
In her complaint, the 28-year-old woman said that around 10pm on June 8, 2021, the accused, who was standing near a car, told her, “Yeh gaadi meri hai, chal ek ghante mein ghoom ke aate hain (This is my car. Let’s go for a one-ho…
A video of the incident went viral on social media prompting police to register a case against the accused. ACP Nihit Upadhyay said: “The incident was reported around 8am when two minors were tied to a truck and dragged on the ro…
MacCarthaigh recalled growing up in Ireland when Protestants and Catholics were at each other’s throats and his homeland was badly off on many fronts. “I got no love… I was one of 11 children. We were quite poor. My family would …
The declaration on countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terror purposes also underlined that terrorists getting opportunity to access safe havens continues to be a significant concern. from Times of India htt…
In a rejoinder affidavit, the ED said that transfer of trial was needed as high-profile persons, including the former principal secretary of the CM, were involved and they were trying to influence the accused and witnesses. fro…
The NJAC Act, unanimously passed by both the Houses of Parliament and ratified by more than half of all the states, was struck down by a Constitution bench of the apex court as unconstitutional in 2015, and the collegium system o…
Cautioning states and UTs of emerging threats, including cyberattacks, from inimical forces as India marches ahead on the path of economic growth and competes with global powers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday told thei…
The possibility of Trump’s return to Twitter — he was banned after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol — has been the subject of much speculation since Musk announced his intentions to buy the company and take a less heavy-ha…
The 2-day CTC meeting started in Mumbai with all UNSC member-states participating in a wreath-laying ceremony at the 26/11 Memorial at the Taj hotel, one of the main targets of the Mumbai attacks. from Times of India https://if…
In a statement, a defence spokesperson said, "These 75 projects — 45 bridges, 27 roads, two helipads and one carbon neutral habitat — are spread across six states and two Union Territories (UTs). Twenty of these projects are…
According to doctors, the woman wasn’t wearing a helmet when the two-wheeler she was riding pillion on with her husband met with an accident on March 31 this year. She suffered multiple serious head injuries and though she has su…
Azam may now lose his house membership, as per a landmark Supreme Court judgment, dated July 10, 2013, that says if any MLA, MLC or MP is convicted in a criminal case and gets jail of minimum two years then he/she loses membershi…
While the project, which promises thousands of jobs, comes as a boost for Gujarat ahead of the assembly polls there, for the four-month-old Balasahebanchi Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra, it is yet another blow, that too after…
Narayana Murthy is the billionaire founder of Infosys who has now devoted his life to philanthropy. Sunak worked for Goldman Sachs, gained an MBA from Stanford and then worked for a hedge fund before becoming an MP. Many wonder w…
After dinner, Arun could not get into his Santro outside the restaurant as another car was parked so close that it blocked the door. Arun is believed to have gone back to ask about the owner of the car, leading to a heated exchan…
In a letter sent to the CM on Tuesday, the governor quoted news reports on Balagopal’s speech on October 18 on the Kariavattom university campus, where he said those coming from states like UP may not be able to understand the de…
Warships, submarines, fighters, aircraft and helicopters will be deployed by India, the US, Japan and Australia off Yokosuka in Japan from November 8 to 18 for the top-notch Malabar exercise, with the four 'Quad' countrie…
Starmer, leader of the Labour party, began by saying: “The first British Asian prime minister is a significant moment in our national story and it is a reminder that for all the challenges we face as a country, Britain is a place…
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's Asad Umar, a former minister, said Imran and his supporters would cover nearly 400km in a week.Former PM and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif alleged that the proposed long ma…
The judges noted that the FC's order was based on the wife's "unsubstantiated" allegations - that he was constantly under influence of liquor, out late at night and on some pretext visited her sister. Her sister…
A hub for fireworks manufacturers, Virudhunagar contributes to nearly 90% of the country's production. There are over 1,000 fireworks units in the district and nearly eight lakh employees are directly and indirectly dependent…
Complainant Kavita Sharma, an advocate, was to take a flight to Chennai on June 12, 2018, at 5.50 pm from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai. She booked an Uber cab at around 3.29 pm for the airport, which is aroun…
