Category: Events

Maoists claim top leader Madvi Hidma was trapped and killed by police informers, including contractors, after seeking medical treatment HYDERABAD: The Dandakaranya special zonal committee of the CPI (Maoist) has accused contractors acting as police informers of leading top leader Madvi Hidma into a trap, resulting in what it calls his arrest, torture and killing...

Mohammed Shami (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Out-of-favour India pacer Mohammed Shami delivered another strong performance in domestic cricket, taking 4 for 13 to help Bengal beat Services by seven wickets in a Group C match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in Hyderabad on Thursday. This was Bengal’s fourth win in five matches in the...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125777669,imgsize-115080,width-400,resizemode-4/putin-says-there-are-points-he-cant-agree-to-in-the-us-proposal-to-end-russias-war-in-ukraine.jpg" alt="Putin in India: ‘Defence ties to deepen despite US, EU oppn’" title=" Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet each other at the Palam Air Base in New Delhi (AP photo) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet each other at the...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125777518,imgsize-49038,width-400,resizemode-4/pm-modi-meet-putin.jpg" alt="Russian President’s visit turns parts of city into a fortress" title=" PM Modi with Russia’s Putin ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> PM Modi with Russia’s Putin NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s arrival in New Delhi for the bilateral summit triggered a massive security build-up on Thursday, turning critical zones of the capital into a...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125775613,imgsize-17364,width-400,resizemode-4/loudspeakers.jpg" alt="Loudspeakers not integral to practising religion: HC" title=" Representative photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Representative photo NAGPUR: Quoting a Supreme Court ruling, Nagpur bench of Bombay high court has said the use of loudspeakers is not essential to practising a religion, and that amplified sound cannot infringe on the rights of unwilling listeners. Dismissing...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125775606,imgsize-97420,width-400,resizemode-4/sc-asks-states-to-deploy-additional-staff-to-help-blos-facing-hardship-during-sir.jpg" alt="States must replace BLOs finding SIR work difficult: SC" title=" Supreme Court ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Supreme Court NEW DELHI: In a bid to calm the political slugfest over alleged suicides by BLOs due to heavy work pressure of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Supreme Court on Thursday said those BLOs unwilling...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125775584,imgsize-124380,width-400,resizemode-4/new-delhi-dec-04-ani-lok-sabha-proceedings-are-underway-during-the-winter-se.jpg" alt="Parl panel on bill to ‘decriminalise politics’ to reach out to oppn" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo NEW DELHI: A parliamentary committee scrutinising the bill seeking removal of PM, CMs and ministers arrested on serious charges on Thursday unanimously resolved to ask opposition parties, which have decided not to join...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125775372,imgsize-312526,width-400,resizemode-4/more-than-11-lakh-mumbai-voters-have-duplicate-entries-maharashtra-state-election-commission-data.jpg" alt="ADR: SIR failed to weed out 5L duplicate voters in Bihar" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday told Election Commission to keep documents ready to counter the allegation by NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) that special intensive revision of Bihar’s electoral rolls failed to...

SURAT: A couple living in a posh Vesu apartment are living in trauma after the wife’s nude videos captured in the CCTVs installed inside their home went viral on multiple social media platforms, triggering concerns of vulnerability of the surveillance system to hacking.The videos of the 35-year-old woman changing clothes were leaked online after being...

GURGAON: An FIR was filed against BJP councillor Naresh Kataria and his wife Raj Bala Kataria after they were accused by their daughter of holding her captive at their home and pressured to marry against her wishes a day before her scheduled wedding. Neha Kataria also alleged the family had taken away her cellphone.Unable to...