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MA Baby and Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary MA Baby on Saturday raised strong objections over Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s remarks at the recent INDIA bloc meeting of opposition parties on June 8, saying that “nobody is asking Rahul Gandhi to hug Pinarayi Vijayan” and all that the Left...

Representative image NEW DELHI: A bowling-themed birthday cake that had delighted three-year-old Reyaansh from Thane during a family celebration May 31 turned into a nightmare when the toddler unknowingly swallowed two metal wires hidden inside decorative cake toppers. The following day, which was his actual birthday, the family found itself in hospital instead of celebrating...

NEW DELHI: A high-level committee on demographic changes, constituted recently under Justice (retd) Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar, will visit metropolitan areas and industrial towns, apart from border areas, as part of its assignment to examine the nature, causes and impact of demographic changes across the country, including due to illegal immigration. It will recommend policy, administrative...

GUWAHATI/NEW DELHI: An Indian Air Force (IAF) An-32 transport aircraft crashed while landing at Rowriah airbase in Assam’s Jorhat on Saturday, killing five personnel on board.The co-pilot miraculously survived the crash and is undergoing treatment, a source told TOI. The IAF has begun a detailed probe into the cause of the tragedy. “The Indian Air...

Flight Cadet Minakshi Kumari with family NEW DELHI: The story of Flight Cadet Minakshi Kumari, one of the five National Defence Academy (NDA) entrants of the first women batch that passed out as IAF officers from the Dundigal-based Air Force Academy on Saturday, began in Haryana’s Charkhi Dadri.Born in a family with a defence background,...

India joins elite group of nations with BMD capability NEW DELHI: India has successfully conducted three consecutive flight-tests on June 10 and 11 (Wednesday and Thursday) to demonstrate its multi-layered ballistic missile defence system (BMD) capability to intercept long and medium-range missiles.The tests have put the country in the elite group of nations having BMD...

Rajnath says growing presence of Nari Shakti will strengthen air force NEW DELHI: The first batch of five women National Defence Academy (NDA) entrants were among 231 flight cadets who were commissioned as officers in the Indian Air Force (IAF) following their graduation from Dundigal-based Air Force Academy in Telangana’s Hyderabad on Saturday.The 231 cadets...

Ayodhya Ram Temple donations under SIT investigation now LUCKNOW: Acting on the direction of chief minister Yogi Adityanath, the Uttar Pradesh govt on Saturday constituted a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the allegations of embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.The move follows a formal request by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi...

The Jama Masjid in Bharuch SURAT/BHARUCH: Bharuch police and the district administration have stepped up security measures and intensified monitoring across the town after the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) expressed apprehension that a proposed gathering of nearly 5,000 people on June 15 over the upkeep of Jain and Hindu idols inside the protected Jama...