Sudipto.DasKolkata: A standoff between a section of parents and St Lawrence School authorities was resolved after police stepped in on Wednesday. Parents had accused the school of withholding students’ report cards until they paid for alleged damages.A section of parents of St Lawrence High School protested for over an hour against what they called unnecessary…
LUCKNOW: In an anti-terror operation, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the Special Task Force (STF) claimed to have busted a suspected sleeper cell allegedly operating at the behest of Pakistan’s intelligence agency and linked to Pakistani gangster Shahzad Bhatti. Four suspects were arrested during a joint operation in Saharanpur, police said on Wednesday.The…
NEW DELHI: Allaying fears of shortages amid intense summer and high electricity demand, Coal India said there was a buffer stock of 168 million tonnes of dry fuel in the country, adequate to meet the requirements of domestic thermal power plants for 19 days.The company also said compression in coal stock levels at thermal plants…
TOI correspondent from Washington: In the summer of 1976, a Kanpur-born teenage engineering student from BITS Pilani stood in the lobby of the US embassy in New Delhi after being denied a student visa for the third time. His father, who had accompanied him, refused to leave. He had seen the photo of the consular…
The artist who runs on the stage during the concert and greets the crowd, conversing like a little therapy session – Harry Styles. The 32-year-old singer emerged in the music industry through a reality show, proceeded to create a boy band, and broke records, only to hurt the hearts again with the infinite hiatus. Now,…
The Punjab Subordinate Services Selection Board (PSSSB) released the PSSSB Excise Inspector Admit Card 2026 on Wednesday. Candidates who have registered for the recruitment examination can now download their hall tickets from the official website.The PSSSB Excise Inspector Recruitment Examination 2026 is being conducted for recruitment to Group C Excise and Taxation Inspector posts in…
Chengrung Koren will now step into the Road to UFC Season 5 quarterfinals at Galaxy Arena, Macau, against the undefeated Japanese bantamweight Ryuho Miyaguchi (Photo: UFC/Instagram) In 2025, Chungreng Koren was close to realising his dream of making it to the UFC. Not directly, not yet, but through the Road to UFC tournament, the UFC’s…
CBI arrests two more persons in NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case MUMBAI: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested two more persons in the alleged NEET UG 2026 paper leak case, taking the total number of arrests so far to 13, as investigators continue to piece together what they describe as a sprawling network involved…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to allow Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu dam project without the consent of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, saying the move had triggered anxiety among farmers in the state.Vijay called on Modi for the first time after becoming CM at this…
Hyderabad: Former minister T Harish Rao objected to the proposal of setting up Telangana Rythu Power Distribution Company Limited (TGRPDCL) and asked the Telangana Electricity Regulatory Commission (TGERC) to reject the licence application.In his letter to TGERC on Wednesday, Harish Rao stated that electricity was one of the core reasons behind the Telangana movement, along…
