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PESHAWAR: At least eight people — including a woman and a young girl — died in a gas pipeline explosion at an industrial estate in Pakistan’s northwestern province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, a Rescue 1122 official said.The incident occurred in Hattar Industrial Estate area of Haripur district.According to Rescue 1122 sources, the explosion happened near…

New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah seized on Samajwadi Party MP Dharmendra Yadav’s demand for quota for OBC and Muslim women to hammer home his party’s avowed opposition to reservation based on religion.He also reiterated govt’s stand that the caste of citizens will be mentioned during the ongoing census to reject SP chief Akhilesh…

Engineer Rashid (PTI image) SRINAGAR: Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Thursday urged central govt to release Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid, who has remained incarcerated at New Delhi’s Tihar Jail for the past five years, on humanitarian grounds, to meet his ailing father.In a statement, the Mirwaiz said he had visited the jailed MP’s father,…

Prabhsimran Singh and PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer. (Pic credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings surged to the top of the IPL 2026 standings with a commanding seven-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians, extending their winning streak while handing the hosts a fourth straight defeat at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. Despite a superb century from Quinton…

Suryakumar Yadav (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Suryakumar Yadav found himself at the centre of heavy social media backlash after another disappointing outing in IPL 2026, with fans questioning his form and intent following his first-ball dismissal against Punjab Kings.Mumbai Indians were already in early trouble when Surya walked in, with the team reeling at 15/2….

The TOI Correspondent from Washington: Set aside the skirmishes in the Strait of Hormuz for the moment. The Trump White House has officially opened a second war front, with salvoes against the Vatican in the midst of a war on Iran. The papacy isn’t holding back either. In a scorching smackdown of the MAGA ministry,…

Union home minister Amit Shah NEW DELHI: The hum of anticipation and unease around the mammoth exercise of delimitation set the tone in the Lok Sabha during Parliament’s special session, as the debate over India’s representational future took centre stage. Leading the charge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union home minister brought the issue…

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday delivered a sharp critique of the government in the Lok Sabha during a debate on the women’s reservation law and the delimitation bill, warning that the proposed changes represent an “open attack” on democracy.Participating in a debate on three bills related to…

NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath drew parallels between the current situation in Bengal and the condition of Uttar Pradesh nine years ago, focusing on issues of law and order.Addressing a rally in Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, he said, “The anarchy you see here, the atmosphere of fear, the riots, the reign of…

There are movies that become such cultural icons that they reverberate through the ages. Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction is one of them, leaving a cultural imprint so big that you can just quote the movie’s lines without context. And the most popular meme from that, which any fan can quote out of memory, is Ezekiel…