Shimla: The anti-drug special task force (STF), Kullu, carried out an operation against illegal opium cultivation in Mandi district on Saturday and destroyed over 1.8 lakh opium plants.Acting on intelligence inputs, the STF team raided Sehad village under Katola sub-tehsil. During the raid, officials discovered illegal opium cultivation spread across nearly six bighas of private…
Pune: Dipali Mane is the first in her family to pass Std XII. She took up commerce and scored 85.6%. After Std X, due to lack of a college nearby, her father Vijay, thought of pulling her out of school. He is a member of Kach, Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP) for 20 years, and works…
Lucknow: An Indian Air Force (IAF) Mi-17 V5 helicopter from the Central Air Command in Prayagraj was deployed on Sunday morning to rescue two teenagers stranded atop an overhead water tank in the Siddharth Nagar area of Gorakhpur, following a request from the state government. The rescue operation took place nearly 15 hours after the…
Pakistan’s struggling economy is likely to remain under sustained pressure, with double-digit inflation expected to persist if global oil prices continue to surge amid the ongoing Middle East crisis, according to a report by Dawn.Topline Securities Ltd, in its latest “Pakistan Strategy” report released Saturday, provided a grim assessment of the impact of rising energy…
Nawazuddin Siddiqui endured years of Mumbai struggles—watchman jobs, Parle-G survival, rejections eroding confidence—before Gangs of Wasseypur stardom. He felt “manhus” for a decade, crying over lost roles. Now a hit in Lunchbox, Sacred Games, thriving post-2012 breakthrough. Nawazuddin Siddiqui faced a tough road to fame long before the spotlight found him. Now famous for his…
FACE, SCOPE and OAM routes announced for IIT Madras 2026–27 UG entry across B.S. programmes IIT Madras has released the Business Rules (Information Brochure) for admissions to the 2026–27 academic year, outlining entry routes for undergraduate programmes across B.S., B.Tech and Dual Degree courses. The admissions framework includes Fine Arts and Culture Excellence (FACE), Science…
MERCEDES: The story of of a team that refused to stay down Most people think of Mercedes-Benz as just a brand for luxury cars and Maybachs you see on the road. But its story in motorsport is very different, and much deeper. It goes all the way back to the 1950s. The journey of the…
The fire officials stated that the blaze involved domestic articles in at least six flats of the building. (Photo: TOI/Anushka Kogta) NEW DELHI: Nine people were killed and several others rescued after a devastating fire swept through a four-storey residential building in east Delhi’s Vivek Vihar in the early hours of Sunday, with preliminary accounts…
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court recently directed state govt to confirm in two months the promotions of 26 police officers to the rank of superintendent of police (SP). In Nov 2023, the govt promoted 35 deputy superintendents of police (DSPs) as SPs (non-IPS) through a departmental promotion committee. However, the promotions were given on temporary basis….
CHENNAI: A passenger allegedly opened an emergency exit door while the aircraft was taxiing on Sunday morning, triggering brief tension at Chennai International Airport.The incident occurred when an Air Arabia flight arrived in Chennai from Sharjah carrying 231 passengers, according to news agency PTI. According to officials, the aircraft was moving along the taxiway —…
