India batter Yastika Bhatia (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) India Women moved to the brink of a historic maiden Test victory at Lord’s after a dominant third day, powered by Yastika Bhatia’s record-breaking maiden century before the bowlers reduced England to 130/6 in pursuit of an improbable 457-run target.With just four wickets separating them from…
New Delhi: Tourists travelling to Thailand and other Asian countries tend to spend more at Delhi airport’s duty-free stores than those travelling to the US, an official said.Singapore, Dubai and London are the top international routes in terms of duty-free sales.“Tourists to the US are mostly people who are visiting their relatives or students,” an…
The site, ‘maharashtramedicalcouncile.in’, is a replica of the council’s official website and features both a login page and a payment portal Mumbai: The Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) filed an online cyber complaint late last week after discovering a website that mimicked the council, attempting to phish for data or money from medical professionals.The site, ‘maharashtramedicalcouncile.in’,…
As the first phase of the govt’s footpath clearance drive concluded on July 10, TOI set out to assess what has changed on the ground and how it has impacted Brand Bengaluru. Instead of debating it from a distance, we invited brand expert Harish Bijoor to lace up his walking shoes and see the changes…
A sea of commuters anxiously wait to board the suburban trains at Tambaram after an hours-long wait, as the railways partially cancelled trains from 11 am to 3pm owing to track inspection work in Chennai on Sunday Chennai: Thousands of commuters relying on suburban train connectivity continued to suffer for the second consecutive weekend as…
Hyderabad: Union minister G Kishan Reddy on Sunday accused the state govt of prioritising the auction of land over the city’s civic needs. Chief minister A Revanth Reddy is paying more attention to land auctions than to the city’s mounting drinking water and infrastructure problems, he added.Addressing the media after concluding his padayatra in the…
Kolkata: A 77-year-old resident of New Town was reportedly defrauded of Rs 53 lakh by cyber criminals who kept him under fake “digital arrest” after falsely accusing him of money laundering and anti-national activities.According to cops, the incident began on April 21 when the 77-year-old victim, a resident of a co-operative society in Action Area-I,…
Dharamshala: The Central University of Himachal Pradesh (CUHP) has introduced six new academic programmes—including law, Chinese language, Buddhism and Tibetan studies, geology, GIS and remote sensing, and hotel management—from the current academic session to improve employability and align higher education with regional and national priorities.Vice-chancellor S P Bansal said the courses had been designed to…
Guwahati: What was once known mainly as a prized flavouring for cakes and ice creams is now transforming lives in Assam’s forest villages. In a quiet success story unfolding across forest-fringe communities in lower Assam, villagers are turning to commercial vanilla cultivation, boosting household incomes while steadily reducing their dependence on forest resources.In Assam, Vanilla…
Lucknow: Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha’s newly appointed Uttar Pradesh president Rohit Mishra assumed charge at the BJP state office on Sunday after leading a procession from 1090 Chauraha to the party headquarters. The march drew thousands of Yuva Morcha workers and young supporters. Party workers and social organisations received Mishra at multiple points en route…
