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Restoration work underway following a landslide on the Missing Link section of the Mumbai–Pune Expressway on Monday, July 6 Pune: For several hours on Monday, the cities of Pune and Mumbai were virtually cut off from each other as heavy rain shut down roads, bus services and several important intercity trains.The first major disruption occurred...

Ram Temple, Ayodhya LUCKNOW: A nine-page preliminary SIT report into the alleged embezzlement of donations to Ayodhya’s Ram temple has flagged senior Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust functionary Anil Mishra’s alleged failure to enforce safeguards as a costly lapse that enabled the suspects to pilfer funds.The report, a copy of which is with TOI,...

Union home minister Amit Shah and Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s house in Bhowanipore Kolkata: The life of Syama Prasad Mookerjee should be included in Bengal’s syllabus and the Singur movement removed from it, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said at a programme to mark the 125th birth anniversary of the founder...

A special investigation team is examining over Rs 124 crore spent on major Ram Temple Trust events. LUCKNOW: The SIT has widened the scope of its investigation to examine more than Rs 124 crore spent on major events organised by the Ram Temple Trust, including the Jan 22, 2024, consecration ceremony, Maha Kumbh 2025 arrangements,...

Ayodhya Police are considering narco-analysis and polygraph tests for five jailed accused. LUCKNOW: Ayodhya Police is considering narco-analysis and polygraph examinations of five jailed accused in the donation theft case to unravel the larger conspiracy, establish the money trail and ascertain the possible involvement of other individuals, including senior functionaries, police sources said.The move comes...

Taylor Swift’s wedding bouquet went to Trey Smith’s sister Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got married on 3 July at Madison Square Garden, and days later, one big question from the night has fans talking: “Who caught the bouquet?” Turns out, it wasn’t any of her bridesmaids or close friends, but it went to someone...

Representational image NEW DELHI: Former chairman of Manipur’s oldest insurgent group United National Liberation Front, Rajkumar Meghen, is in Delhi to meet prominent academics, lawyers and activists from Manipur in a bid to create a coalition to work towards peace in the strife torn state and rebuild the “idea of Manipur” that he said has...

Amit Shah, Subhendu Adhikari in 125 years birth centenary of Syama Prasad Mukherjee Kolkata: The Centre would soon complete granting citizenship to refugees under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) but infiltrators would be driven out, said Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday, reiterating his pledge to fulfil the election manifesto promises. In the city...

Representational image JAMMU: Security forces launched a search operation early Monday after a suspected Pakistani drone was spotted hovering above a couple of forward villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K’s Rajouri district the previous night, official sources said.Blinking lights were seen over the villages of Mahadev Menka and Beripattan in Rajouri’s Sunderbani...

Doda-Kishtwar Highway Blocked JAMMU: Heavy rainfall triggered a major landslide near the under-construction Kwar hydroelectric power project in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, while flash floods and mudslides blocked Kishtwar-Doda Highway at Prem Nagar on Monday, burying several vehicles under mud, rocks and debris, officials said.Officials said the flash floods carried large volumes of...