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Alinagar’s crucial assembly seat sees a high-stakes contest as BJP fields popular Maithili singer Maithili Thakur, aiming for a maiden win against RJD’s Binod Mishra and Jan Suraj’s Biplaw Chaudhary. The outcome is seen as a barometer for BJP’s cultural outreach and youth appeal in Mithilanchal. Counting begins today. NEW DELHI: As counting begins on…

Dismantled Many Networks Over Past 6 MonthsNew Delhi: While terror strikes understandably dominate news headlines and public discourse for days, the sustained and tireless efforts and operations by the security agencies to foil terror plots and nip attack conspiracies in the bud, may pass off without due notice.For instance, the six months preceding the Delhi…

Doctors at Delhi govt’s Lok Nayak Hospital (LNJP) confirmed the death of Bilal (35), who, according to police, lived near Jama Masjid. However, some sources said that he was a resident of Kangan in Ganderbal, Jammu & Kashmir.Among the most severely injured victims brought to the hospital after the explosion, Bilal suffered an abdominal-penetrating injury…

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce feature together in “The End of an Era” (Image via: Getty Images) Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated The End of an Era docuseries is already stirring emotion—and not just among fans. In a touching new trailer, Taylor’s mother, Andrea Swift, opens up about her daughter’s fiancé, NFL superstar Travis Kelce. Her…

NEW DLEHI: A brief commotion broke out during Bollywood playback singer Shreya Ghoshal’s concert at the Bali Jatra ground in Cuttack, Odisha, on Thursday evening, after an overwhelming crowd surge left one person injured, officials said, PTI reported.The situation turned chaotic when a large crowd surged towards the stage as Ghoshal appeared, prompting organisers to…

America’s largest telecom company Verizon Communications is reportedly preparing to announce companywide job cuts as soon as next week. According to a report by Bloomberg, quoting people familiar with the matter, layoffs at Verizon mark one of the most significant steps yet in new Chief Executive Officer Dan Schulman’s turnaround strategy. While final decisions are…

US President Donald Trump (Photo credit: AP) The TOI correspondent from Washington: In a head-spinning pivot from fiscal brinkmanship to scandalous revelations, the United States emerged from its longest government shutdown in history on Thursday only for Congress to unleash a fresh torrent of Jeffrey Epstein documents that ensnare President Donald Trump in a web…

Representational AI image The TOI correspondent from Washington: “Train Americans and go home” will be the new mantra of the Trump administration with regards to foreign guest worker visa programs like H-1B. Scrambling to finesse resident Trump’s comment that America lacks “certain talents” for critical jobs following a meltdown in the MAGA base that views…

NEW DELHI: Six people were killed and at least eight others were injured in a road accident near Navale Bridge on the Pune–Bengaluru Highway on Thursday evening. According to officials, a container truck lost control and rammed into multiple vehicles. Two to three heavy vehicles caught fire following the collision.Videos from the scene showed a…

Anyone who grew up in the 90s or has sat through The Hangover knows the relentless chant: Who let the dogs out? Often voted one of the most annoying songs of all time, it now finds unlikely relevance in Washington. This time, it was the House Democrats who let the “dog” out, specifically an email…