NEW DELHI: “Lifespan of a criminal trial cannot be that of a turtle,” SC said Wednesday, taking exception to the over-three-year-long trial of an activist of the outlawed Popular Front of India (PFI) facing charges that entail a maximum five-year jail term, with no prospect of its early end because of 700 prosecution witnesses lined…
The earthquake struck offshore in the Flores region An earthquake of magnitude 7.7 struck Indonesia’s Flores region early Saturday, according to United States Geological Survey (USGS).The quake occurred at 3:28 am IST at a depth of 49 km, with its epicentre located at 8.557°S latitude and 121.181°E longitude. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) initially recorded…
Image Courtesy: Chess Base India It was an unusual Tuesday evening at the Sawai household in Delhi. Their 15-year-old son Vandan Alankar Sawai had played an online chess tournament, but there was no announcement, no excited phone call to friends and no dramatic celebration. In fact, Vandan had not even told his parents whom he…
Who was Abbie Lainton? 16-year-old British cheerleader dies after Dominican Republic boat accident Abbie Lainton, a 16-year-old cheerleader from Swindon, England, died after a boat accident during a family holiday in the Dominican Republic. The teenager was waiting for her GCSE results and was known for her work in cheerleading and performing arts. Her siblings,…
Udhna police arrested a 56-year-old labour contractor for allegedly raping two minor sisters. (Representational image) SURAT: A ‘Good Touch, Bad Touch’ awareness session at an ashram shala in Maharashtra’s Nandurbar district led to the disclosure of the alleged rape of two minor sisters in Surat, following which Udhna police arrested a 56-year-old construction labour contractor.The…
File photo of the Narendra Modi Stadium. New Delhi: The final of the 2026 edition of the Indian Premier League is set to be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on May 31, TOI has learnt. The likely dates for the playoffs are May 26 (Qualifier 1), May 27 (Eliminator) and May 29…
For most people, the word mummy immediately conjures images of ancient Egypt, gilded pharaohs and elaborate tombs along the Nile. Yet archaeology tells a very different story. Nearly 2,000 years before Egyptians perfected embalming, a community of marine hunter-gatherers living on Chile’s arid Pacific coast had already developed the world’s earliest known tradition of artificial…
The couple were among the 12 foreign nationals who lost their lives in Wednesday’s blaze at the Flourish Stay B&B in Hauz Rani NEW DELHI: An African couple undergoing IVF treatment in Delhi were found dead in each other’s arms after a devastating fire swept through a hotel in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar area, killing…
NEW DELHI: A scorching summer has spurred demand for seasonal appliances, putting India’s consumer durables sector on track to post a robust double-digit growth in the first quarter this fiscal year, one of its strongest quarterly performances in recent years. Analysts expect the sector to report over 20% year-on-year revenue growth in the June quarter,…
A Sukhoi-30MKI fighter drops bombs during a training exercise. (Image credit: IAF) The Indian Air Force, lives by its guiding principle of infallible, impervious and precise, as coined by the air force chief. The IAF has built a reputation on accurate delivery of ordnance. A very good example of this level of precision weapons delivery…