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MUMBAI: The Bombay HC on Thursday granted bail to former Delhi University professor Hany Babu Tharayil (55), an accused in Elgar Parishad Maoist-links case in Pune.The bail came over 5 years after his arrest in 2020, in the 2018 case. It was granted on grounds of prolonged jail with trial completion not in sight. A...

Haryana’s Killer Mom HISAR/PANIPAT: A day after the spine-chilling revelation by police that a woman killed four children, including her son, her family and the kin of the slain children are finding it difficult to accept that a mother could be so cold-blooded and brutal.They seek to believe occult practices are to blame, more than...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125777757,imgsize-291690,width-400,resizemode-4/indigo-cancels-over-300-flights.jpg" alt="IndiNoGo: 300 flights nixed as airline chaos worsens" title=" PTI photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> NEW DELHI: There were unprecedented disruptions at IndiGo and misery at airports across India, with about 300 IndiGo flights cancelled on Thursday. IndiGo’s problems had consequences for passengers of other airlines too at places like Pune. The airline, the...

Maoists claim top leader Madvi Hidma was trapped and killed by police informers, including contractors, after seeking medical treatment HYDERABAD: The Dandakaranya special zonal committee of the CPI (Maoist) has accused contractors acting as police informers of leading top leader Madvi Hidma into a trap, resulting in what it calls his arrest, torture and killing...

Mohammed Shami (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Out-of-favour India pacer Mohammed Shami delivered another strong performance in domestic cricket, taking 4 for 13 to help Bengal beat Services by seven wickets in a Group C match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in Hyderabad on Thursday. This was Bengal’s fourth win in five matches in the...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125777669,imgsize-115080,width-400,resizemode-4/putin-says-there-are-points-he-cant-agree-to-in-the-us-proposal-to-end-russias-war-in-ukraine.jpg" alt="Putin in India: ‘Defence ties to deepen despite US, EU oppn’" title=" Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet each other at the Palam Air Base in New Delhi (AP photo) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet each other at the...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125777518,imgsize-49038,width-400,resizemode-4/pm-modi-meet-putin.jpg" alt="Russian President’s visit turns parts of city into a fortress" title=" PM Modi with Russia’s Putin ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> PM Modi with Russia’s Putin NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s arrival in New Delhi for the bilateral summit triggered a massive security build-up on Thursday, turning critical zones of the capital into a...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125775613,imgsize-17364,width-400,resizemode-4/loudspeakers.jpg" alt="Loudspeakers not integral to practising religion: HC" title=" Representative photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Representative photo NAGPUR: Quoting a Supreme Court ruling, Nagpur bench of Bombay high court has said the use of loudspeakers is not essential to practising a religion, and that amplified sound cannot infringe on the rights of unwilling listeners. Dismissing...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125775606,imgsize-97420,width-400,resizemode-4/sc-asks-states-to-deploy-additional-staff-to-help-blos-facing-hardship-during-sir.jpg" alt="States must replace BLOs finding SIR work difficult: SC" title=" Supreme Court ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Supreme Court NEW DELHI: In a bid to calm the political slugfest over alleged suicides by BLOs due to heavy work pressure of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Supreme Court on Thursday said those BLOs unwilling...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125775584,imgsize-124380,width-400,resizemode-4/new-delhi-dec-04-ani-lok-sabha-proceedings-are-underway-during-the-winter-se.jpg" alt="Parl panel on bill to ‘decriminalise politics’ to reach out to oppn" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo NEW DELHI: A parliamentary committee scrutinising the bill seeking removal of PM, CMs and ministers arrested on serious charges on Thursday unanimously resolved to ask opposition parties, which have decided not to join...