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NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate Monday filed a writ petition in SC seeking a CBI probe into 17 offences under BNS allegedly committed by Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, state DGP and Kolkata police commissioner on Jan 8 by obstructing ED raid on I-PAC’s Pratik Jain, tampering and stealing evidence and intimidating its officials. It requested SC...

BHOPAL: From late-night raids to routine seizures spread across villages miles apart, they were present everywhere – many a time simultaneously at different locations. Allegations of ‘omnipresent’ police witnesses in Madhya Pradesh’s Mauganj district have snowballed into a major controversy after scrutiny of digital crime tracking records confirmed that the same six individuals were repeatedly...

SRIHARIKOTA/BENGALURU: India’s first space mission of 2026 failed on Monday after Isro’s workhorse PSLV suffered a glitch in its solid-propellant third stage (PS3), costing 16 satellites and an ambitious project of strategic, diplomatic and commercial importance. The PSLV-C62 failure comes nine months after a glitch in the same third stage of PSLV-C61 prevented EOS-09, another...

DHAKA: Renowned Hindu musician and senior Awami League functionary Proloy Chaki has died in police custody in Bangladesh, with his family members accusing the prison administration of denying necessary medical care to the 60-year-old and rubbishing police’s claim that it was a “natural death”, reports Ahsan Tasnim.Proloy – held in a blast case linked to...

Joel Embiid injury update (Image via NBA) Joel Embiid will not play for the Philadelphia 76ers against the Toronto Raptors on January 12, 2026. The team has ruled him out due to left knee injury management and soreness in his left groin. His absence will end a six-game stretch, which had been his longest run...

TOI correspondent from Washington: Donald Trump posted on Truth Social a fake Wikipedia profile calling him “acting president” of Venezuela, seemingly mocking the besieged country, United Nations, and the global community. While the charitable explanation from some analysts is that he is trolling Venezuela and the world, concern and outrage rippled through many who said...

PM Modi and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz fly a kite during the International Kite Festival at Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad As PM Modi hosted German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for bilateral talks in Ahmedabad, the two countries agreed to significantly boost their defence, trade and critical and emerging technology ties with the formalisation of 19 agreements....

The White House has confirmed that President Donald Trump is considering military options, including airstrikes, in Iran as anti-government protests continue to turn deadly.“One thing President Trump is very good at is always keeping all of his options on the table,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday. “And airstrikes would be one...

The PM’s laudatory words for Gen Z at Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue came against the backdrop of a few opposition netas seeking to coopt them in their agitation against the Modi govt NEW DELHI: Lauding India’s Gen Z, PM Narendra Modi on Monday said it is full of creativity as he emphasised that his...

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi is likely to move to his new office at the newly built Sewa Teerth complex near Vayu Bhawan in the next one week. This will be the first time since independence when the PMO moves out of the seat of power at South Block built by British architect Herbert Baker.Officials...