The HPV self-sampling kit, similar in principle to the home-testing kits for the Covid-causing SARS-CoV-2 virus, is at the moment being tested by various institutes and hospitals in India to find out the acceptance among women an…
This meant the Conservative leadership race was over, and Sunak, the youngest UK PM since 1812 at 42, automatically became the Conservative leader. Although Mordaunt thought many of former PM Boris Johnson’s supporters would swit…
Many of the faces he appointed were well-known MPs who had previously held Cabinet posts — an indication that he wants to have people with experience at the helm to steady the ship during turbulent times in the UK, unlike his pre…
The banks that committed to fund Musk's buyout of Twitter have finished putting together the final debt financing agreement and are in the process of signing the necessary documents, according to a Bloomberg News report. fr…
In the second incident the leopard reportedly tore off the seats of several bikes parked in the neighbourhood, said Mallikarjuna. "From the description we have received from the locals we have zeroed in on a young adult who …
China's Xi Jinping secured a precedent-breaking third leadership term on Sunday and introduced a top governing body stacked with loyalists, cementing his place as the country's most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong. from…
Former prime minister Boris Johnson pulled out of the contest to become Britain's next leader on Sunday, saying he had the support of enough lawmakers to progress to the next stage but well behind front-runner former finance …
Five persons of a family were killed when the car they were travelling in rammed into a stranded container truck near Khajhaula police outpost in Munderwa area of Basti district on late Sunday evening. from Times of India https…
The United Kingdom’s Queen Consort Camilla landed in Bengaluru on a private visit for her first overseas tour. She came by a British Airways flight Thursday, travelled by road for nearly 40 km from Kempegowda International Airpor…
Fifteen migrant workers died while 40 others were injured, many of them critically, when the bus they were travelling in crashed into a truck on a ghat road in MP's Rewa district late Friday. From Hyderabad, the workers were …
A school in Hyderabad's upscale Banjara Hills where a four-year-old girl was allegedly sexually abused by the principal's driver will lose its licence and its 500-odd students will be transferred to other schools. from …
The Jammu and Kashmir administration has asked former CM and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti to vacate the government bungalow she has been occupying for over a decade and a half, the second such notice to…
In a move that is likely to benefit about 1.6 lakh Punjab government employees who joined service after 2004, the state cabinet on Friday decided in principle to restore the old pension scheme (OPS). from Times of India https:/…
The Supreme Court on Friday directed police and state governments to initiate suo motu action against those accused of making hate speeches without waiting for a formal complaint and expressed concern over people spreading hatred…
In the first cyberterrorism conviction in Maharashtra, computer engineer Anees Ansari was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday for conspiring to kill children at the American school in Bandra Kurla Complex in 2014. from Tim…
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was dealt potentially the biggest blow of his political career on Friday when the country's Election Commission disqualified him as an MP and barred him from holding any public office…
Ten members of a gang allegedly selling fake platelets to patients were arrested here on Friday, police said. Senior Superintendent of Police Shailesh Kumar Pandey said the accused used to take plasma from different blood banks a…
Chadian security forces opened fire on anti-government demonstrators in the country's two largest cities Thursday killing at least 60 people, the government spokesman and a morgue official said. from Times of India https://…
Iran has rejected claims that it was sending missiles and drones to Russia for Russian forces to use in the invasion of Ukraine. Stay with TOI for live updates. from Times of India https://ift.tt/ijHSGTz via
The competition at Delhi University this year is tougher than ever. Seats for several popular courses have been allotted to those who scored the maximum CUET score of 800. from Times of India https://ift.tt/etQYs1G via
India on Wednesday announced its fourth negative arms import list, under which 101 products will be progressively banned from December 2022 to December 2032, in a bid to boost domestic defence production and exports. The defence …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of a new airbase at Deesa in north Gujarat's Banaskantha near the Pakistan border. Modi said Indian armed forces' increasing reliance on made-in-India eq…
In a Covid review meeting held on Tuesday, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya stressed the need to undertake adequate testing - with higher proportion of RT-PCR - effective Covid-19 surveillance to assess and control the spr…
