SRINAGAR: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti met Lt Governor Manoj Sinha Monday for the first time since abrogation of Article 370, handing him a memorandum for return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits.She demanded 0.12 acres of land for every displaced Kashmiri pandit family willing to come back to their…
TOI correspondent from London: Indigenous communities across India are being pushed out of their ancestral lands in the name of tourism and expansion of tiger projects whilst the laws to protect them are being diluted and not implemented properly, Adivasis told a global press briefing on Monday.“They say India has got freedom. But I think…
IMD issues yellow alert for Delhi; Northeast India faces monsoon fury (PTI) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for Delhi on Monday, warning of possible thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds across the region. Meanwhile the northeastern states are grappling with the aftermath of heavy rainfall, which has triggered landslides and claimed…
NEW DELHI: In what can further stir the already roiled Bihar political waters, LJP leader, Union minister Chirag Paswan, has said that he was open to contesting the forthcoming assembly polls if that helps his party and improves its “strike rate”.“The BJP has tried this strategy many times by fielding their MPs in the assembly…
Bihar Congress President Rajesh Ram speaks with the media during a protest after the death of a minor Dalit rape victim during treatment at a hospital, in Patna. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The death of a 9-year-old Dalit girl after a brutal rape in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur has triggered outrage across the country. As allegations of…
Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal (Image credit: ANI) Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal held a bilateral meeting with Nigeria’s minister for trade, industry and investment, Jumoke Oduwole Oon, and discussed strengthening trade relations between the two countries.The productive half-hour meeting took place on the sidelines of international trade discussions in Paris.Following the…
NEW DELHI A 160-member Border Security Force (BSF) contingent, comprising 25 women personnel, will head to Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday for deployment with the UN peacekeeping mission there.Congo — the third largest country in Africa, bordering Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi — has been plagued with armed conflict for decades now.In a sendoff ceremony…
NEW DELHI: In a move to promote heritage tourism and reconnect locals with the region’s military legacy, the Army’s Golden Arrow Division has opened the historic Ferozepur Fort to the public for the first time in over two centuries.The fort is located near the Indo-Pakistan border and was inaugurated by the Army as part of…
Recently, on the occasion of World Emergency Day, the Society for Acute Care, Trauma, and Emergency Medicine (SACTEM), in collaboration with Rapido, successfully conducted CPR and First Aid training for over 1000 Rapido drivers across 16 cities.These training sessions were specifically designed to empower Rapido drivers – individuals who are constantly on the move and…
Heavy rains lashed several parts of Mumbai on Monday. The city is reeling with the earliest ever arrival of monsoon, as recorded. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted a partly cloudy sky with the possibility of occasional spells of rain across the city and suburbs. “The southwest monsoon seasonal (June to September, 2025) rainfall…
