TOI correspondent from Washington: In the summer of 1976, a Kanpur-born teenage engineering student from BITS Pilani stood in the lobby of the US embassy in New Delhi after being denied a student visa for the third time. His father, who had accompanied him, refused to leave. He had seen the photo of the consular…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to allow Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu dam project without the consent of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, saying the move had triggered anxiety among farmers in the state. Vijay called on Modi for the first time after becoming CM at…
The Congress high command is reportedly seeking a compromise to avoid a Rajasthan-like political crisis in Karnataka by potentially replacing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah with Deputy CM DK Shivakumar. BENGALURU: Congress high command’s marathon meeting Tuesday over possibly replacing chief minister Siddaramaiah with his deputy DK Shivakumar is being driven by one key concern — avoiding…
BHOPAL: A court in Bhopal on Wednesday remanded Twisha Sharma’s husband, Samarth Singh, to the custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), a lawyer said.The CBI on Monday took over the investigation into the death of former model-actor Twisha Sharma, who was allegedly found hanging at her marital home in Bhopal on May 12….
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have once again left out their IPL 2024-winning captain Shreyas Iyer from a social media post marking the second anniversary of the franchise’s third IPL title.Shreyas Iyer’s relationship with KKR has remained a talking point since the franchise released him despite leading them to their first IPL title in 10 years…
NEW DELHI: Congress MLA Ashok K Pattan on Wednesday claimed that Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah will resign from the post on Thursday after 3pm.While talking to reporters, Pattan said that both the leaders will obey the Congress high command and claimed that deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar will likely succeed Siddaramaiah.“We went to the CM’s…
As the annual Hajj pilgrimage began on Monday, more than 1.5 million Muslims from around the world gathered in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, for the sacred journey that forms one of the five pillars of Islam.Hajj is a religious obligation that every able Muslim is required to perform at least once in their lifetime. It takes…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Delhi.According to news agency ANI, CM Joseph Vijay is also scheduled to meet Vice President CP Radhakrishnan Union home minister Amit Shah, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and several senior Union ministers on Thursday.This is Vijay’s first visit…
the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation stepped in, removing the goats in pickup trucks and relocating them to a designated civic site. NEW DELHI: A policeman running with a pig, goats being loaded onto pickup trucks and crowds reciting the Hanuman Chalisa outside a housing society. These were the visuals on social media from Mira Road,…
The internet confuses virality with legacy. Fortunately, Aishwarya Rai does not. Body shaming is ancient. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is G.O.A.T. And it’s time for the trolls to go back in their deep dark crevices they crawl out of every time a woman over 40 steps out on the red carpet. Like clockwork, this year at…