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NEW DELHI: The stage is set for the vice-presidential election on Tuesday, with National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee and Maharashtra governor CP Radhakrishnan holding a commanding lead against opposition INDIA bloc candidate and former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy.The poll was triggered by Jagdeep Dhankhar’s sudden resignation on July 21.With BJP-led NDA commanding approximately…

The Nepal government lifted the ban on social media after thousands of young Nepalis took to the streets of Kathmandu to protest. Nepal’s communication and information minister Prithvi Subba Gurung on Sunday said the government has rolled back its decision to ban social media platforms after an emergency Cabinet meeting, PTI reported. He announced that…

The NFL’s opening week is serving up some prime-time drama, and it doesn’t get much bigger than this, the Chicago Bears hosting the Minnesota Vikings under the lights on Monday Night Football. Soldier Field is buzzing, the NFC North rivalry is heating up, and all eyes are on two young quarterbacks who could define the…

TOI correspondent from Washington: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky jumped into the US-India tariff standoff on Monday when he backed the US decision to impose punitive import duties on countries making deals with Russia, while the Trump administration showed no signs of relenting on the vitriol its surrogates are spewing against New Delhi despite the US…

NEW DELHI: The mean age at effective marriage for females at the national level was 22.9 years, the Sample Registration System (SRS) statistical report 2023 has revealed. That’s a tad up from 22.7 in 2022. The report also highlighted that in a majority of states, most girls marry after the age of 18.However, in states…

RAIPUR: A woman teacher at DAV Public School at Pratapgarh in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district, who subjected an eight-year-old girl to severe corporal punishment – forcing her to perform 100 squats and beating her with a stick – was terminated from service on Monday. Following recommendations from the district collector and education officials, police have also…

Why Taylor Swift skipped Travis Kelce’s 2025 NFL season opener? Here are the reasons revealed (Image Via Getty) On Saturday, September 6, 2025, Travis Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end, played his first NFL game of the season against the Los Angeles Chargers in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Fans were pumped to see Kelce play…

SRINAGAR: Subedar Perbhat Gaur and Lance Naik Narender Sindhu of the Army were killed during a gunfight with terrorists in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district Monday — raising the year’s security toll in J&K to 19. The clash broke out after Army, CRPF and J&K police launched a joint search on intelligence about terrorists hiding in…

SRINAGAR: While Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah reiterated on Monday that J&K Waqf Board should not have placed a plaque inside the Hazratbal shrine, former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said she would approach a court if the police did not register an FIR against J&K Waqf Board chairperson Darakhshan Andrabi.“They (Waqf Board) have…

JAMMU/SRINAGAR: Aam Aadmi Party’s J&K unit chief and Doda MLA Mehraj Malik was on Monday detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) on charges of disturbing public order.While the unprecedented action came amid a massive protest against Malik, the lone AAP MLA in J&K Assembly, by govt employees across the district for allegedly using…