PATNA: At least 13 people died, while 22 others were injured, when a bus and a van collided head-on in Katihar district on Saturday evening. The incident occurred on National Highway-31 near Gerabari village under Kodha police station area of the district.The police team immediately reached the spot and sent the injured to nearby hospitals...
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6.5 yrs after bifurcation, J&K removed from Aadhaar records of Ladakh residents
SRINAGAR: Even after six years after the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories, the Aadhaar records of the people of Ladakh continued to reflect J&K instead of Ladakh.This has finally changed now. Residents of Ladakh can now see their identity reflected in Aadhaar records, with ‘Ladakh’ replacing ‘Jammu & Kashmir’ in the...
J&K: Dogs maul 8-year-old girl to death in Sopore
SRINAGAR: An eight-year-old girl was mauled to death by dogs in Sopore in the second such fatality in the area in less than a year.Aiman Adnan Sheikh was attacked in an apple orchard near her home in Sopore’s Seloo village, 55km north of Srinagar, on Friday and died within minutes, doctors said. “The child was...
IPL: Samson’s 115, Overton’s 4-fer help CSK beat DC for season’s first win
Sanju Samson (Photo by BCCI) NEW DELHI: Sanju Samson returned to form in style, smashing a brilliant unbeaten 115 to guide Chennai Super Kings to their first win of IPL 2026, defeating Delhi Capitals by 23 runs. After a few quiet games, Samson led from the front, while the bowlers, led by Jamie Overton, sealed...
Laid-off techies battle EMIs; ex-engineer rides Rapido, Oracle staff speak out
In a sad reminder of the volatility within the technology sector, a former software engineer who once earned an annual salary of Rs 40 lakh per annum is now navigating the streets of the National Capital Region (NCR) as a Rapido Bike Taxi rider. The ‘shocking’ career shift is a desperate attempt to keep up...
Teen sold postcards outside Angkor Wat and spoke 12 languages; Where is he now?
A teenage boy once selling postcards to tourists outside Angkor Wat has become one of the internet’s most memorable stories of talent and transformation. Thuch Salik, who was around 14 at the time, stunned visitors by switching effortlessly between more than a dozen languages while trying to make a sale. Coming from a low-income family,...
BJK Cup: India win the battle, lose the war and fail to make playoffs
Ankita Raina (Photo by DLTA) NEW DELHI: When this writer spoke to the Indian team ahead of Billie Jean King Cup Asia/Oceania Group 1 tie in New Delhi, Ankita Raina categorically pointed out that she wasn’t done playing singles. She was right. The 33-year-old had played as recently as March 23 at the W15 in...
Hormuz mine clearance, ‘some headway’ on Lebanon: What we know so far on US-Iran talks
Iranian delegation with Pakistan’s leadership ahead of peace talks with US United States and Iran began direct negotiations in Pakistan on Saturday, days after announcing a fragile two-week ceasefire. The talks mark a rare face-to-face engagement between the two sides.The first round of discussions lasted around two hours before dinner, with a second round continuing...
Trump threatens fire and fury as Vance talks peace in Pakistan
US President Donald Trump TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump bluntly threatened to resume the destruction of Iran if its leaders did not come to a negotiated settlement, even as his vice-president JD Vance began talks with an Iranian team primed by an obdurate Tehran which is refusing to fold and wants Washington...
France to drop Windows: Government to shift to Linux; EU pushes digital sovereignty
<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130196160,imgsize-41932,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/microsoft-rolls-out-new-outlook-for-windows-for-office-insiders.jpg" alt="France says no to Microsoft Windows and the reason is America; says: We want to regain control of …" title=" Microsoft joins ONDC; to roll out shopping app for Indian consumers ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Microsoft joins ONDC; to roll out shopping app for Indian consumers France is trying to move on from Microsoft...
