Spread the love       A 22-year-old man attacked two sisters with acid after his marriage proposal was rejected. MEERUT: Enraged over a rejected marriage proposal, a 22-year-old man allegedly broke into a house in Madhapur village, Hapur, and attacked a 21-year-old woman and her 19-year-old sister with acid while they slept on Sunday.The victims, who sustained burn injuries to their hands...

Spread the love       Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam (AP Photo) Babar Azam has denied reports that Pakistan considered refusing to return to the field after lunch on the opening day of the Lord’s Test against England, amid a dispute over a Sky Sports interview with the sons of former Pakistan captain and prime minister Imran Khan.Speaking after Pakistan’s 194-run defeat at...

Spread the love       TOI reporters visited govt schools across six Rajasthan districts after the row over CJP volunteers inspecting campuses. What they found, from Kota’s coaching hub to desert villages and tragedy-hit Piplodi, was a system in which children study under tin sheds, squeeze into unsafe rooms, and sometimes find their school locked.In Kota, a primary school with 78 students...

Spread the love       The iconic national park has issued alerts as at least 20 people are missing A powerful flash flood tore through Arizona’s Grand Canyon, sending torrents of muddy water, boulders and debris through Bright Angel Canyon and into the Colorado River. The National Park Service (NPS) said at least 20 people may be missing or unaccounted for, prompting...

Spread the love       Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq (Reuters) Stuart Broad has questioned Imam-ul-Haq’s decision to practise on the sidelines while carrying a calf injury during Pakistan’s second Test against England at Lord’s, accusing the batter of “putting on an act”.Imam was ruled out of the remainder of the Test after suffering a low-grade strain to his left calf while fielding on...

Spread the love       Oil prices jump over 2% as Middle East tensions intensify Oil prices rose more than 2% per barrel on Monday after conflict in the Middle East reignited once again with US attacking an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz, and Tehran hitting back at US bases in Jordan. Brent crude gained $1.86, or 2.11%, to $89.96...

Spread the love       Two suspected killers of singer Ankit Baliyan died in a police encounter early Monday morning SHAMLI: Two sharpshooters involved in the murder of popular Haryanvi singer Ankit Baliyan were gunned down in a police encounter in the industrial area here on Monday morning. The slain accused, identified as Sumit and Mohit, were carrying rewards of Rs 50,000...

Spread the love       R Praggnanandhaa and Viswanathan Anand NEW DELHI: You remember the photo that made rounds on social media last April, just after Vaishali Rameshbabu, Praggnanandhaa’s elder sister, had landed at the Chennai airport with the Women’s Candidates medal wrapped around her neck. It was a photo of her family.Praggnanandhaa was there too, his facial gesture mirroring anything but...

Spread the love       Microsoft is taking steps to reassure its workforce about the broader societal and environmental value of its computing infrastructure, even as artificial intelligence (AI) expansion complicates long-term climate targets. Citing an internal communication, Bloomberg says that Cloud Operations and Innovation head Noelle Walsh addressed growing staff inquiries regarding power consumption, water demands, carbon output and the direct...

Spread the love       According to the FIR, the child’s father approached police after noticing a change in his behaviour. NEW DELHI: A three-and-a-half-year-old boy was allegedly physically and sexually assaulted and mentally harassed at a private playschool in northeast Delhi’s Maujpur, with CCTV footage purportedly showing him being tied to a chair, kicked and held by his ears.Police have registered...