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Climbers walk in a long queue as they head to Camp 4 from Camp 3 on their way to ascend Mount Everest in the Solukhumbu district, also known as the Everest region. (Reuters) Two Indian climbers — Hyderabad-based tech professional Arun Kumar Tiwari and Sandeep Are, 46 — died while descending Mount Everest after reaching…

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested Pune-based lecturer Manisha Sanjay Havaldar for NEET UG physics paper ‘leak’, news agency PTI reported.Havaldar, employed at Seth Hiralal Saraf Prashala in Pune, has been identified by the Central Bureau of Investigation as another alleged “source” of the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak.“The CBI has identified…

Samarth Singh and Twisha Sharma NEW DELHI: Samarth Singh, the husband of Twisha Sharma, a model-turned-actor from Noida who was found dead at her matrimonial home in Bhopal, on Friday appeared at a Jabalpur court to surrender, his lawyer said.The development came around an hour after he withdrew his anticipatory bail application filed before the…

Times of India announces the inaugural edition of the TOI Home & Decor Awards 2026. Conceived as the definitive platform celebrating the visionaries who define how India lives, the awards will bring together the country’s most influential architects, interior designers, developers, homegrown brands and innovators shaping the future of modern living. From timeless spaces and…

Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday referred to a larger bench in relation to bail pleas of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in the 2020 Delhi riots case.The apex court also declined to respond to observations made in a recent verdict questioning…

NEW DELHI: Madhya Pradesh high court on Friday granted permission for a second post-mortem in the death case of Twisha Sharma.This has to done at the earliest, the court observed, as quoted by Bar and Bench.Twisha, was found hanging at her marital home on May 12, had her post-mortem conducted at AIIMS Bhopal. Police have…

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Friday announced that elections for 24 Rajya Sabha seats across 10 states will be held on June 18. According to the poll body, the vacancies are arising due to the retirement of sitting members between June 21 and July 19.The elections will cover four seats each in Andhra Pradesh,…

NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu is witnessing a literary war between the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam after senior DMK leader A Raja used the metaphor of a ‘coconut tree bending into a neighbour’s house’ to take a swipe at VCK and Indian Union Muslim League joining the cabinet of chief minister Vijay…

NEW DELHI: Govt is staring at a major shortage of bitumen due to the ongoing West Asia conflict, which is set to impact construction and maintenance of tar roads. While the price of VG-40, the most commonly used grade of bitumen, has almost doubled since the conflict began, its availability has plummeted compared to the…

Image credit: PTI and X/@CJP_2029 NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor came out in support of the satirical Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), questioning the withholding of its X account and calling it “disastrous and deeply unwise.”“I’m incredibly intrigued by the rise of #CockroachJantaParty, which has already reached more than 15 million (now over 19 million)…