"As an elected member of the Human Rights Council, India has a responsibility to shape global human rights, and to protect and promote the rights of all individuals, including members of minority communities," said UN s…
The Gujarat government may have disclosed details and documents regarding the remission of sentences of the 11 accused in the Bilkis Bano case in the Supreme Court, but the survivor and a witness in the case claim they have not t…
For the fourth time since June this year, China has put on hold a US-India proposal for a UN ban on a Pakistan-based operative of terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba. The proposal came days before the ongoing FATF meeting which may see …
Five electoral trusts together disbursed 72% of their total contributions of over Rs 481 crore to BJP in 2021-22, while Congress received a mere 3.8% share of this pie. Of the Rs 481 crore contributions declared by the five in th…
Urging Interpol to speed up Red Corner notices against fugitives, PM Modi said here on Tuesday there could be no safe havens for the corrupt, terrorists, drug cartels, poaching gangs and organised criminals. Modi said there was n…
Irregularities and lapses have been found against seven to eight Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials, including a senior officer, and action recommended by the NCB vigilance committee, which started its probe after allegatio…
From finding components for seats that are no longer being manufactured to making “Christmas Tree” Air India aircraft long cannibalised for spares fly again, the Tata Group has embarked on unarguably the most challenging aviation…
The Gujarat government, in a 458-page affidavit in the Supreme Court, defended it decision to free 11 lifers in the Bilkis Bano case, and said, "The state government has considered the cases of all 11 prisoners as per the po…
Home minister Amit Shah on Sunday unveiled the first set of MBBS books in Hindi in the country. Madhya Pradesh is the first state to do so. MP chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has fulfilled PM Modi's dream, Shah said. The…
Gujarat has become the first state in the country to roll out a rapid test that can confirm within an hour if meat seized on suspicion of being beef is from a cow. the Lamp DNA method - introduced in limited capacity in Ahmedabad…
A day after the Election Commission announced the poll schedule for Himachal Pradesh, home minister Amit Shah on Saturday, while addressing a rally in Sirmaur in the state, said PM Narendra Modi believes in development whereas Co…
Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, which markets milk under the Amul brand, has hiked the prices of Amul Gold (full cream) and buffalo milk by Rs 2 per litre each across all markets except for Gujarat. Mother Dairy al…
A terrorist shot dead 43-year-old Kashmiri Pandit farmer Puran Krishan Bhat outside his home in Choudharygund village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district Saturday morning, triggering protests in Jammu against the latest targeted …
Insurance regulator Irdai has imposed a Rs 3-crore penalty on Max Life for its share sale deal with Axis Bank, which the regulator said circumvented regulations on commission limits. The penalty is against three charges - misrepr…
Given that polls in Jammu & Kashmir - a massive logistical exercise given the far-flung areas, difficult terrain and security considerations that warrant huge deployment of central paramilitary forces - are usually spread ove…
Gorratoli in the Maoist hotbed of Jharkhand's Gumla district has more than one reason to be indebted to its daughter Astam Oraon, currently captaining India in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. If it was the 17-year-old…
India on Friday successfully tested a nuclear-capable ballistic missile from its solitary nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant, and promptly declared that having an `assured retaliatory capability’ was in tune with the country’s…
Nearly three months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for the socio-economic uplift of Pasmanda (backward) Muslims, the Uttar Pradesh BJP is set to host its first ever convention for the community as part of its Muslim o…
Foreign minister S Jaishankar spoke to his Gambian counterpart Mamadou Tangara on Thursday and conveyed India's deepest condolences on the deaths of children recently in the west African country, while also assuring Gambia th…
An unpleasant scene unfolded at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru around 4am Wednesday when the ground staff of IndiGo allegedly forced a 57-year-old disabled passenger out of a wheelchair owned by the airline b…
Union minister Smriti Irani launched a scathing attack on Gopal Italia and called him a "gutter mouth" for making derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his mother Hira Ba. Sharing a video, Irani ca…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested Chhattisgarh IAS officer Sameer Vishnoi and three others following searches at 40 locations in the state over the past three days. CM Bhupesh Baghel called it 'intimidatio…
Justice DY Chandrachud, after assuming office of the CJI on November 9, will preside over a 6-member collegium instead of the usual 5-member one. At present, there are four vacancies in the sanctioned strength of 34 SC judges, in…
