Thousands of supporters of Nepal’s former king gathered outside Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport on Friday, demanding the restoration of the monarchy that was abolished nearly two decades ago.Gyanendra Shah waved to cheering crowds from the sunroof of his car as hundreds of police officers in riot gear tried to manage supporters at the airport’s main…
Valentine’s Day has a way of sneaking up on us every year. One minute you’re minding your business, and the next minute your phone is full of heart emojis, couple photos, and people declaring their undying love on Instagram. And whether you’re madly in love, secretly crushing, happily single, or somewhere in between, this day…
HYDERABAD: Two years since returning to govt, Congress tightened its grip on Telangana’s urban landscape Friday by being on course to win at least 83 of 116 municipalities and five of seven municipal corporations that went to polls on Feb 11.Congress sealed a majority in the Mancherial, Ramagundam and Nalgonda municipal corporations by evening and…
NEW DELHI: Can a married man in a live-in relationship be prosecuted for dowry harassment on the complaint of a woman with whom he was in an extra-marital affair, even though the law specifies that only a wife can make such a complaint against her husband and his relatives?A Supreme Court bench of Justices Sanjay…
Canada will be without forward Brad Marchand and defenseman Josh Morrissey (Image via Getty Images) Team Canada will play without two key players as they are all set to lock horns against Team Switzerland in their upcoming men’s ice hockey action at the 2026 Winter Olympics, scheduled for Friday. The news has been confirmed recently…
MUMBAI: With arch-rivals India and Pakistan set to face off in the T20 World Cup in Colombo on Sunday, ad rates for the match have soared. Companies are rushing to book slots to place their brands and cash-in on the huge viewership the game is likely to attract. Ad rates for a 10-second TV slot…
JAMMU: In the J&K assembly, BJP members miss no opportunity to corner the Omar Abdullah govt over a host of issues. Outside the House, however, some of the party MLAs generously praised the chief minister on Friday over his budgetary allocation for the annual Amarnath Yatra.“Our CM’s move to allocate Rs 180 crore for Amarnath…
NEW DELHI: Data shared by the govt in Parliament shows that as many as 254 women reached out to complain regarding sexual harassment at workplace under the POSH Act on the women and child development ministry’s SHe-Box portal last year. Overall as many as 296 complaints have been received since the portal was revamped and…
Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina (AP photo) Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina late Friday reacted sharply to the recently held general elections in the South Asian nation, dismissing the February 12 polls as a “pre-planned election of deception and farce” and calling it a “disgraceful chapter” in the country’s history. Her remarks come as…
The TOI correspondent from Washington: A $29 million award to the family of Jaahnavi Kandula, a 23-year old student from India who was killed in a road accident in Seattle on a cold night in January 2023, will not bring her back to life. But in a gracious gesture and empathetic language that accompanied the…