Remember the horrors of last week’s thunderstorm that killed more than hundred people in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan? A similar, or even more powerful storm is likely to hit 13 states in north and east India today. The home ministry has issued an advisory asking people to remain at safe places. Thunderstorms accompanied by squall, …
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Remember the recent moral policing case inside the metro in Kolkata? A couple was thrashed and then thrown out because they were standing ‘too close’. Probably, this was not enough. The outrage over the incident has not even died down, another incident of moral policing is already reported in Bengal. The protest this time is over what girls should wear …
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The BJP may be trying to promote equality with its Dinner-with-Dalits programme and also to reach out to the community, the plan does not seem to be going their way. Twitter/@anupmajaisbjp The ministers the party are embarrassing themselves constantly. On Friday, one more minister has sparked a controversy while talking about visiting Dalit homes and braving mosquito bites to ensure …
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Ankita Raina, the 193rd-ranked Indian, has given herself a chance to enter the main draw of the French Open at Roland Garros this year after being included in the list of qualifiers released by the WTA on Wednesday. Ankita, after losing in the second round to second seed Yafang Wang at WTA Kunming Open in Anning, China, told TOI: “My …
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Enraged at being stepped on his feet by a 12-year-old boy during a marriage function, a Uttar Pradesh Police constable, identified as Mahendra Singh, took out a country-made weapon and shot the boy dead even when many others were dancing to DJ music at the wedding venue. The accused constable, with the help of his friend, then took away the …
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A Delhi businessman has registered a police complaint against a cow following a road accident which left him with a fractured leg. In his complaint at Sadar Bazar police station, the man alleged that his scooty was hit by a cow on April 27 at Delhi’s Mata Sherewali market. The man was rushed to LNJP hospital in an ambulance. AFP/Representational …
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For most people, Google and YouTube might be sources of entertainment. But for UPSC topper, Anudeep Durishetty, the two played a much bigger role – they helped him crack his civil service exam. Speaking to TOI a day after he was declared the national topper, Durishetty said that it wasn’t any coaching class but the internet that he spent hours …
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The Pakistani doctor who had helped CIA locating Al Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden, in Abbottabad in 2011 has been shifted to an undisclosed location from Peshawar jail citing security concerns. Dr Shakil Afridi had been kept in the central prison of Peshawar for almost seven years after he ran a phoney vaccination campaign in Abbottabad city to help the …
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Bollywood is known to make waves all across the world, and China is no exception. With leaders of India and China meeting to solve larger issues including border disputes, there is a way found by the Chinese President that can diminish the differences between the two countries – films. Chinese President Xi Jinping has seen a number of Indian films, …
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In a major relief to pediatrician Dr Kafeel Khan who spent nearly eight months in jail after being arrested for medical negligence resulting in the death of dozens of infants in BRD Medical College Hospital Gorakhpur, the Allahabad High Court has finally granted him bail on Wednesday and have cleared him of all the charges. The Allahabad High Court while …
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