A fast-track court in Assam has framed murder charges against four of the seven accused in singer Zubeen Garg’s death case, with the trial set to begin June 8. This comes despite a Singapore court ruling his September 2025 death an accidental drowning with no foul play involved. The death of singer Zubeen Garg, who…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday met the family of a 22-year-old NEET aspirant who died by suicide in Rajasthan’s Sikar after the National Testing Agency (NTA) cancelled the May 3 NEET-UG 2026 examination over a paper leak.In a social media post on X, Rahul said the Pradeep’s death…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy on Wednesday successfully foiled a suspected piracy attempt near merchant vessel MV Mashallah 1 in the Western Indian Ocean, once again underlining India’s growing maritime surveillance and rapid response capabilities in one of the world’s most strategically sensitive sea routes.The operation was carried out by Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kolkata,…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Four CPI(M) workers were arrested on Wednesday night for allegedly attacking a vehicle carrying Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials during protests outside the residence of former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan in Thiruvananthapuram.According to police, 12 people had been identified for their alleged involvement in the attack on ED officials, while search operations were continuing…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is likely to be on the cusp of making history, and this may also change aerospace engineering for good. SpaceX has officially fired the ignition switch on the largest initial public offering (IPO) the world has ever seen. The private space giant has formally submitted its Form S-1 paperwork with the US…
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…
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…
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…
Roger Federe/image:Instagram Quote of the day: ‘I always believe if you’re stuck in a hole and maybe things aren’t going well… you will come out stronger. Everything in life is this way’Roger Federer, born in Basel, Switzerland, in 1981, and widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players the sport has ever produced, spent…
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….