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KOLKATA: Cow sacrifice is neither a part of Eid-uz-Zuha nor a religious requirement under Islam, Calcutta HC said on Thursday while refusing to quash the Bengal govt’s order regulating cattle slaughter ahead of the festival or grant interim relief based on a batch of PILs challenging the administration’s directive.The division bench of Chief Justice Sujoy...

NEW DELHI: Signalling a push towards further deregulation, the Council of Ministers led by PM Narendra Modi spent over four hours on Thursday taking stock of recommendations of a high-level committee led by NITI Aayog member Rajiv Gauba and reforms by ministries.The discussions happened amid a clear message from PM Modi that govt shouldn’t interfere...

NEW DELHI: Dismissing reports of any shortage, govt on Thursday asserted that there was no rationing of petrol and diesel anywhere in the country and attributed long queues at fuel pumps in some parts to bulk diesel consumers, such as industries, shifting to retail outlets due to a price gap of nearly Rs 42 a...

NEW DELHI: “A bike, a 32-inch LED TV, furniture… all this still wasn’t enough. They kept asking for more, beating her up,” claimed Suresh, a farmer and father of 25-year-old Veena Kumari, who died on Monday night after allegedly falling from the terrace of her home in west Delhi’s Dasghara village.Veena was the second among...

MS Dhoni and Ruturaj Gaikwad (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Will MS Dhoni play in IPL 2027? The future of Dhoni, who did not feature in a single match in IPL 2026, remains uncertain. After Chennai Super Kings suffered a humiliating 89-run defeat at the hands of Gujarat Titans in their IPL 2026 clash at...

LONDON: Indians continue to account for the bulk of long-term work and student visas issued by the UK to non-EU nationalities despite an overall decline in new arrivals and a corresponding increase in emigration of Indian-origin people from Britain.Around 40,000 work, 89,000 study and 9,000 other long-term visas were issued to Indian citizens in the...

US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Thursday described India as a “great partner” and said the United States wants to expand energy ties with New Delhi, ahead of his maiden visit to India later this week.Interacting with reporters in Miami before departing for Sweden and India, Rubio said the US was ready to sell...

Uttarakhand high court said govt had not placed on record what privileges Indian nationals received in Nepal, a point it called necessary to decide whether Nepali citizens could settle in India without formal permission NAINITAL: Uttarakhand high court has questioned whether the India-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship, 1950, gives Nepalese citizens an unrestricted right...

Kamala Harris (File photo) TOI correspondent from Washington: After months of secrecy, recrimination, leaks, and intra-party paranoia, the Democratic Party on Thursday released its long-awaited autopsy of the disastrous 2024 presidential campaign that resulted in Kamala Harris losing the election to Donald Trump, turning the post mortem into another debacle.The 192-page review, authored principally by...