Image Credit: TOI VIJAYAWADA: A student from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh and pursuing his MS degree in Houston, Texas, has allegedly gone missing during a solo trip to Alaska. Karasani Hari Krishna Reddy, 24, embarked on a solo trip during the Christmas holidays on Dec 22, travelling on public transport. He last contacted his friends...
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Anjel autopsy: Vertebrae fractures, spinal damage and fatal injuries to head
DEHRADUN: The post-mortem report of 24-year-old Tripura youth Anjel Chakma, who was killed in Dehradun on Dec 9, 2025, points to a brutal battering inflicted on the MBA student, with injuries to the head, possibly by a kada, being the cause of death.TOI accessed a copy of the report on Friday, which mentions “13 stitches...
Cybercrime gang busted in Bihar; scammers offered men Rs 10L to impregnate women
Representational Image PATNA: A cybercrime gang was busted in Nawada district on Friday for running a fraudulent scheme that promised young men Rs 10 lakh to impregnate women. The gang, operating under the guise of “All India Pregnant Job” and “Playboy Service,” lured victims into paying a registration fee before disappearing with the money. Police...
‘Dhurandhar’dips to Rs 3.5 crore amid ‘The Raja Saab’ wave
‘Dhurandhar’, starring Ranveer Singh and Akshaye Khanna in lead roles, has seemingly met its match with the release of the Prabhas starrer ‘The Raja Saab’. The Bollywood film that was enjoying an undisputed run at the box office over the past week, entered week 6 at the box office, but did so by hitting a...
Mustafizur row: BCB official calls former Bangladesh player ‘Indian agent’
Mustafizur Rahman; Tamim Iqbal A senior Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official’s comment calling former captain Tamim Iqbal “an Indian agent” has drawn criticism from players in the country. Tamim, one of Bangladesh’s leading openers, had advised the BCB not to be driven by emotion while deciding on the national team’s participation in the T20 World...
Mustafizur row: Did BCCI offer Bangladesh pacer return to IPL? BCB clarifies
Mustafizur Rahman Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman’s release from the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) squad for the IPL 2026 season has led to a dispute between the cricket boards of India and Bangladesh.Mustafizur, who was bought for Rs 9.20 crore at the auction last month, was released from the squad, a move that upset the Bangladesh...
Nurse cuts off infant’s thumb at Indore hospital
INDORE: A nurse at MY Hospital, Indore, allegedly cut the thumb of a one-and-a-half-month-old boy with scissors while removing an IV cannula earlier this week. Nursing officer Aarti Kshotriya was suspended after the negligence was discovered, while a month’s salary of a nursing in-charge and two assistant nursing in-charge officers was withheld as punishment, MG...
Ayodhya bans non-veg delivery within Ram temple’s 15km radius
AYODHYA: The Ayodhya administration has banned the delivery of non-vegetarian food in a radius of 15 kilometres of the Ram temple, following “complaints that food delivery companies are supplying non-veg food in the periphery of Ayodhya town that is marked under ‘paanch kosi parikrama’ area”. A warning has also been issued to hotels and homestays...
Drugs problem is narco-terrorism, not a mere issue of crime: Shah
NEW DELHI: In a significant escalation of govt’s anti-narcotic approach, home minister Amit Shah on Friday announced a three-year war on drugs – set to commence on March 31 this year. Chairing the Narco-Coordination Centre (NCORD) meeting at Vigyan Bhawan, Shah reframed the drug menace as a matter of “narco-terrorism” rather than a mere law-and-order...
‘Going to do it the hard way’: Trump vows action on Greenland
President Donald Trump warned that the United States will take action on Greenland, saying it will act “the easy way” or “the hard way” to prevent Russia or China from gaining influence on the Arctic island.Addressing a gathering on Saturday at the White House, Trump said, “We are going to do something on Greenland, whether...
