Vedanta chairman Anil Agrawal RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh police have registered an FIR against Anil Agrawal chairman and founder of Vedanta Resources Ltd and Sakti plant head Devendra Patel and others in connection with the April 14 blast at Vedanta’s power plant in Sakti district, as the death toll climbed to 20 and preliminary findings pointed to...
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IPL 2026: Dhoni set to be back in action next week
MS Dhoni (PTI Photo) CHENNAI: The wait to see MS Dhoni in action will likely be over next week. According to CSK sources, Dhoni’s rehabilitation is on track and he could be available either for the game against Mumbai Indians on April 23 at the Wankhede or the rescheduled match against Gujarat Titans on April...
The Art of the Deal meets the Sermon on the Mount
AP file photo The TOI Correspondent from Washington: Set aside the skirmishes in the Strait of Hormuz for the moment. The Trump White House has officially opened a second war front, with salvoes against the Vatican in the midst of a war on Iran. The papacy isn’t holding back either. In a scorching smackdown of...
‘False narrative’: What Amit Shah said on oppn’s claims on women’s quota, delimitation
Union home minister Amit Shah NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah told the Lok Sabha on Thursday that the five southern states would together see their representation in the House rise from 129 seats to 195 once the proposed expansion of the Lower House takes effect, dismissing claims that the Centre’s delimitation plan would...
The South after delimitation: Shah assures seats will increase; here’s what the math shows
Union home minister Amit Shah NEW DELHI: The hum of anticipation and unease around the mammoth exercise of delimitation set the tone in the Lok Sabha during Parliament’s special session, as the debate over India’s representational future took centre stage. Leading the charge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union home minister brought the issue...
‘Choose poorly … face blockade & bombs’: Hegseth warns Iran to accept US peace deal
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth warned Iran that it faces a choice between accepting a deal or confronting continued blockade and potential military strikes, cautioning that failure to act could result in “bombs dropping on infrastructure and power and energy.”Speaking at a Pentagon briefing on Thursday, Hegseth said the blockade would remain in place...
‘Women can tell when they’re being misled’: Priyanka targets PM over quota bill
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday delivered a sharp critique of the government in the Lok Sabha during a debate on the women’s reservation law and the delimitation bill, warning that the proposed changes represent an “open attack” on democracy.Participating in a debate on three bills related to...
India’s big nuclear leap: How Stage 2 criticality will power the road to energy security
<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130309343,imgsize-1265013,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-2026-04-16t191603.jpg" alt="India’s big nuclear leap: How Stage 2 criticality at Kalpakkam will power the road to energy security" title=" AI image ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> ‘No power is as costly as no power’ – Homi Jehangir Bhabha, the father of India’s nuclear programme, had once famously said. Several decades later, India’s nuclear energy ambitions have...
‘Sooryavanshi future face of Indian cricket’: Modi’s bold prediction
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Lalit Modi NEW DELHI: Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi has made a bold prediction about young cricketer Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, saying he could become the face of Indian cricket in the future. Known for spotting talent early, Modi recalled being completely stunned the first time he saw the teenager bat during the IPL.Speaking...
Forced religious conversion a terrorist act? Plea filed in SC amid TCS Nashik case
A discreet complaint about a young employee’s behavioral changes at TCS Nashik BPO triggered a covert police investigation. NEW DELHI: Supreme Court advocate Ashwini Upadhyay on Thursday filed a plea seeking to declare forced religious conversions a “terrorist act.”The plea came in the backdrop of allegations of religious conversion and sexual harassment at Tata Consultancy...
