A municipal chief in Madhya Pradesh allegedly ordered garbage dumped inside a former BJP leader’s home after finding litter outside BHOPAL: The chief municipal officer (CMO) of Harpalpur town in Chhatarpur district allegedly ordered garbage to be dumped inside the house of a former BJP Mandal President after spotting litter outside his residence.According to reports,…
Indian refiners anticipate a significant decline in Russian oil imports, potentially even reaching zero. (AI image) The Donald Trump administration’s latest move to sanction major Russian oil firms Rosneft PJSC and Lukoil PJSC will likely make it almost impossible for India to continue procuring crude from Russia. Analytics firm Kpler reports that Russian oil made…
Jashanpreet Singh has been arrested for crashing truck in Ontario and killing 3. A 21-year-old Indian national, identified as Jashanpreet Singh, has been arrested in Southern California for causing a fiery crash that killed at least three people. He was driving an 18-wheeler truck under the influence.Police said Singh’s semi-truck plowed into slow-moving traffic on…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Wednesday that he will not be attending the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur in person, and will instead participate virtually, ruling out a possible meeting with US President Donald Trump.In a post on X, PM Modi shared that he had a warm conversation with Malaysian Prime…
NEW DELHI: A staggered pan-India special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls will get underway within four-five days, with each phase likely to be spread over three months, on the lines of the one completed in Bihar. The last intensive revision of the roll was undertaken over two decades ago.Sources indicated that the nationwide SIR…
LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman has defended AI startup Anthropic after it came under fire from the Trump administration over artificial intelligence (AI) regulation in Silicon Valley. Not only Anthropic, Hoffman also sided with tech giants like Google and OpenAI, saying that these companies are deploying AI in the right manner. Why Hoffman is defending Anthropic…
President Donald Trump speaks during a Diwali celebration in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, October 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP) TOI correspondent from Washington: MAGA fundamentalists are having an almighty meltdown after US President Donald Trump hosted a Diwali celebration in the White House on Tuesday, their hysteria underlining the growing hostility…
Bhai Dooj is a heartwarming Indian festival that celebrates the strong and loving bond between brothers and sisters. It is celebrated two days after Diwali, and it holds deep emotional and cultural significance. On this day, sisters apply tilak on their brothers’ foreheads, pray for their happiness and long life, and brothers promise to protect…
Los Angeles Clippers vs. Utah Jazz (Image via Getty) The Utah Jazz will face the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday at Vivint Smart Home Arena to open their NBA regular season. After a rebuilding-focused campaign last year, Utah enters with questions about progress and direction. The Clippers, meanwhile, return with an experienced core and expectations…
Lamar Jackson claps back after viral clip from Dov Kleiman. The Baltimore Ravens are hoping their bye week gives them more than just a break. With a 1-5 record, the team has struggled on both offense and defense, and frustrations are starting to spill over — both on the field and online. Quarterback Lamar Jackson,…
NEW DELHI: An allegedly inebriated person created ruckus on Akasa’s Bengaluru-Delhi flight QP 1599 on October 20 right after boarding. According to sources, he first got into a spat with co-passengers and then even the crew which asked him to alight from the aircraft at Bengaluru. “He was so inebriated that he refused to alight…
PM Modi with Donald Trump (File photo) The TOI Correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said India is not going to be buying “too much oil” from Moscow, suggesting that he had received assurances from Prime Minister Narendra Modi that New Delhi would be tapering Russian oil purchases without completely stopping the…
NEW DELHI: An IndiGo flight from Kolkata to Srinagar made an emergency landing at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, after a fuel leak was detected, news agency IANS reported. All 166 passengers and crew members were safely evacuated, and no injuries were reported. Authorities confirmed that the situation is under control,…
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Atlas, an AI-powered web browser challenging Google Chrome’s dominance. CEO Sam Altman called it “a rare once-a-decade opportunity to rethink what a browser can be.” Sam Altman’s announcement of ChatGPT Atlas while eroding more than $150 billion from Google’s market value just minutes later, the browser is also a blessing in…
KULLU: A 27-year-old Canadian paraglider died after crash-landing into the Dhauladhar mountains in Himachal Pradesh last week, while two foreign pilots were rescued from the upper reaches of Kangra and Kullu districts on Monday. In keeping with her wishes, Megan Elizabeth from Canada was cremated in Bir as per Hindu rituals on Tuesday.All three paragliders…
Representational AI image NEW DELHI: Indian and Chinese soldiers exchanged sweets across the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on Diwali. Yu Jing, spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in India, confirmed the exchange on social media, calling it a “gesture of goodwill” between the troops. The development comes at a time when India-China relations have shown…
Daniel Naroditsky (Kelly Centrelli/Charlotte Chess Center via AP) Daniel Naroditsky, a prominent American chess grandmaster and instructor, has passed away at the age of 29. The Charlotte Chess Center announced his death on October 20, 2025, with the cause remaining undisclosed.Naroditsky, a Stanford graduate, achieved remarkable success in the chess world, becoming a grandmaster at…
To attract top talent in San Francisco’s competitive housing market, AI startups are now reportedly leasing luxury apartments for employees, a strategy analysts say they have never seen before. According to a report, AI startups are going beyond higher salaries to attract talent, leasing luxury apartments in one of America’s most expensive housing markets. These…
Local residents pray over the bodies of victims of a Pakistani cross-border airstrike, including three local cricketers, during a funeral in the village of Khandaro in the Argun district of Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province. (AP) The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) spokesperson Sayed Naseem Sadaat has strongly condemned Pakistan’s airstrike in Paktika province that killed three…
Hardik Pandya and Mahieka Sharma (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya and model Mahieka Sharma have made their relationship Instagram official, two years after his separation from Natasa Stankovic. The couple’s appearance at a Diwali celebration in coordinated red traditional outfits has set social media abuzz.The duo attended a star-studded Diwali party…
