Silchar: Once among Assam’s prominent urban centres, Silchar is now facing a deepening infrastructure crisis, with potholed, waterlogged roads turning daily commutes into an ordeal. Mounting public anger has led the Greater Silchar Citizens’ Forum to lash out at both the ruling establishment and the opposition for failing to address the issue.Forum general secretary Sadhan…
File photo (Picture credit: AFP) BRASILIA: Brazilian leaders unveiled a new national climate plan Monday that prioritises enhanced forest protections as a key strategy in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.The Latin American giant hasn’t updated its main program to mitigate climate change since 2008, and the new plan looks forward to 2035, when Brazil is expected…
Panaji: Thirteen years after a rape case was registered under the Pocso Act, a special court in Panaji has acquitted Mouvin Goes, extending him the benefit of doubt after key prosecution witnesses, including the survivor and her mother, failed to support the case during trial.The court noted that the survivor’s mother, who had lodged the…
Villupuram: The entry of former AIADMK minister and Rajya Sabha MP C Ve Shanmugam into Mailam constituency has redrawn battle lines, turning what might have been a routine contest in a rural segment into a high-stakes electoral test shaped by caste alignments, alliance arithmetic and candidate clout.Shanmugam’s shift from Villupuram to his home turf is…
An old friend recollected how Kash Patel agreed to become the hockey coach for his son’s team. At a time, FBI director Kash Patel is embroiled in several controversies mostly surrounding his alleged erratic behavior, people from his past, those who know Patel as ‘Coach Kash’ have spoken up about how passionate he is about…
Mumbai: Police on Friday arrested a 21-year-old collegian based out of Kalyan in connection with the suspected drug overdose case where two MBA students lost their lives and a third is critical. Shubh Agarwal is the eighth person to be arrested in this case and was remanded to police custody till Monday by a magistrate…
Surat: Residents of Pragya Nagar in the City Light area have been informed by Surat Municipal Corporation officials that they will not have to pay property tax for the demolished colony, after residents received tax bills for 2025-26 despite their homes being razed in 2025 itself. TOI had raised the issue, after which the city…
Bengal’s first phase of assembly polls sees 3.6 crore voters casting ballots amidst controversy over 27 lakh voter deletions due to ‘logical discrepancies’. Key battles include Suvendu Adhikari, Dilip Ghosh, and Adhir Chowdhury facing tough contests. The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise has significantly impacted voter strength, particularly in Murshidabad and Malda, sparking protests and…
Hyderabad: With Telangana identity and bifurcation politics resurfacing in public discourse, transport minister Ponnam Prabhakar has appealed to Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu to act against coalition leaders making inflammatory or inappropriate remarks on bifurcation.In a letter to Naidu, Ponnam said fostering unnecessary animosity over the formation of Telangana serves no positive purpose…
Jaipur: A court in Shrimadhopur passed an injunction order stopping the child marriage of two sisters aged 17 and 15 in Sikar district. This is the first such judicial intervention in Sikar district prohibiting child marriage.Acting on a tip-off from an NGO, a joint team of the district legal services authority and police reached the…
