Initially it was a strange sight for people in Thiruvananthapuram, a foreigner walking around sticking bills all over the place. But when they got to know his story, many joined him, in his search and to spread the word across. Andrew Jordan, an Irish national has been frantically searching for his wife Liga Skromane, 33, …
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Lance Naik Devendranath Rai was 33 years old when he was convicted and sentenced to death for murdering two colleagues while posted in Mathura in 1991. Today, as a 60-year-old, he is still lodged in Naini Jail in Allahabad. In the last 27 years, he did not get a single day’s parole to visit his family. Rai’s wife, through senior …
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Barely 50 yards from the site where three All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) doctors lost their lives last Sunday, another crash involving a pile-up of a truck and four cars took place early Tuesday. The same night TOI drove down the Yamuna Expressway from 12 am to 1 am and again from 3.30 to 4.30 am. Here’s what …
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BCCL Even as Telangana government tried hard to hide the when Ivanka Trump, daughter of US President Donald Trump, was scheduled to visit Hyderabad in November last year, false reality will remain false. Read more Here are more top news of the day: 1) Legendary Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking’s Ashes To Rest Near Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin Representational Image Legendary British …
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A serving Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel identified as Senthil Kumar has been arrested by Tamil Nadu Police for vandalising a statue of Dravidian icon EV Ramaswami, popularly known as Periyar in Pudukkottai. Kumar was arrested on Wednesday from his home, based on CCTV visuals from nearby. Police said the 35 year-old climbed the platform, smashed the statue’s head …
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The Hindu Mahasabha, Aligarh released a controversial Hindu New Year Calender, in which it called holy site of Muslims, Mecca as ‘Maaceshwar Mahadev Temple’. Earlier, the right wing groups reffered to Taj Mahal as ‘Tejo Mahalaya temple’. toi Apart from Mecca, Madhya Pradesh’s Kamal Maula Mosque has been referred to as “bhokshala” and Kashi’s Gyanvyapi mosque has been called the …
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Since August, 2012, when the Yamuna Expressway was opened for traffic, over 2.3 crore vehicles were detected breaking the speed limit till December 31, 2017, but only 17,883 were issued challans by traffic police in four UP districts of Agra, Aligarh, Mathura and Gautam Budh Nagar. Only 164 drivers have been challaned for rash driving over this period. During the …
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In a rare display of resolve, 700 guests at a wedding ceremony in Nashik on Sunday pledged to donate their organs after the bride and the groom did so while tying the nuptial knot. Also, 60 others donated blood on the occasion. Representational Image The wedding ceremony of Varsha Pagar, assistant provident fund commissioner, and Swapnil Kothawade, assistant commissioner (income …
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Social media is often blamed for recurrent unrest and violence in Kashmir, but many youngsters in the valley are using various online platforms to realise their entrepreneurial dreams – fashioning inspirational success stories. In a place where generation of employment for a growing number educated youths is one of the biggest challenges in view of limited opportunities – in both …
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There has been a shortage of officers and other ranks in the armed force recently. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence took note of this and recommended five-year compulsory military service for those aspiring for gazetted jobs in the state and central governments. Centre had told the panel that the Defence Ministry had sent a recommendation to the Department of …
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