Union home minister Amit Shah at an election rally in Supaul on Saturday PATNA: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday accused the Congress and RJD of sheltering infiltrators and vowed to remove them and their illegal enterprises from Bihar within five years. Addressing rallies in Purnia, Katihar and Supaul on the penultimate day of…
PATNA: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday launched a sharp attack on PM Narendra Modi for his “katta” remarks, saying such language was unbecoming of a person holding the country’s highest post. She also accused the ruling NDA regime of attempting to “bribe” women voters by offering them Rs10,000 for business purposes and urged them…
PATNA: Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Saturday said “vote chori” (vote theft) was not an issue in the Bihar assembly elections and suggested that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should move court and launch a nationwide agitation instead of “hijacking” the state polls with irrelevant allegations.Speaking to the reporters during his campaign, Kishor said, “Vote…
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir’s state investigation agency (SIA) Saturday arrested the alleged kingpin of a narco-terror module from Mumbai airport. The agency has secured a three-day transit remand to take him into custody.Mohammed Arshad alias Asif, resident of Degwar-Terwan in Haveli, Poonch district, had been absconding since 2023 and was operating from Saudi Arabia, an…
AKOLA: NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar said Saturday Maharashtra government must conduct a fair investigation into the controversial Pune land deal, in which his nephew and now political rival Ajit Pawar’s son Parth is embroiled. “It is necessary that government conducts a proper investigation and makes facts public,” he told reporters in Akola, breaking his…
SRINAGAR: Soldiers shot dead two infiltrators attempting to cross the LoC in Keran sector of J&K’s Kupwara, about 140km north of Srinagar, the Army said Saturday. The gunfight, part of “Op Pimple”, followed specific intelligence on an infiltration attempt Friday evening. Troops detected “suspicious activity”, challenged the group and came under “indiscriminate fire”, the Army…
AGRA: A 34-year-old woman, her lover and her lover’s friend were sentenced to life in jail by a court in Agra for murdering her husband after he opposed their relationship. Statements by the couple’s children before the magistrate on their mother’s involvement in an extra-marital affair proved crucial in the case. The court also imposed…
Goyal with NZ trade minister Todd McClay in Auckland AUCKLAND: After five days of talks in two cities, the fourth round of negotiations on the India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) concluded with both sides preparing the ground for a robust treaty. Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal and New Zealand minister for trade Todd…
SHAMLI/ROHTAK: Four friends from Haryana’s Sonipat district were killed late Friday night when their car rammed into a canter on the Panipat-Khatima highway near the Butrada flyover in Shamli, report Sachin Sharma & Sat Singh. Police said the group had set off for Haridwar on an impulse trip to take a holy dip in the…
In a rare public apology, Microsoft Corporation recently announced it would refund eligible subscribers of its Microsoft 365 service in the United States, following allegations of misleading pricing related to its AI-enhanced plans. The move comes in the wake of regulatory scrutiny in Australia, where the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) sued Microsoft for…
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Dallas Cowboys’ Marshawn Kneeland died days after celebrating his first NFL touchdown. The NFL community is in shock after the sudden death of 24-year-old Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland, coming just days after he celebrated his first NFL touchdown. What should have been a joyful week, including a long-planned family reunion in Michigan, has…
US President Donald Trump (AP photo) TOI Correspondent from Washington: Growing allegations that the Trump family is drunk with power took a new high this week following a Forbes report that US military stores are now selling Trump-branded wines.The controversy erupted after the magazine reported that Trump-labelled wines and ciders had appeared on shelves of…
Nitish Kumar and PM Narendra Modi (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: After nearly two decades at the helm, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar faces perhaps his toughest political test yet. Once celebrated as “Sushashan babu” – the man credited with transforming Bihar after the Lalu-Rabri era, often dubbed as “jungle raj” by many – Nitish now…
NEW DELHI: A day after peace talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Turkey broke down, the Taliban on Saturday accused “elements within the Pakistani military” of pursuing “anti-Afghanistan policies for years.”Also Read | ‘No willingness to take responsibility’: Afghanistan-Pakistan peace talks fail again; what next? “Unfortunately, certain military elements in Pakistan appear to view a…
Gates Foundation recently announced $2.5 billion commitment over the next five years to advance women’s health initiatives worldwide. The funding aims to fuel dozens of projects, from life-saving maternal medicines to vaccines targeting infections that hit women hardest. The pledge marks a roughly 33% jump in the foundation’s investments in women’s and maternal health compared…
TOI correspondent from Washington: US President and MAGA supremo Donald Trump on Friday endorsed Indian-American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy’s bid for governorship of Ohio, catapulting his young acolyte to the front-runner status in a politically crucial heartland state.Trump’s “complete and total endorsement,” announced on his Truth Social platform, hailed the 40-year-old Ramaswamy as “something special” and…
The VVPAT slips were discovered near a college NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday asserted that the integrity of the polling process remains “uncompromised” after a large number of VVPAT slips were found dumped by the roadside in Bihar’s Samastipur district.Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar clarified that the slips were from mock…
Nepal’s Tribhuvan International Airport on Saturday reported a technical glitch leading to the delay of all flight movements with at least five plane journeys being put on hold, ANI reported citing an official.“Problem has been reported in the airfield lighting system of the runway. At least five flights are on hold as of now. All…
NEW DELHI: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan strongly condemned the Southern Railway for allegedly making school students sing an RSS song onboard the newly inaugurated Vande Bharat Express from Ernakulam to Bengaluru on Saturday.“The @GMSRailway making students sing the RSS anthem at the flag-off of the Ernakulam–Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express is highly condemnable. Including the…
