US President Donald Trump with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Army Chief Asim Munir The TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump met Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Army Chief Asim Munir in the White House Oval Office on Thursday in an extraordinary public embrace of a country he had derided as…
NEW DELHI: The Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar on Friday unleashed the “Brahmastra” of modern-day electoral politics – DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) – as Prime Minister Narendra Modi transferred Rs 10,000 each directly to the bank accounts of 75 lakh women in the state.The Rs 7,500-crore “Mukhya Mantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana”, an initiative of…
NEW DELHI: The Leh Apex Body (LAB) on Friday rejected claims of a “foreign hand” in the recent violence in Leh that left four people dead and nearly 90 injured, while demanding a judicial probe into the incident.LAB co-chairman Chering Dorjay admitted that the violence on September 24 spiralled after “youngsters went out of control”…
Lamine Yamal reportedly dated 30-year-old influencer Fati Vazquez (Screengrabs/Instagram) Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal has found himself at the centre of a controversy after Spanish influencer Fati Vázquez spoke publicly about her past connection with him.During a recent podcast on YouTube, Vázquez revealed that she met Yamal when he was 17 years old. She went on…
Union Minister of Agriculture and farmers’ welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan meets Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev (ANI photo) Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev convened on Friday to explore ways to bolster bilateral agricultural cooperation, with both nations showing willingness to establish a formal memorandum of understanding.The leaders…
The trailer of Ayushmann Khurrana and Rashmika Mandanna‘s much awaited film, ‘Thamma’ is out now. While the fans of Dinesh Vijan‘s horror comedy universe loved the trailer, they couldn’t stop themselves from noticing Varun Dhawan‘s Bhediya making a cameo. Fans seemed mighty surprised by the fierce avatar of the wolf (Bhediya) this time in the…
Air India crash (PTI image) NEW DELHI: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored investigation into the June 12 Air India crash in Ahmedabad that killed 260 people, including passengers, crew and civilians.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi tagged the plea with another pending case raising similar…
Rani Mukerji may be celebrating her first National Award today, but she still remembers the sting of disappointment when she lost out for Black (2005). “I gave my all in Black, and I was 25 at that time when I did that film. There was chatter that I would win, and when I didn’t, that’s…
NEW DELHI: A traffic police officer on duty was allegedly assaulted by a group of men in north Delhi’s Timarpur area, an official said on Wednesday. “Two persons involved in the assault have been arrested and efforts are underway to identify and nab the remaining accused,” a senior police officer said.A video of the incident,…
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during a rally in Bihar’s Motihari (ANI photo) Congress leaderPriyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday slammed the BJP, which rules Bihar in alliance with the JDU, during a rally in the state’s Motihari city ahead of the legislative elections in the state.Attacking the prime minister for the disbursement of Rs 7,500 crore among…