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Sutro Heights Park in San Francisco, CaliforniaPhoto credit: Canva On a windswept bluff overlooking the Pacific in western San Francisco, a once grand estate rose from the dunes in the 1880s, its gardens dotted with hundreds of classical statues and its mansion visible for miles around. The property belonged to Adolph Sutro, a former mayor...

TOI correspondent from London: Indian criminal lawyer Vijay Aggarwal and his co-defendant, his personal assistant Manpreet Kaur, appeared in the dock at Southwark crown court on Thursday where the pair are facing charges relating to sexual offences against women in Britain.Aggarwal had represented fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi.Kaur entered in a flowery blouse looking morose....

SRINAGAR: Ladakh groups need to be patient with the Centre as an in-principle agreement to have a legislative body under Article 371 still requires a constitutional amendment with a two-thirds consensus in Parliament, chief secretary Ashish Kundra said Thursday of rising expectations after talks with Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) in...

Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR: Does Congress want more Kashmiris to be jailed?” J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah retorted on Thursday, a day after ally Congress criticised him for the rendition of all six stanzas of Vande Mataram at the inaugural ceremony of International Film Festival of Jammu & Kashmir (IFFJK) on Monday.“It is a statutory obligation....

When Daniel Zhang was nine, cancer was something he could not understand. His grandmother had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and the months that followed were filled with hospital visits, treatments and questions that were difficult for a child to process. Years later, that experience would inspire the San Diego teenager to create something designed...

Karnataka’s Congress government has ordered singing only two stanzas of Vande Mataram BENGALURU: Congress govt in Karnataka has ordered that only the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram be sung at its programmes, with an exception at events attended by the president, vice-president, prime minister or governor.The order follows a decision taken by the state...

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu govt has made it mandatory for all govt employees, barring All India Service officers, to submit their annual statements of assets and liabilities online through the Integrated Financial and Human Resources Management System (IFHRMS).The move follows an amendment to Rule 7(3) of Tamil Nadu Government Servants’ Conduct Rules made in Jan 2026...

Xi Jinping to visit India after 7 years, attend BRICS Summit on Sept 12-13 China announced Thursday President Xi Jinping’s first visit to India in 7 years, saying he will attend the Brics summit in New Delhi from September 12 to 13 at the invitation of PM Narendra Modi. His bilateral with Modi is scheduled...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi late Thursday spoke with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the phone on Thursday and discussed ways to further strengthen the India-Germany strategic partnership.The conversation comes as India and Germany mark 75 years of diplomatic relations this year.The two leaders reviewed the progress made in bilateral ties and noted the...

Houthis capture Mokha, move closer to key Bab al-Mandab Strait Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis have seized the strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha from Saudi-backed pro-government forces, military sources and witnesses told the BBC.The capture brings the Houthis within 75km (46 miles) of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a key gateway for global trade between Asia...