GADCHIROLI: The once-unassailable Maoist headquarters in Abujmarh – spread across the rugged, forested hills straddling Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh – has fallen to security forces after 50 years of bloodshed. A fact conceded by Giridhar, a former commander of PLGA, during a conversation with TOI Tuesday.“Abujmarh is no longer an impregnable Red citadel. The liberated zones…
PUNE/CHENNAI: A 10-year-old boy who died at Chennai’s Institute of Child Health on Jan 31 was Tuesday confirmed to be Tamil Nadu’s first Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) victim, taking the number of casualties caused by the rare but treatable infection since last month to seven.Pune, which accounts for five of the GBS mortalities across the country,…
GANDHINAGAR: BJP-led Gujarat govt announced Tuesday the formation of a five-member committee led by a retired SC judge to assess the need for a uniform civil code (UCC) in the state and draft a bill. CM Bhupendra Patel said the committee will submit its report within 45 days. He also reiterated his govt’s commitment to…
BHOPAL: Panchtantra met Jungle Book in the forests of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, when a tigress chasing a boar fell into a well, along with the prey, in the heat of pursuit. Trapped in a battle for survival, both the hunter and hunted treaded the water together, often rubbing against each other in the closed confines.The…
NEW DELHI: The stage is set for a gripping three-way contest that will not only shape the future of the capital but also determine the political fate of its three main contenders.More than 1.5 crore eligible voters will have the chance to choose their representatives for the 70-member Delhi assembly from a pool of 699…
New Delhi: Asserting that he was only into his “third term” and that BJP would remain in office for many more years to steer India to the “developed” club, PM Modi Tuesday tore into leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of using “the language of urban Naxals openly”.“Those who declare a war on the…
Ola Group founder Bhavish Aggarwal on Tuesday announced that he will invest Rs 2,000 crore into his AI startup, Krutrim with a commitment of Rs 10,000 crore by next year. He also announced the launch of the Krutrim AI Lab, releasing the company’s work to the open-source community. “Also announcing India’s first GB200 deployment in…
CHENNAI: Is there a question mark hanging over Ford’s return to India? The American auto major, sources said, was supposed to release detailed plans of its fresh India strategy by Jan but is now reportedly doing a rethink.According to sources with direct knowledge of the matter, the company is currently reconsidering its India plans and…
BENGALURU: IBM chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna observed that the AI race is focused on whether bigger models mean better outcomes. Yet, AI systems do not inherently need to consume extensive resources or require substantial investments. “Following IBM’s earnings announcement earlier today, I had a lot of conversation and without fail, DeepSeek came up…. For…
MUMBAI: India’s small towns are splurging on luxury shopping – as the growth of e-commerce has democratised access to luxury. Far beyond the metros of Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru, home to some of India’s richest, luxury shopping has reached places like Gujarat’s Botad and West Bengal’s Asansol where people are shopping for luxury footwear, watches,…
