Category: Events

‘Power does not last forever’: Rahul Gandhi’s warning to police after tear gas, lathi-charge on NEET protesters NEW DELHI: Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday warned police officers that ‘power does not last forever’ and ‘accountability will certainly be enforced’, saying the Constitution, not the government is...

RAIPUR: A suicide was turned into a snakebite death on paper. An existing inquest number was recycled to create a forged postmortem report. In another case, a heart attack was passed off as a fatal snakebite. The paperwork then travelled through govt offices and unlocked a Rs 4 lakh compensation payout.Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur police in past...

Flowerhorn cichlids are aquarium fish prized for their bright-gold colour and prominent head humps. Photograph: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/Getty Images A human-bred aquarium fish prized for its bright gold colour and distinctive head hump has escaped into a volcanic crater lake in the Philippines, where scientists fear it is threatening native wildlife and spreading into local aquaculture.Flowerhorn...

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Monday said the protesters detained during the Cockroach Janata Party’s march to Parliament were not students and that their identities were being verified.A senior officer, requesting anonymity, told news agency PTI that Delhi Police had initiated the process of registering FIRs in connection with the clashes, damage to police vehicles...

NEW DELHI: At least four Indian nationals were killed and one was critically injured after the commercial vessel MV Golden Leo came under attack while departing Ukraine’s port of Odesa on the evening of July 19, the ministry of external affairs said on Monday.In a statement, the MEA said there were 17 crew members on...

Trump at FIFA World Cup TOI correspondent from Washington: Spain won the World Cup but Donald Trump nearly stole the moment of glory. For a few awkward seconds after Spain defeated Argentina to capture football’s biggest prize, the victorious Spaniards found themselves sharing the podium with an American president who remained planted centre stage like...

The art of seduction is not exclusive to humans. Animals do it, and so do plants. In the floral world, attraction is a matter of survival. Certain plants paint themselves in colours calibrated so precisely that bees can read them like landing signals, even when human eyes barely detect the difference!A new study published in...

Russia has strengthened its position as India’s largest crude oil supplier. (File PTI photo of Russian oil tanker) India’s crude oil imports from Russia continue to be near record highs in July, despite the Donald Trump administration not extending a sanctions waiver. Amid the ongoing US-Iran conflict, Russia has emerged as the key crude oil...

The 3,600-square-foot home was built at the cost of $410,000. (Allison Brown’s photo) Many people dream of building their own home, but rising construction costs often make that difficult. For Allison Brown and her husband, the journey began with a much smaller home that helped them save for the future.In 2019, the couple bought a...

Nepal’s Re 1 coin gets a makeover: Controversial Kalapani-Lipulekh-Limpiyadhura map removed (Image/X) The Nepal government has approved the minting of a newly designed one-rupee coin, replacing the country’s controversial map that included the disputed areas of Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani with the image of an ancient monastery.The decision comes years after Nepal’s then KP Sharma...