AI Image Used For Representational Purpose Only At a time when the State proclaims its intent to decriminalise minor business lapses through the Jan Vishwas Bill, 2026 signalling a shift from punishment to trust, the ground reality appears to be telling a rather different story. While one arm of governance speaks the language of ease...
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Youth slits 16-year-old girl’s throat for rejecting marriage proposal in Andhra Pradesh
TIRUPATI: A 19-year-old youth allegedly slit the throat of a minor girl after she reportedly refused to marry him, at Agraharam under Khazipet mandal in Kadapa district on Friday. The girl died of excessive bleeding, while the accused has been arrested, police said.According to Khazipet police, accused Venkatesh, a resident of Anjaneya Kottala village, had...
Mukul Choudhary: 36 sixes in an innings and a MS Dhoni dream
Mukul Choudhary (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Calm under pressure and fearless at the death, Mukul Choudhary lit up Eden Gardens with a 27-ball 57, launching seven sixes to script a remarkable last-over win for Lucknow Super Giants against Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday.The emotions were written all over the 21-year-old from Jhunjhunu’s face as he...
Why is Iran not reopening the Strait of Hormuz? Unseen dangers at sea
Strait of Hormuz The Strait of Hormuz has remained a critical chokepoint throughout the conflict involving the United States, Iran and Israel. US President Donald Trump has warned several times that if Tehran does not open the strategic waterway to full and safe traffic, it could face severe consequences.The Strait, a narrow passage lying between...
Watch: Dramatic splashdown as Artemis II astronauts return to Earth – what’s next
The Artemis II crew has safely returned to Earth after a nearly 10-day mission around the Moon, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego early Saturday, according to Nasa.Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canada’s Jeremy Hansen re-entered the atmosphere travelling at Mach 33. Their Orion spacecraft,...
Watch: Iranian delegation arrives in Islamabad for high-stakes talks with US
<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130183181,imgsize-2623764,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/gif2.jpg" alt="Watch: Iranian delegation arrives in Islamabad for high-stakes talks with US amid fragile ceasefire" title=" Iranian delegation arrives in Islamabad ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Iranian delegation arrives in Islamabad A high-level Iranian delegation led by Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf and foreign minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Islamabad late Friday for crucial peace talks...
‘Strait of Hormuz will open, with or without Iran’: Trump ahead of peace talks
President Donald Trump waves as he walks to board Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, April 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) asserted the Strait of Hormuz “will open with or without Iran,” ahead of ceasefire talks with Tehran scheduled in...
10 dead in Mathura boat tragedy: From bhajans to screams of terror in a split second; watch
LUDHIANA: One moment they were singing bhajans, the next they were in the river, flailing about in a life-and-death struggle. Still in shock from their close shave, the survivors of Friday’s Vrindavan boat tragedy are struggling to come to grips with what happened and aren’t sure how many of them made it out alive.Vrindavan circle...
Bumrah or Hazlewood, doesn’t matter: Sooryavanshi says ‘play the ball, not bowler’
The other day it was Jasprit Bumrah. On Friday, Josh Hazlewood faced the same treatment from the wonder kid Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, as the 15-year-old said that he “plays the ball” and “not the bowler”.Sooryavanshi scored 78 off 26 balls as Rajasthan Royals (RR) chased down Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) total of 201 with two overs...
Quote of the day: Desire beyond this world points to another, says CS Lewis
One of the most iconic writers and thinkers of the 20th century was Clive Staples Lewis, popularly known as C.S. Lewis. He was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1898. His family valued books, creativity, and a love of learning. Lewis liked stories and myths from a young age. He and his brother would often tell...
