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<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130724173,imgsize-142706,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/-2108.jpg" alt="Indian-origin Meenu Batra released from ICE custody after months; had been living US for 35 years" title=" Meenu Batra ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Meenu Batra An Indian-origin court interpreter who has lived in US for around 35 years has been released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after weeks of legal battle over...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130726086,imgsize-953724,width-400,height-225,resizemode-72/untitled-design-21.jpg" alt="In Gujarat, bouncers hired to watch screen addicts" title=" Representative image ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Representative image AHMEDABAD: In Ahmedabad, parents of a 16-year-old girl have hired four bouncers in two shifts to guard her 24×7, spending about Rs 65,000 a month. The teenager, according to doctors, had become severely addicted to her phone...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130724152,imgsize-742773,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-14.jpg" alt="Two FIRs against defector MP Sandeep Pathak? Punjab cops won’t say" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI: Punjab police are believed to have filed two FIRs against Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak, who switched from AAP to BJP a week ago along with six others.While sources close to govt...

VARANASI: What began as a celebration ended in tragedy on Friday night, when a 22-year-old groom was shot dead by three men on a motorcycle as his ‘baraat’ passed Badshahi Bazar in Jaunpur’s Khetasarai.Initial police investigation found that the prime accused, Pradeep Bind, has a long criminal history and named in other murder cases. He...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130724124,imgsize-959983,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-13.jpg" alt="Election Commission releases final data: 4.88 crore people voted in Tamil Nadu" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo CHENNAI: After a nine-day wait and just 48 hours before counting, EC released the absolute voter turnout for the April 23 election in Tamil Nadu, confirming that 4,87,98,833 voters (4.88 crore) participated in...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130724107,imgsize-1618233,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-12.jpg" alt="West Bengal elections: Ahead of counting, TMC & BJP spar over EVM security" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo KOLKATA: Ahead of the May 4 counting of votes for the assembly elections, key rivals Trinamool and BJP in Bengal sparred and flagged incidents of ‘lax security and blacked-out CCTV footage’ at...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130724069,imgsize-369084,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-10.jpg" alt="Government notifies FDI changes on China funds" title=" Representative image ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Representative image NEW DELHI: The Centre has notified two crucial changes to foreign direct investment rules — the first relating to flows from neighbouring countries such as China and the second allowing up to 100% investment in insurance business —...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130724046,imgsize-1704710,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-9.jpg" alt="Bargi dam tragedy: MP tourism launched cruise despite high-wind forecast" title=" Authorities said the search would go on till all passengers were accounted for ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Authorities said the search would go on till all passengers were accounted for JABALPUR/BHOPAL: Ignored wind warnings came under sharp scrutiny after the death toll in...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130724034,imgsize-988160,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-8.jpg" alt="India successfully conducts 2nd test of long-range hypersonic anti-ship missile with 1500km range, 10 Mach speed off Odisha coast" title=" India successfully conducts 2nd test of long-range hypersonic anti-ship missile with 1500km range, 10 Mach speed off Odisha coast ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> India successfully conducts 2nd test of long-range hypersonic anti-ship missile with...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130723924,imgsize-1491018,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-7.jpg" alt="West Bengal polls: Election Commission scraps Falta election, orders repolling on May 21" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo Bengal’s electoral outcome will now be decided on 293 seats after EC cancelled Saturday the April 29 polling in south Kolkata’s Falta constituency, citing “electoral offences and subversion of the democratic process”.A...