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NEW DELHI: Botswana formally handed over eight cheetahs to India on Thursday at the Mokolodi Nature Reserve during president Droupadi Murmu’s state visit.The cheetahs, a mix of adults and sub-adults, were brought to the reserve from Ghanzi town in the Kalahari desert. Two of the eight cheetahs were released into a quarantine enclosure as part…

Punjab police busts ISI-Pakistan grenade attack module NEW DELHI: In a significant counter-terrorism breakthrough on Thursday, the Ludhiana Commissionerate Police, has arrested 10 operatives of a grenade-attack module allegedly backed by the Inter‑Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan.According to a post by the DGP Punjab police on X, the module was tasked with carrying out a…

NEW DELHI: Bihar is set for a decisive political moment as the counting of votes for the 2025 Assembly Elections takes place on Friday, November 14. With high voter turnout and exit polls hinting at a possible return of the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government, all eyes will be on the final numbers that could shape…

NEW DELHI: Faridabad Police on Thursday detained the man who parked the red EcoSport in Khandwali, ANI reported quoting agency intelligence sources.According to agency intelligence sources cited by ANI, “the man who parked the car is said to be Faheem, who is also a relative of the accused bomber Dr Umar Un Nabi.” Terrifying CCTV…

NEW DELHI: Posters featuring Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar — with the caption “Tiger abhi zinda hai” — appeared outside the party office on Thursday, a day before the assembly election results.Former Bihar minister and JD(U) leader Ranjit Sinha put out a poster that read, “Protector of Dalits, Mahadalits, backward classes, upper castes, and minorities…

NEW DELHI: The Union cabinet on Wednesday described Monday’s car blast near Red Fort an act of “terror” in a description that signalled acknowledgement of the terrorists’ plan to cause large-scale mayhem by striking multiple targets.“The country has witnessed a heinous terror incident, perpetrated by anti-national forces, through a car explosion near Red Fort on…

NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar and his Canadian counterpart Anita Anand met on the margins of the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Canada, amidst efforts by both sides to rebuild the relationship after the diplomatic row over the killing of a Sikh separatist in 2023. While both sides appreciated progress in implementation of…

FARIDABAD: Notebooks and diaries recovered during searches over Tuesday and Wednesday from campus lodgings of two Al-Falah University doctors involved in the Delhi terror plot indicate they were planning multiple strikes for over two years, sources involved in the probe told TOI.Evidence allegedly recovered from room 13 (where Muzammil Ganaie lived) and Umar Un Nabi’s…

NEW DELHI: Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to rise by 1.1% in 2025, reaching record high of 38.1 billion tonnes, over 2024 with the US heading for the highest percentage increase of 1.9% followed by India (1.4%), China and the EU (0.4% each) among the big four emitting countries, shows Global Carbon…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday said rampant illegal mining in Aravali range, the natural barrier spread across Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Delhi that’s preventing desertification of Gangetic plains, is causing immense damage to the sensitive eco-system. The court reserved verdict on the issue of a uniform definition of what the Aravali range is. Amicus…