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NEW DELHI: Petrol prices breached the Rs 100-a-litre-mark in the capital on Monday after state-owned oil companies effected the fourth hike in retail fuel rates in 11 days, raising petrol prices by another Rs 2.61 to Rs 102.12 a litre to cut losses from selling auto fuels below market cost. Petrol price was last past...

RAIPUR: Braving scorching heat and bureaucratic red tape, a tribal woman in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district walked nearly four km with her 90-year-old mother-in-law on her back — not for any emergency treatment, but to complete KYC formalities at a bank, so the elderly woman could receive her Rs 500 monthly pension. The bank had stopped...

NEW DELHI: Amid the controversy over a govt order to take over Delhi Gymkhana Club (DGC) premises, it has come to light that the Land and Development Office (L&DO) had written three letters to the club management since Sept last year to clear around Rs 48 crore in rent that DGC owed to it.The latest...

Chandigarh: Polling for elections to 103 urban local bodies in Punjab, including eight municipal corporations, 75 municipal councils and 20 nagar panchayats, will be held on Tuesday.A total of 7,555 candidates are contesting across 1,896 wards. Of them, 1,613 candidates are in the fray for 396 wards in eight municipal corporations — Abohar, Batala, Barnala,...

DHAKA: Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman is expected to travel to Beijing late June in what would mark his first overseas visit since the formation of the new BNP govt, despite a pending invitation from PM Narendra Modi and Bhutan initially being chosen as the destination of his first foreign tour.Tarique’s visit is likely to be...

Amanda Nunes and Nina Nunes (Image Via Getty) Amanda Nunes and Nina Nunes continue to be one of the most admired couples in MMA. Amanda made history by becoming, sort of like the first woman ever in UFC history to hold titles in two divisions at the same time, whereas Nina built a respected UFC...

Long-time members of Delhi Gymkhana Club describe it as a second home, deeply integrated into family life, friendships, and daily routines for decades. NEW DELHI: As Delhi Gymkhana Club faces a deepening crisis, its long-time members say the institution is far more than an elite club. For many, it has been a second home —...

TOI correspondent from Washington: In a week already overloaded with US-Iran peace talks, energy crises, and the aftermath of Trump visit to China, few expected the hottest geopolitical clash would involve Marco Rubio, the Taj Mahal, and an Iranian consulate armed with architectural claims and Persian pride.The latest chapter in the US-Iran snark diplomacy began...

GUWAHATI: Assam govt tabled a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in assembly on Monday, proposing a common law on marriage, divorce, live-in relationships and succession, following in the footsteps of Uttarakhand and Gujarat, to enact UCC post-Independence.The ‘Uniform Civil Code, Assam, 2026 bill’ introduced by state parliamentary affairs minister Atul Bora, states that the common...

Police remove surveillance equipment from Abhishek’s house KOLKATA: Plainclothes cops knocked on the doors of Shantiniketan — the residence of Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee — on Monday and walked out with a large monitor and hard disks after several minutes of high drama.The heavily guarded residence of Banerjee saw a visible security...