A 16-year-old student was allegedly gang-raped inside a moving sleeper bus. NEW DELHI: A 16-year-old Class 11 student from Uttar Pradesh was allegedly gang-raped inside a moving sleeper bus after she boarded the vehicle seeking help while stranded in heavy rain, police said.The incident took place on the night of August 4 after the teenager,...
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What two districts can teach India about dealing with rural waste
On April 30, 2025, Bibhash Bormedhi looked on as a tonne of waste left Majuli on a boat across the Brahmaputra river. This was a first for the world’s largest river island. “This was the first time the waste from Majuli crossed the Brahmaputra, instead of being dumped into the river,” Mr. Bormedhi, Project Manager...
‘Beaten, eyes swollen, vomiting, dizzy’: Father on 3-year-old’s ordeal in school
The ENT doctor allegedly found that the boy’s eardrums in both ears were swollen and appeared to be close to rupturing. NEW DELHI: A three-and-a-half-year-old boy was allegedly physically and sexually assaulted at a private playschool in northeast Delhi’s Maujpur. His father said the child had been troubled for several days before falling seriously ill...
Low muscle, high blood sugar? What experts want you to know
4 min readNew DelhiAug 31, 2026 09:28 AM IST Muscle is often discussed in the context of strength, mobility and physical fitness, but it also plays an important role in how the body handles glucose. Skeletal muscle is one of the major tissues involved in taking up glucose from the bloodstream, particularly after eating. This...
Digital land records: How maps, drones and Bhu-Aadhaar are changing property identity
How India’s digital mapping works Nearly every textual land record in India is now digital, with 99.90% of Records of Rights (RoRs) computerised. But how does a piece of land on the ground eventually get a digital identity?The answer lies in a mix of digitised maps, georeferencing and unique identification numbers for land parcels. The...
Jilted man attacks ex-fiancée, her sister with acid in Hapur
A 22-year-old man attacked two sisters with acid after his marriage proposal was rejected. MEERUT: Enraged over a rejected marriage proposal, a 22-year-old man allegedly broke into a house in Madhapur village, Hapur, and attacked a 21-year-old woman and her 19-year-old sister with acid while they slept on Sunday.The victims, who sustained burn injuries to...
Jilted man attacks ex-fiancée, her sister with acid in Hapur
A 22-year-old man attacked two sisters with acid after his marriage proposal was rejected. MEERUT: Enraged over a rejected marriage proposal, a 22-year-old man allegedly broke into a house in Madhapur village, Hapur, and attacked a 21-year-old woman and her 19-year-old sister with acid while they slept on Sunday.The victims, who sustained burn injuries to...
Babar Azam confronted over Pakistan’s alleged protest after Imran Khan interview
Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam (AP Photo) Babar Azam has denied reports that Pakistan considered refusing to return to the field after lunch on the opening day of the Lord’s Test against England, amid a dispute over a Sky Sports interview with the sons of former Pakistan captain and prime minister Imran Khan.Speaking after Pakistan’s 194-run...
No roofs, no toilets, no teachers: TOI check finds minuses in Rajasthan govt schools
TOI reporters visited govt schools across six Rajasthan districts after the row over CJP volunteers inspecting campuses. What they found, from Kota’s coaching hub to desert villages and tragedy-hit Piplodi, was a system in which children study under tin sheds, squeeze into unsafe rooms, and sometimes find their school locked.In Kota, a primary school with...
Video: Powerful flash flood ravages Grand Canyon; 20 missing, 60 evacuated
The iconic national park has issued alerts as at least 20 people are missing A powerful flash flood tore through Arizona’s Grand Canyon, sending torrents of muddy water, boulders and debris through Bright Angel Canyon and into the Colorado River. The National Park Service (NPS) said at least 20 people may be missing or unaccounted...

