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<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-128390139,imgsize-1337138,width-400,resizemode-4/untitled-design-2026-02-15t222617.jpg" alt="New VB-G RAM G scheme gets 40% of Rural Development Budget; Rs 95,692 crore allocated" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo VB-G RAM G, the scheme set to replace Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), has received the highest share in this year’s Budget for the department of rural...

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand high court (HC) has overturned a 20-year sentence awarded by a lower court in a 2018 case involving the alleged gang rape of a mentally ill woman in Haldwani, citing serious lapses in the handling and preservation of forensic evidence.The case relates to an incident reported on March 7, 2018, in Haldwani’s Banphulpura...

Photo credit: AP US President Donald Trump on Sunday hailed his newly formed initiative, the “Board of Peace”, describing it as his self-designed effort to advance global peace negotiations. Boasting of his role as chairman, Trump said the body has “unlimited potential” and asserted that his vision for ending the conflict in Gaza was “unanimously...

Pakistan’s captain Salman Ali Agha, left, looks at India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav (AP Photo/) There was no handshake after the match between India and Pakistan at the T20 World Cup clash in Colombo, continuing the icy stand-off that began during the Asia Cup last September.“I will break the suspense tomorrow. Wait for 24 hours,” Suryakumar...

Ishan Kishan celebrates his half-century during an ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 cricket match between India and Pakistan, at R Premadasa Stadium, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (PTI Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Colombo: The India-Pakistan fixture arrived wrapped in hype and high drama, enough to fuel a Netflix series. But when the cricket finally took centre...

Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi left Tehran on Sunday for Geneva to take part in the second round of indirect nuclear negotiations with the United States, Iranian state media reported, with AFP confirming the development.Araghchi “left Tehran for Geneva late Sunday heading a diplomatic and technical delegation to conduct the second round of nuclear talks...

Imran Khan (AP image) PTI founder and former prime minister Imran Khan underwent an eye examination at Adiala Jail on Sunday following a Supreme Court order, with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) calling the process as “malicious” and questioning the exclusion of his family and personal doctors.According to news website Dawn, a five-member medical team conducted a...

Fact check: Was Erika Kirk arrested after Candace Owens raised grooming allegation about 15 year old online? (Image via Getty) Erika Kirk has not been arrested and she is not under investigation. Currently, there is no public record in the United States linking her to any criminal case tied to the viral “grooming” claim. In...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-128388508,imgsize-202563,width-400,resizemode-4/indias-modern-ascent.jpg" alt="Economic growth spreads beyond metros; northern, eastern districts gain momentum: Report" title=" AI image ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> India’s economic expansion is increasingly extending beyond its largest metropolitan centres, with several districts in northern and eastern states emerging as new hubs of activity, even as established metros continue to dominate overall rankings, according to...