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NEW DELHI: Heatwaves will become a major threat to Indian agricultural workers and rice production, and the most intense risk from future extreme heat events is concentrated around densely populated farming regions of the Ganges and Indus River basin, said a new report from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Meteorological…

“My grandfather chose India over Pakistan, ensured Murshidabad stayed in this country, and they deleted my name.” A visibly upset Chhote Nawab, Syed Reza Ali Mirza, a direct descendant of Mir Jafar, told TOI in Murshidabad. A few hundred metres away, a Hazarduari guide and a tonga puller expressed the same regret. Despite holding documents…

The Supreme Court slammed Mamata Banerjee for allegedly interfering in an ED raid on I-PAC, calling it a threat to democracy. On the Pahalgam attack anniversary, Rajnath Singh warned Pakistan of strong retaliation while highlighting India’s military strength. An Indian student reportedly built a viral AI influencer targeting US conservatives, but the account was later…

NEW DELHI: Vice president C P Radhakrishnan on Wednesday criticised Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over his “terrorist” remarks targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha sometimes fails to distinguish between “black and white” or between “terror and terror to terrorist.”‘Sometimes Kharge ji does not differentiate between the black…

Representational AI image Across India and many parts of the world, 2026 has begun with unusually high temperatures, shifting weather patterns, and growing pressure on basic resources like water.In India, heat arrived weeks before it normally does, with several regions reporting above-normal temperatures even before peak summer, according to IMD. The difference is not just…

NEW DELHI: A day after courting controversy with sexist ‘bedroom’ remark, Independent Bihar MP Pappu Yadav on Wednesday stoked a fresh row while giving a clarification.While defending his remarks, Yadav said that 70 to 80 per cent of politicians watch porn.Responding to the notice from the Bihar State Women’s Commission over his remarks related to…

Mamata Banerjee and Rahul Gandhi (File photo/PTI) On May 2, 2021, Rahul Gandhi congratulated Mamata Banerjee and the people of West Bengal for “soundly defeating the BJP.”“I’m happy to congratulate Mamata ji and the people of West Bengal for soundly defeating the BJP,” he wrote on Twitter (now called X).However, the irony was hard to…

NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday indicated that New Delhi may play its role in initiating peace in the West Asia amid the ongoing crisis between Iran and United states.When asked if India has any role to play in the West Asia crisis, Rajnath said, “It is possible that tomorrow, the time may…

LUCKNOW: The Allahabad high court on Tuesday held that a second maternity leave cannot be denied merely because it is sought within two years of the first, observing that statutory rights under the law override provisions of the financial handbook. The order was passed by Justice Karunesh Singh Pawar of the high court’s Lucknow bench…

Vijay; MK Stalin; Edappadi K Palaniswami NEW DELHI: Campaigning for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections has concluded ahead of Thursday’s single-phase polling across all 234 assembly constituencies.The election is largely expected to be a direct contest between the DMK-led ruling Secular Progressive Alliance and the National Democratic Alliance, of which AIADMK is the largest constituent…