Nagpur: Atop a gentle hill in Girad village in Wardha district, surrounded by lush greenery and revered equally by Hindu and Muslim devotees, stands the Sheikh Farid Dargah. A site known for harmony was used as a prominent plot in the Raj More-directed Marathi film, ‘Khalid Ka Shivaji’, which has now triggered statewide controversy over…
SRINAGAR: Amid an ongoing anti-terror operation in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district — which entered its seventh day Thursday — Army’s Northern Commander Lt Gen Pratik Sharma visited the region to review the counter-terrorism grid. Later that evening, DGP Nalin Prabhat visited the district and reviewed the security situation.During his visit, Lt Gen Sharma was briefed…
KENDRAPADA: A 20-year-old college student in the district allegedly set herself on fire on Wednesday after her former boyfriend (24) apparently threatened to leak their intimate photos and videos on social media following their breakup. The girl, a final-year political science student, was found dead at home by her father (60), who has blamed police…
SRINAGAR: Police launched Thursday coordinated raids across Kashmir valley, seizing allegedly subversive books from bookstores and literary venues, including Chinar book festival underway at SKICC on the banks of Dal Lake. The crackdown followed J&K administration banning 25 titles under section 98 of BNSS.Police confiscated five copies of “A Dismantled State: The Untold Story of…
JAMMU: Two CRPF personnel died and 16 others were injured Thursday when a vehicle ferrying them skidded and rolled down a ravine in J&K’s Udhampur.Official sources said the accident took place around 11am when the personnel were returning from an operation in nearby Basantgarh. The deceased jawans were identified as Anand Koach (27) from Meghalaya…
TOI correspondent from London : Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a close friend of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, has described US president Donald Trump’s 50% tariff on India as “brave, principled and logical”.He wrote on X: “After three years it is Donald J Trump who has finally made India pay a price for enabling…
GURGAON: A woman has lodged a police complaint alleging she was sexually harassed by a passerby while she was waiting for a cab near Rajiv Chowk last week.While there was no response from the women’s helpline number, police also refused to lodge her complaint online, she alleged. The incident occurred around 11am on Aug 2….
NEW DELHI: In a first for India, a refinery here has been certified to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Cotecna Inspection India Pvt Ltd has certified Indian Oil’s Panipat refinery to convert used cooking oil to “co-processed oil to be used for replacement” of aviation turbine fuel (ATF).“The Union petroleum and aviation ministries worked together…
UP ACS adrressing the event Uttar Pradesh’s additional chief secretary and in-charge of state’s renewable energy and technical education department, Narendra Bhooshan said on Thursday that Uttar Pradesh is the “new growth driver of India.”He was speaking at the TOI Dialogues – Infrastructure Chapter, in his address he highlighted that the energy sector is one…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with party leader Sonia Gandhi, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, his daughter and party leader Supriya Sule during INDIA bloc dinner meet (PTI image) NEW DELHI: Leaders of the INDIA bloc gathered for a dinner meeting hosted by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday evening to discuss the ongoing Special Intensive…
