RAIPUR: In a disturbing sign that Maoist reprisal is getting more savage, insurgents murdered a second woman in a span of two days in Chhatisgarh’s Bijapur on Sunday, accusing her of acting as a police informant.Yalam Sukra, 40, was from Loded village in Madded, less than 50km from Timapur where a woman, 45, was murdered…
AHMEDABAD: Delays, detentions and the constant threat of deportation have turned the American dream into a cruel nightmare for thousands of undocumented Indians in the US. They are facing the predicament mainly due to a system that leaves them waiting for years to get Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) clearance, lack of which can hamper…
AHMEDABAD: A 42-year-old man, Navalsinh Chavda, arrested by Gujarat police for attempted murder of a businessman, died in police custody Sunday reportedly due to sudden illness. Soon after his death, cops said Chavda, a ‘witch doctor’, had confessed to having killed 12 people, including his grandmother, mother, & an uncle. Police had secured his remand…
CHANDIGARH: Haryana govt can enact rules to regulate installation and operation of mobile towers and impose fees as well, ordered a full bench of Punjab and Haryana high court. Telegraph Act does not override state govt’s legislative competence to enact or promulgate legislation and rules, court added.Justices Lisa Gill, Sudhir Singh, and Suvir Sehgal passed…
GUWAHATI: The current unrest in Manipur has significantly hit campus placements at NIT-Manipur, with recruitments dropping to 50% so far for the 2025 UG batch, compared to 85% two years ago for the 2023 batch. However, IIIT Manipur continues to successfully conduct IT sector recruitment through virtual means.NIT-Manipur director DVLN Somayajulu Sunday told TOI several…
PITHORAGARH/DEHRADUN: A 32-year-old woman from the endangered Van Raji community was allegedly raped and found grievously injured near a ravine along the Jauljibi-Dharchula road in Pithoragarh on Nov 23, and succumbed to her injuries two days later. The attack is believed to have occurred during the Jauljibi fair, but her reclusive community, fearing harassment from…
NEW DELHI: Every year, on a specific day, some hospitals affiliated with medical colleges admit healthy individuals as patients. This trick is employed to deceive inspection teams that come to assess the facilities for granting approval to establish a new medical college or to increase the number of MBBS seats in an existing one. In…
Amit Shah address (PTI photo) JODHPUR: Highlighting that the menace of drone intrusions from across the border is set to grow, home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said a “laser-equipped, anti-drone, gun-mount system”, jointly developed by the border guarding forces, ministry of defence, DRDO and other govt R&D departments, at the testing stage, enabled the…
A wildlife expert stressed the need to address habitat challenges and human-wildlife conflicts to ensure the long-term survival of India’s tigers NAGPUR: An analysis by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has revealed a 37% decline in tiger mortalities in India, with 115 deaths reported so far in 2024 compared to 182 in 2023. Poaching…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Sunday accused former Congress president Sonia Gandhi of having ties to an organization funded by the George Soros Foundation.The ruling party outlined its claims in a series of posts on X, asserting that Sonia Gandhi, as the co-president of the Forum of the Democratic Leaders in Asia Pacific (FDL-AP) Foundation, is…