Mohammed Shafi, the 52-year-old main accused in the murder of two women in Kerala's Elanthoor in an alleged occult ritual for prosperity, and his two associates were remanded in judicial custody for 14 days on Wednesday. Poli…
Distress among farmers in Maharashtra pushed 1,875 of them to end their lives between January and August this year, according to data compiled by the state relief and rehabilitation department. During the same period in 2021, 1,6…
The Centre will pay Rs 22,000 crore as a one-time grant to state-run fuel retailers to compensate them for keeping price of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) supplied as cooking fuel to households - in check in spite of a surge in th…
Deviating from the tradition of the CJI going to the most senior Supreme Court judge’s chamber to hand over a copy of the recommendation letter he sends to the Union government, CJI Lalit created a new tradition by handing over t…
The annual Army Day parade on January 15 next year will be held in Bengaluru, in keeping with the Modi government's directive to take major events out of the national capital region to different parts of the country. The para…
PM Narendra Modi made a veiled attack on AAP by appealing to people, particularly tribal villagers of his native state Gujarat, to stay alert and away from “urban Naxals” and foreign agents who he said were creating roadblocks in…
Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, the beating heart of heartland politics for nearly four decades of his 55-year-long political journey, died of multiple age-related ailments at a private hospital in Gurgaon on Monda…
Ukraine vowed to strengthen its armed forces after Russia launched its biggest aerial assaults on cities since the beginning of the war, forcing thousands to flee to bomb shelters and prompting Kyiv to halt electricity exports to…
Drawing from available data, the latest Human Development Report 2021/22 highlights with much concern that estimates show that more than seven lakh people die by suicide each year, predominantly in low- and middle-income countrie…
The number of foreign nationals acquiring citizenship in Oecd-member countries in 2021 is the highest ever recorded at 23 lakh, based on preliminary and partial data, according to the International Migration Outlook – 2022 Report…
The government remains hopeful of tax collections remaining robust despite a moderation in growth rates in recent weeks, which is partly due to full data not being captured as well as some impact of the base effect. Latest direct…
Some organisations are debunking the concept of remote work. But, Axis Bank has said that the lender’s cohort of remote workers, or ‘work-from-anywhere’ (WFA) employees, was awarded higher performance ratings and promotions as co…
Delhi cabinet minister Rajendra Pal Gautam, who found himself at the centre of a political storm for attending a recent mass-conversion event, quit on Sunday, saying he took the step so that CM Arvind Kejriwal and AAP “are not ha…
The 67 th Parle Filmfare Awards South 2022 with Kamar Film Factory took place in Bengaluru on October 9 to celebrate the finest of Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam film industries. Stars from across south India came dressed i…
As the day progressed on the eve of the second One-Day International here, the conditions gradually became overcast from a bright sunny morning. And about two hours before Team India was scheduled to hit the ground for the practi…
Bihar CM and JD(U)’s de facto leader Nitish Kumar on Saturday said that the election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor was making a “false” claim that he (Nitish) offered him to lead the JD(U) as his successor. He also…
Weighing in for the first time on the debate that the coming non-Gandhi president in Congress would be a proxy for the Gandhi family, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said both Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor are persons of stature…
Happy Valmiki Jayanti is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of the sage Maharishi Valmiki. This day is also popularly known as Pargat Diwas. Valmiki Jayanti is celebrated every year on the full moon day during the Ashwin mo…
Though one of the candidates Tapati Raj, who has secured rank 10 in the OCSE, is 40 percent visually impaired (VI), she was selected under the unreserved (UR) category. Two among the five VI category candidates, Prachurya Kumar P…
Describing the deaths of Indian prisoners in Pakistan as alarming, the government on Friday said it had taken up the issue with Islamabad. The ministry of external affairs confirmed that six Indian prisoners had died in Pakistan …
The government and Life Insurance Corporation of India on Friday finally moved to sell nearly 61% stake in IDBI Bank, along with management control, seeing off the process that has been delayed by several months. Given the comple…
The Indian team was dealt a big blow earlier this week when pacer Jasprit Bumrah was officially ruled out of the upcoming T20 World Cup to be held in Australia with a back injury. from Times of India https://ift.tt/0w4u85p via…
