A tiger appeared without warning, gliding like a shadow along the forest edge as a boat drifted through the Periyar waters. For a 13-year-old boy visiting Kerala in 1957, the moment was electrifying. Wildlife then was not something confined to sanctuaries; it was visible, immediate, woven into everyday landscapes. That fleeting encounter stayed with Romulus…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will flag off the country’s first Vande Bharat Sleeper train between Guwahati and Howrah later this month, barely months before the assembly polls in Assam and West Bengal. The train, marking a major upgrade in overnight train travel running at 120-130 kmph, will also reduce the travel time between two…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/THRISSUR: Gold embedded in sacred structures of Sabarimala temple in central Kerala was allegedly stripped, diverted and converted through a planned operation involving temple officials, intermediaries and private jewellers, a state-appointed SIT told a vigilance court. In a report seeking police custody of key accused, SIT said gold-plated copper sheets forming part of the sanctum…
AHMEDABAD: A special NIA court here refused temporary bail to a man accused in a 500-kg heroin smuggling case. He had sought 30-day release to convince his wife not to seek divorce, reports Saeed Khan. Gujarat ATS had arrested Manzoor Ahmed Mir from J&K in Oct 2018 in connection with the seizure of 500 kg…
Gujarat govt’s plea rejected AHMEDABAD: A sessions court refused to permit Gujarat govt to withdraw a criminal case against 19 Karni Sena activists, who were booked for vandalising a mall, torching vehicles and damaging property during their protest against the release of the film ‘Padmavat’ in 2018. The court said the alleged offence was committed…
GURUGRAM: Haryana’s annual sex ratio at birth (SRB), the number of girls born per 1,000 boys, climbed to 923 in 2025, the first time it has showed a gain since 2019.Alarm bells rang last year after it fell to 910, its lowest since 2016 when the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ campaign was launched as a…
Gangster Inderjit Singh Yadav. (Photo credit: Instagram) NEW DELHI: ED searches continued for the third day Thursday on the premises of close associates of gangster Inderjeet Singh Yadav, in Delhi-NCR with the agency having recovered fresh unaccounted cash of Rs 1.2 crore from Westend Greens farmhouse of businessman Sunil Gupta, taking the total cash recoveries…
NEW DELHI: Following a dispute mirroring the Aravalli controversy, members of a Supreme Court-appointed panel will inspect Bannerghatta National Park Friday after a plea against a 2018 govt move to cut the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) around Bengaluru’s green backyard. The park is facing pressure from mining and real estate interests eyeing its contiguous landscape. At…
KOLKATA: If any voter aged 85 or above, or any sick or disabled elector, is summoned for an SIR hearing, strict action will be taken against the BLO and BLO supervisor concerned, a senior EC official said on Thursday. TOI had earlier reported several times about the pain and distress of elderly and sick voters…
Stray dog (Representative image) NEW DELHI: National Medical Commission has directed all govt and private medical colleges and institutions to maintain a mandatory stock of anti-rabies vaccine (ARV) and rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) at all times, in a move that follows SC directions requiring hospitals to ensure timely and complete treatment of dog-bite victims.ARV helps body…