Typhoon Bavi makes landfall in eastern China, over 1 million evacuated Typhoon Bavi made landfall in China’s eastern Zhejiang province late on Saturday, prompting massive evacuations and widespread disruptions after lashing Japan’s southern islands and Taiwan with heavy rain and strong winds. Authorities said the storm was expected to gradually weaken as it moved inland…
R Madhavan is regarded as one of Indian cinema’s most versatile actors with films like ‘Alaipayuthey’, ‘Rehna Hai Terre Dil Mein’ and in recent times, ‘The Rocketery’, ‘Dhurandhar’. But unlike many stars whose rise is defined by years of rejection and struggle, his journey has been shaped by unwavering self-belief and the courage to dream…
Carl Friedrich Gauss (Image: Wikipedia) Most people assume that if an idea sounds complicated, it must also be profound. Carl Friedrich Gauss, one of the greatest mathematicians in history, was not convinced. “When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial,” he observed. “When he says something that is not trivial then…
Acting on a tip-off, a flying squad of the State Excise Department laid a trap near Gorathan village in the Khambala area of Jawhar taluka. A suspected tempo was intercepted and searched. Palghar: The Palghar State Excise Department has busted an alleged liquor smuggling operation on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway, seizing Foreign Liquor and beer worth…
Bengaluru: Nine candidates who secured ranks within the top 100 in the ComedK entrance examination, including two among the top 10, and were under scrutiny over suspected organised malpractice, have been provisionally allowed to participate in counselling.The decision follows an inquiry by a high-powered committee, which failed to conclusively establish their direct involvement in the…
Chennai: A notice by the Indian embassy in Washington issued to a techie born in Sri Lanka, but illegally holding an Indian passport and residing in the US, was stayed by Madras high court on July 8.Justice Mohammed Shaffiq granted the interim relief to S Vivek Saravanamuthu from Chennai considering his submission that if the…
Jalpaiguri: Three families in North Bengal were shocked on Saturday to discover crores of rupees appearing overnight in their bank accounts. Together, the three accounts reflected nearly Rs 2,200 crore.In two instances, the anomalies came to light when women went to withdraw funds received under the state’s welfare schemes.At Bidhannagar in Siliguri’s Phansidewa block, Meherunnesa…
LUCKNOW: A 24-year-old woman was allegedly assaulted and threatened by a group of men in a road rage incident in Gorakhpur while she was taking her ailing father to a hospital. A video of the assault, which has gone viral on social media, purportedly shows the woman being beaten and dragged by her hair in…
JAIPUR: Nine women who underwent surgeries in the obstetrics and gynaecology departments of two government hospitals in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara and Banswara districts died over the past week, raising concerns over maternal healthcare and hospital practices. The state government has ordered inquiries by expert teams into the deaths. Officials maintained that investigations are underway to ascertain…
US President Donald Trump (AP file photo) TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump threatened to unleash “1000 missiles” on Iran and “completely decimate and destroy” the country if Tehran attempts to assassinate him, dramatically raising the temperature in a confrontation that has, within days, descended from a tentative understanding into renewed military exchanges…
