Smoke comes out from a pharma plant struck in Ukraine’s Sumy on Sunday Six Russian drones struck an Indian pharma plant in Ukraine’s Sumy Sunday in what Kusum Group cofounder Sanjeev Gupta described as a “targeted attack”, killing an engineer and injuring some others. The main structure of the facility was largely destroyed.Speaking to TOI,…
File photo: Supreme Court of India Judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Launching a scathing attack on special intensive revision (SIR) that has resulted in large-scale deletion of names from voter lists across states, Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Sunday said any process disenfranchising millions of Indian citizens was intrinsically arbitrary…
JAMMU: A 36-year-old Pakistani undertrial prisoner allegedly died by suicide at the high-security central jail in Jammu Sunday.“The deceased has been identified as Shahid Imran (36), a resident of Sargooda district in Pakistan‘s Punjab. The prisoner was found unconscious in his cell around 5.15am. He was rushed to GMCH, where doctors declared him as brought…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar said Sunday India’s approach to the Russia-Ukraine war had moved beyond just the advocacy of dialogue and diplomacy between the 2 countries, suggesting India might be looking to actively mediate in the conflict. Both Moscow and Kyiv have said in the past few days that India had come up with…
BENGALURU: Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, who died in Chennai on Saturday aged 95, had a career that spanned more than seven decades of Indian cinema. He entered films in 1954 as an apprentice to legendary Telugu filmmaker KV Reddy, assisting him on Donga Ramudu and Mayabazar.From those early days on the sets of a Telugu classic,…
Massive crowds were seen lining both sides of the road during the roadshow. KHATIMA: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday participated in a roadshow organised from Khatima Chowk to TDC Ground in Khatima. Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju and Jual Oram also accompanied him during the roadshow.Massive crowds were seen lining both sides of…
NEW DELHI: A number of farmer organisations, joining hands under umbrella outfit, Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), have rejected the new minimum support prices (MSPs) for Rabi crops for 2027-28, announced by the govt on Sept 30, saying that the Rs 25-per-quintal hike in the MSP for wheat—equivalent to just 25 paise per kilogram—is an insult.The…
Jaishankar said India and Russia had maintained strong relations since the 1950s. NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Sunday highlighted India’s longstanding ties with Russia, saying the country had stood by us when New Delhi’s security and territorial integrity faced threats and much of the world preferred backing a military regime.Speaking at the…
RANCHI: More than 300 students from Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) Mesra took part in in a 24-hour hackathon focused on some of the most pressing challenges emerging from the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence, including high-precision generative AI systems, deepfake-driven insurance fraud and agentic AI applications.The event, Adrosonic Build, organised by technology company Adrosonic,…
Bengal govt to push UCC and new laws within six months NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday said his government would introduce stringent laws against what he termed “love jihad” and “land jihad” within six months and implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state.Speaking at an event marking the…
