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CHENNAI: There were signs of the rift in AIADMK widening on Sunday with party seniors C Ve Shanmugam and S P Velumani holding meeting with AIADMK MLAs even as general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami convened a separate district secretaries meeting.AIADMK sources said majority of AIADMK MLAs and district secretaries attended the meeting convened by the...

A non-binary transgender Indian and former PhD student, born in Tamil Nadu, has become the first person to be elected as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) despite being a foreign citizen who does not have a permanent visa to live in the UK.Indian national Q Manivannan won the Edinburgh & Lothians East seat...

A flight carrying evacuees from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius landed in the Netherlands on Sunday, with passengers disembarking in good spirits as authorities began quarantine procedures for those onboard.The flight from Tenerife, where the Dutch-flagged cruise ship is currently docked, carried 26 passengers and crew members, including eight Dutch nationals, according to the...

A man allegedly shot and killed his mother and younger brother in Banda following a dispute over ancestral property (Shanti Devi, 60, and younger brother Devidin, 35) KANPUR: A man allegedly shot dead his mother and younger brother in the Baberu area of Banda on Sunday following a dispute over ancestral property.SP Palash Bansal said...

Image credit: BCCI/IPL Royal Challengers Bengaluru held their nerve in a last-ball thriller to knock Mumbai Indians out of IPL 2026 with a dramatic two-wicket win at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium on Sunday. Chasing 167 on a surface that challenged batters throughout, RCB were carried by Krunal Pandya’s fighting 73 and a...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130998086,imgsize-940414,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/railways-rep.jpg" alt="Railways staring at higher electricity costs after Supreme Court rules it qualifies as ‘consumer’" title=" Representative image ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Representative image NEW DELHI: Indian Railways is staring at higher electricity costs after the Supreme Court last week ruled that the national transporter qualifies as a “consumer” under the Electricity Act. As a...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130998072,imgsize-834631,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-2026-05-11t000551.jpg" alt="Highway PPP projects opened to PE, pension and venture funds" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo NEW DELHI: Government has now allowed venture capital, private equity, infrastructure and pension funds to bid for highway projects under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, marking a paradigm shift since the sector was opened to private...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130996974,imgsize-837703,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-2026-05-10t230552.jpg" alt="'Please speed up my returns': Rahul Gandhi's response to his 'BJP-supporter' financer wins internet" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo NEW DELHI: A light-hearted exchange between Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and a mutual fund distributor who described himself as a long-time BJP supporter has gone viral on social media, drawing widespread...

Photo/screengrab Lucknow Super Giants found themselves in focus for off-field reasons during their IPL 2026 match against Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday, after a brief visual on broadcast sparked discussion over possible protocol breach.The moment came in the first over of the match, just after Josh Inglis hit a boundary...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130995924,imgsize-1122571,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-2026-05-10t221156.jpg" alt="2 Indians safe after Hantavirus scare on cruise ship near Spain" title=" Passengers at the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius after arriving at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Passengers at the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius after arriving at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary...