PRAYAGRAJ: The civic body has launched a large-scale campaign to sterilise the city’s over 1.1 lakh stray canine population amid increasing dog bite cases, reports Rajeev Mani. The action follows a National Rabies Control Programme report that showed 1.9 lakh people were bitten by dogs in the city over the past two years. Of these,…
A host of measures have been taken by govt and RBI in recent days to ease rupee-rouble trade. TOI takes a look at the steps:Why is there a buzz around rupee-rouble trade again?Days after Trump announced higher tariffs for India, RBI on Aug 5 issued a circular allowing authorised dealer (AD) category-1 banks to open…
KULLU: At least nine families have been forced to leave their homes in five Himachal Pradesh villages along Kiratpur-Manali highway, saying unscientific road widening by NHAI had made the land dangerously unstable.Most houses in Tanipari, Shala Nal, Jala Nal, Tanhul and Thalout in Balichowki subdivision developed cracks and agricultural land began sinking since the work…
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NEW DELHI: Amid the chair naming deputy leader of opposition Gaurav Gogoi for “instigating” opposition MPs to protest, Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2025, and the Indian Ports Bill, 2025, following brief speeches by the ruling camp amid din of protests against the special intensive revision…
DEHRADUN: Jolted by the disaster in Dharali on August 5, Uttarakhand govt has ordered an immediate halt to all construction activities in “disaster-prone areas”. Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has now announced that any govt or private construction for residential or commercial activity “along natural water sources, rivers and streams in the state” would be…
Rakul Preet Singh celebrated her first Kajari Teej on Monday with her mother-in-law. The ‘Indian 2’ actor shared a few moments from the celebration on social media. Dressed in a beautiful red salwar kameez, she posed alongside her husband, Jackky Bhagnani, and her mother-in-law. Rakul’s celebrates Kajari Teej ‘Doctor G’ actress shared her experience with…
Tymal Mills (Photo by Joe Prior/Getty Images) England fast bowler Tymal Mills has been denied permission by the England and Wales Cricket Board to display his OnlyFans account logo on his bat during The Hundred cricket tournament in August 2025. Mills, who has played 16 T20 internationals and was part of England’s 2022 World Cup-winning…
JAIPUR: A female cheetah named Jawala from Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park, which crossed the border and reached Rajasthan, was rescued on Tuesday by the MP forest department with assistance from Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) staff. Jawala trekked nearly 130km from Kuno to reach Karira village in Rajasthan’s Karauli district.A forest officer said, “Teams deployed…
Mohit Suri’s directorial ‘Saiyaara’ with debutants Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda in the lead, has completed a 26-day theatrical run at the box office, and to date, the movie has maintained a grip over the box office. Enjoying its 4th week run at the box office, the romantic drama has crossed the Rs 320 crore…
