Category: Events

Pakistan-based gangster-turned-terrorist Shehzad Bhatti (File Photo) NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday filed a chargesheet against eight accused, including Pakistan-based gangster-turned-terrorist Shehzad Bhatti, in connection with the IED car bomb blast at the parking area of Baldev Nagar police station in Ambala, Haryana, earlier this year.According to a statement issued by the...

Climate activist and educator Sonam Wangchuk at CJP protest (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has rejected being labelled a “modern Gandhi” or a hero, saying he is “just an ordinary citizen” and urging people to take responsibility for their own lives instead of looking for someone else to lead.Wangchuk made...

BALASORE: A gang of thieves uprooted an ATM in Odisha’s Balasore district, tied it to a Mahindra Thar with a rope and dragged it away before fleeing with the cash inside, police said.The incident occurred around 2 am on Saturday under the jurisdiction of Khaira police station and was captured on CCTV.According to preliminary information,...

Famed rapper TI announces that he is retiring from music at 45, stating that he feels he has been able to acheive everything that he wished to from his life and career. (Instagram) Popular rapper TI, who has been rapping and making music since he was barely 8 years old, is announcing his retirement. Following...

Typhoon Bavi makes landfall in eastern China, over 1 million evacuated Typhoon Bavi made landfall in China’s eastern Zhejiang province late on Saturday, prompting massive evacuations and widespread disruptions after lashing Japan’s southern islands and Taiwan with heavy rain and strong winds. Authorities said the storm was expected to gradually weaken as it moved inland...

US President Donald Trump (AP file photo) TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump threatened to unleash “1000 missiles” on Iran and “completely decimate and destroy” the country if Tehran attempts to assassinate him, dramatically raising the temperature in a confrontation that has, within days, descended from a tentative understanding into renewed military exchanges...

LUCKNOW: A 24-year-old woman was allegedly assaulted and threatened by a group of men in a road rage incident in Gorakhpur while she was taking her ailing father to a hospital.A video of the assault, which has gone viral on social media, purportedly shows the woman being beaten and dragged by her hair in the...

Helsinki, Finland (AP photo) NEW DELHI: The body of an 18-year-old Hyderabad-based student who went missing in Finland in May has been recovered from the sea in Helsinki, according to an email sent by the Indian Embassy in Finland to his family.The embassy informed the family on Friday that Finnish authorities had confirmed the recovery...

A 92-year-old retired Army Captain lost his land to fraud JAISALMER: A 92-year-old retired Indian Army Captain, who fought in the 1962 war with China and the 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan, is now fighting what he calls his “fourth battle”—not on the battlefield, but for justice after allegedly losing his 25-bigha agricultural land...

Phone body Your devices may be changing your body in ways you do not immediately notice, and the effects may be wider than most people expect. A growing body of research suggests that screen-heavy habits can affect posture, vision, hand strength and even the way we move. When people think about too much screen time,...