Thousands of Russian troops have retreated after the front line crumbled, first in the northeast, and, since the beginning of this week, also in the south. Stay with TOI for latest updates: from Times of India https://ift.tt/VG…
The Eknath Shinde faction has filed an application before the Election Commission (EC) saying Shiv Sena’s bow and arrow symbol may be “misused” by the Uddhav Thackeray group and requested EC to take an immediate decision on the s…
A Delaware judge ordered a halt to Twitter Inc's lawsuits against Elon Musk on the eve of trial to give the billionaire time to finance his $44 billion takeover of the social media platform, according to a Thursday court fili…
National award-winning director Vetrimaran’s remark that there were attempts to appropriate Tamil icons like saint-poet Thiruvalluvar and emperor Raja Raja Chola and give them a Hindu religious identity has sparked a fierce debat…
The WHO on Wednesday issued a medical product alert on four ‘cough & cold’ syrups made by an Indian pharmaceutical firm — Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Sonipat, Haryana — warning they could be potentially linked with acute kidn…
The “so-called minorities” face no danger and Hindutva organisations will continue to reach out to them to assuage their fears, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said in his first public statement on the Sangh’s attempt to ext…
A bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Bela M Trivedi said provision for maintenance under CrPC Sec 125 is a measure of social justice that was specially enacted to protect women and children and refused to accept plea of a hu…
The Patna high court on Tuesday declared “illegal” reservations for Extremely Backward Castes (EBC) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) in Bihar urban local body (ULB) polls, observing that such quotas had “failed two out of three t…
The government has approved the proposed amendments in its policy guidelines for private FM radio stations, aiming to pave the way for their expansion in smaller cities. The key amendment of lowering the financial eligibility cri…
Over 40 trainees and instructors of the Uttarkashi-based Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) undergoing advanced-level training were struck by a massive avalanche while trekking in the Dokriani Bamak glacier on Tuesday. Ten a…
India logged 3,011 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,45,97,498, while the active cases dipped to 36,126, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. Stay with TOI for more…
A genetic region previously known to increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in African Americans, has been linked to an increased risk of stroke. Also, a new study published in the journal Nature suggests, the frequency of this…
In a shocking turn of events filmmaker Kamaleshwar Mukhopadhyay and several other CPI(M) workers were detained by Kolkata Police while they were staging a protest near the Rashbehari crossing. It all started after an alleged atta…
Janata Dal (United) national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh on Monday slammed political strategist Prashant Kishor for the latter’s remark that 'there were no development works in the last 30 years in Bihar…
Going into the festive October month, India reported a 25% fall in fresh Covid cases in the week ending Sunday with the count likely to be less than 25,000. Deaths too are likely to dip below 150. Stay with TOI for more updates. …
PM Modi will address on October 11 the second United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress (UNWGIC), which is scheduled to start in Hyderabad from October 10 and will go on till October 14. The international conference, c…
At least 125 people were killed and more than 320 injured in a stampede at a football stadium in Indonesia on Saturday as police sought to quell violence on the pitch with tear gas, making it one of the world’s worst stadium disa…
Indian batters were at their ruthless best with Suryakumar and opener Rahul leading the charge as they defeated South Africa by 16 runs despite David Miller's unbeaten century in the second T20I to clinch the 3-match series. …
The puja pandal had become massively crowded when it caught fire. Within few minutes, flames engulfed the entire puja pandal made with clothes on the base of bamboos. from Times of India https://ift.tt/irS4zxM via
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mumbai, on Saturday seized 198 kg of 'high purity' crystal methamphetamine (ice) and 9 kg 'high purity' cocaine worth Rs 1,476 crore which had been smuggled by concea…
Vehicle owners in the city will have to produce a valid pollution under control (PUC) certificate to get fuel at filling stations in the city from October 25. Announcing this on Saturday, Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai said…
While remaining "deeply disturbed" by the situation in Ukraine, India Friday joined China, Brazil and Gabon in abstaining from voting on a UNSC resolution which condemned "illegal" referendums held by Russia t…
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