NEW DELHI: Twenty-one sailors aboard the Dali ship are enduring severe hardships as they remain stranded at sea. The vessel, which has been immobilized for an extended period due to mechanical issues, has left the crew in a precarious situation without access to essential resources.One of the sailors, speaking on the condition of anonymity, shed…
In an exclusive interview with TOI, RCB skipper Faf du Plessis reveals the work that went into transforming the team from also-rans to title contendersBENGALURU: At the halfway mark of the Indian Premier League, few would have wagered on Royal Challengers Bengaluru making the playoffs of the world’s most glamorous T20 tournament. Yet, RCB scripted…
For every 1,000 male voters on the 2024 Lok Sabha electoral rolls in West Bengal, 968 are women — an elusive lot that political parties are actively chasing this season. There has been an uptick in women’s poll turnout since 2019, sometimes even outpacing male voters. Political parties are now losing their sleep over this…
MI has 4 Indian T20 WC playersWill their team’s performance in IPL matter when Team India cricketers play T20 World Cup next month? The top two in the league this season – KKR and SRH – have no player from India’s T20 World Cup squad.Bottom-rankers Mumbai Indians have four in their mix and sixth-ranked Delhi…
A leading campaigner for the opposition front, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge told TOI’s Subodh Ghildiyal that INDIA bloc is performing well in the 2024 parliamentary elections, with price rise, unemployment and threat to the Constitution and attack on democracy emerging as the top issues resonating with voters. BJP will not be able to return to…
KOLKATA/BANKURA/BEHRAMPORE: Bharat Sevashram Sangha (BSS) on Monday said it didn’t endorse the “avoidable” statements made by its Beldanga unit chief Swami Pradiptananda against Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee even as the monk sent a legal notice to the CM and later took to the streets in Behrampore to protest against her.A few hours after Banerjee singled…
BHOPAL: Another CBI inspector has been arrested Monday for allegedly accepting bribes in connection with the central agency’s probe into the nursing college scam in Madhya Pradesh. He was initially entrusted with the probe and is accused of taking a bribe of Rs 2 lakh.On Saturday, a CBI inspector was caught allegedly accepting a bribe…
MUMBAI: Braving a beating down sun in the hope of improved governance and development, a procession of business titans emerged from their abodes to fulfil their democratic duty on Monday. Among them stood Tata Trusts chairman Ratan Tata, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla, Mahindra Group boss Anand Mahindra…
BHILWARA: A Rajasthan Pocso court on Monday handed down death sentences to two brothers for gang raping a 17-year-old and burning her alive in Shahpura district on Aug 2 last year. The case had triggered public outrage and led BJP, then in opposition, to target the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress govt over crimes against women ahead…
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat anti-terrorist squad (ATS) arrested four Sri Lankan men with suspected ties to Islamic State (IS) at Ahmedabad airport late Sunday and alleged that they’re on a mission devised by their Pakistani handlers to carry out a suicide attack in the state. ATS claimed Monday to have confiscated three pistols and 20 bullets from…
