Category: Events

NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court on Thursday instructed the newly-elected BJP governmemt in West Bengal to “strictly maintain law and order at the ground level”. The order came after Mamata Banerjee told the court that the police had remained inactive during the post-poll violence, while also asserting that “Bengal is not a bulldozer state”...

NEW DELHI: US authorities are moving to end the fraud cases against Gautam Adani, according to a Bloomberg report, in what could mark a major legal reprieve for the billionaire and the Adani Group.Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported that the US Department of Justice may announce as early as this week that...

Yatrigan, fasten your seatbelts for not just your flight but the whole aviation sector is experiencing turbulence!Flight delays, rising ticket prices, and cancelled international routes are no longer breaking news, but the new normal. In May 2026, airlines are grappling with a mix of economic and geopolitical pressures, creating a cycle of challenges that keeps...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-131095852,imgsize-2424393,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/131095852.jpg" alt="How climate change may be fuelling the spread of deadly Hantavirus that killed three on the MV Hondius" title=" Representative image (AI-generated) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Representative image (AI-generated) Departing from Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1, the MV Hondius set sail on the “Atlantic Odyssey”, a 33-day voyage envisioned as the pinnacle of expedition...

NEW DELHI: Delhi high court judge Swarana Kanta Sharma on Thursday said that she had decided to initiate contempt proceedings against some of the discharged accused in the excise policy case for posting “vilifying” and defamatory material against her. The court was hearing a petition filed by the CBI challenging the trial court’s decision to...

NEW DELHI: The Congress finally ended Kerala’s suspense on Wednesday. Ten days after the UDF’s historic mandate, VD Satheesan was named chief minister. For a party that had just won 63 seats, with the UDF alliance winning 102, the delay was not about numbers or coalition arithmetic. It was about the Congress being unable to...

NEW DELHI: Do fractured mandates fracture parties? The crack in AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, much like the splits in Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, suggests they often do.In June 2022, Eknath Shinde led a rebellion in Shiv Sena and took away two-thirds of the party’s MLAs, toppling the Maha Vikas Aghadi government. The coup vertically split...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-131093812,imgsize-44076,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/-.jpg" alt="Why Donald Trump cosying up to Xi may leave India out in cold?" title=" Image credit: AP ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Image credit: AP NEW DELHI: As Donald Trump is in Beijing for his first China visit as US President in nine years, the optics were striking. The visit came after months of tariff...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-131093524,imgsize-29648,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/virat-kohli.jpg" alt="‘Ab toh India ke liye thodi na khelna hai…’: Virat Kohli’s hilarious remark goes viral — watch" title=" Virat Kohli (Video grabs) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Virat Kohli (Video grabs) NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli produced one of his most complete T20 knocks in recent memory on Wednesday, smashing an unbeaten 105 off 60 balls...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-131093380,imgsize-56190,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/vd-satheesan.jpg" alt="How VD Satheesan became Kerala CM: Inside Congress' 10-day showdown" title=" VD Satheesan (Image/PTI) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> VD Satheesan (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: Ending 10 days of suspense, the Congress on Thursday finally picked VD Satheesan as the next chief minister of Kerala after days of intense lobbying, marathon consultations and growing pressure within...