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BARGI (JABALPUR): What began as a routine evening outing on the waters of the Bargi Dam turned into a prolonged fight for survival beneath a capsized boat. Riyaz Hussain Sayyed, 70, resident of Jabalpur, who had boarded the cruise around 5 pm with his family, recalls his struggle to stay alive in darkness.“For about half...

File photo NEW DELHI: Many parts of the country may not be hotter than usual this month due to ‘above normal’ rainfall, but certain states, especially those along the Himalayan foothills such as southern Himachal and Uttarakhand, along the eastern coast, and some parts of Maharashtra and Gujarat, are likely to face ‘above normal’ heatwave...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130706084,imgsize-117298,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-13.jpg" alt="West Bengal polls: Lockdown in strongroom areas after TMC, BJP clash" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo KOLKATA: Police locked down neighbourhoods within a 200-metre radius of all seven designated EVM strongrooms in the city Friday after Trinamool Congress’s allegations of vote tampering triggered overnight confrontations with BJP at two locations.Prohibitory...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130706053,imgsize-48762,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-12.jpg" alt="West Bengal elections: TMC alleges strongroom breaches, BJP mocks claim" title=" While Mamata Banerjee camped at the Bhowanipore strongroom on Thursday evening, Suvendu Adhikari visited the premises on Friday ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> While Mamata Banerjee camped at the Bhowanipore strongroom on Thursday evening, Suvendu Adhikari visited the premises on Friday KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130698730,imgsize-1017496,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-2026-05-02t014309.jpg" alt="UK: Hindu group bids against Christian-Muslim group for same piece of faith land" title=" Conceptual Illustration of the ‘Hindu Temple and Community Centre’ ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Conceptual Illustration of the ‘Hindu Temple and Community Centre’ LONDON: When a Hindu charity discovered it could bid for a piece of land allocated for faith/community use...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130695508,imgsize-92370,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-2026-05-02t013036.jpg" alt="‘Everything will be alright’: Amit Shah meets Ladakh leaders, including Sonam Wangchuk, ahead of talks" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo SRINAGAR: Environmentalist and Leh Apex Body (LAB) member Sonam Wangchuk met Union home minister Amit Shah in Leh along with a clutch of other leaders from the Union territory late...

By: By Nadi GanadhalBENGALURU: What was initially feared to be a fallout of searing summer heat has taken a more serious turn, with laboratory reports confirming that the deaths of 44 peacocks in Tumakuru were caused by H5N1 strain of avian influenza. The deaths were reported between April 16 and April 24 in Bommanahalli and...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130693217,imgsize-765684,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-2026-05-02t012137.jpg" alt="Jammu and Kashmir: CM Omar Abdullah denies plan to drop Urdu in revenue jobs, slams PDP over ‘lies’" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo SRINAGAR: J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah denied Friday having issued any order to remove Urdu from some revenue department jobs while defending a move to seek public...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130690970,imgsize-870114,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-2026-05-02t011235.jpg" alt="Navy gets delivery of stealth frigate Mahendragiri from Mazagaon Shipyard; warship equipped with BrahMoS, Barak-8 missiles" title=" Navy gets delivery of stealth frigate Mahendragiri from Mazagaon Shipyard ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Navy gets delivery of stealth frigate Mahendragiri from Mazagaon Shipyard NEW DELHI: Adding teeth to the country’s stealth warship fleet, the Indian Navy...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130689136,imgsize-821207,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-2026-05-02t010516.jpg" alt="US-Iran war: Donald Trump tells Congress hostilities ‘terminated’, sidesteps war powers deadline amid ceasefire" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo US President Donald Trump has told Congress that hostilities with Iran have “terminated”, even as American forces remain deployed in the region and tensions persist.The assertion came in a letter sent...