AHMEDABAD: More than three decades ago, when a 7-year-old boy stepped out of his home in Ahmedabad to play, he was kidnapped by a trucker who drove him hundreds of kilometres to Haryana. He was made to work as a bonded labourer on an animal farm with almost no contact with the outside world.On Sept…
AHMEDABAD: Two girls approached the Abhayam women’s helpline on Wednesday, alleging that their mother had beaten them. The issue arose when they ordered a meal from an online app because they were bored with the meals at home. The counsellors later placed the girls in the custody of their grandparents.“When a team reached the spot,…
A stampede like situation occurred at actor-turned-politician Vijay’s campaign rally in Karur where at least 10 people died and other 30 were left injured.Chief minister M K Stalin instructed the Karur District Collector to reach the spot immediately and arrange medical support, including help from neighbouring districts. The Additional Director General of Police (Law and…
President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives at the White House, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) President Donald Trump on Friday called for Microsoft to immediately terminate Lisa Monaco, the company’s president of global affairs and former deputy attorney general under President Biden, escalating his retribution campaign against officials who…
TOI correspondent from Washington: India on Friday lampooned Pakistan’s claim that it had won the recent brief war with India, telling the United Nations that “If destroyed runways and burnt-out hangers look like victory…Pakistan is welcome to enjoy it.” New Delhi also asserted that it was the Pakistani military that “pleaded with us directly for…
NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old passenger was arrested at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport for allegedly smoking in the lavatory of a flight, police said on Saturday.The incident triggered panic on board when passengers noticed smoke coming from the lavatory during a Phuket-Mumbai flight on Friday night, an official added.The accused, Bhavya Gautam Jain, a resident…
Sameer Wankhede; Aryan Khan NEW DELHI: Former Mumbai zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Sameer Wankhede, on Saturday declined to comment on the “Ba**ds of Bollywood”* series, offering only a cryptic response.Also Read | Ba***ds of Bollywood row: Ex-NCB officer Sameer Wankhede files defamation case against Shahrukh Khan production company Red Chillies Entertainment…
India are set to face Pakistan in a high-octane Asia Cup final, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. (ACC Photo) NEW DELHI: India are set to face Pakistan in a high-octane Asia Cup final, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. Who will lift the trophy on Sunday? Who will handle the pressure better? And who…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party slammed Mamata Banerjee over a viral video of the ‘Kaaba in my heart’ song being sung at a Durga Pandal, and the West Bengal chief minister clapping to it and said that this is the limit of appeasement politics. A video, shared by BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya,…
Picture source: Spiti Wildlife Division NEW DELHI: UNESCO on Saturday designated India’s Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, located in the western Himalayas and spread over 7,770 sq km of windswept plateaus, glacial valleys, and high-altitude desert from Leh and Kargil districts of Ladakh to Lahaul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh, as one of the biosphere…
