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Rajinikanth’s latest release ‘Coolie’ has officially entered the Rs 200 crore club within just five days of release. The mass entertainer, which opened to a thunderous response on August 14, saw its first major dip on Monday but still managed to post impressive numbers. Strong start and extended weekend run Coolie began its box office…

NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar sought a candid and constructive approach to bilateral ties, as India and China seek to move ahead after a difficult period in the relationship, in a meeting with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. Going into the meeting with Wang, their first on Indian soil in over three years, he…

After a promising extended Independence Day weekend, ‘War 2’ has seen its box office momentum derail on its first Monday. Despite boasting massive star power, a holiday release window, and the legacy of a blockbuster predecessor, the film is now struggling to hold ground at the Indian box office.War 2 Movie Review Monday Collections Crash…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court said on Monday that defence services cadets who are not inducted into the force because of injury during training should not be left high and dry as it would dishearten people joining the forces and favoured that the govt extend a helping hand bearing their medical expenditure and also rehabilitating them…

TOI correspondent from Washington: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and the global leaders who see Russia as a perpetual threat seem to have accepted US President Donald Trump’s Moscow-mandated terms, with talks now expected to centre on unspecified “robust security guarantees” US interlocutors have promised for Ukraine if it ends the war. They want the guarantees…

NEW DELHI: The opposition INDIA bloc will announce its candidate for vice-presidential election Tuesday, after discussions Monday resulted in an exchange of ideas, and the names of a senior scientist from Tamil Nadu and a Dalit intellectual ranking among the probables. The bloc will meet again to finalise the name.Sources said former Isro scientist Mylswamy…

MUMBAI: Torrential rain amounting to 500 mm over 84 hours disrupted normal life in the city and surrounding areas on Monday, prompting the IMD to issue the season’s first red alert for Aug 18-19.BMC and the civic bodies of Navi Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Mira Bhayander declared a holiday for all schools and colleges on…

Trump, Zelenskyy and Putin In what could mark a major diplomatic breakthrough, US President Donald Trump announced Monday (local time) he will arrange face-to-face talks between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents to help end the war in Ukraine. “At the conclusion of the meetings, I called President Putin,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform,…

NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party Monday accused the CEC of “lying brazenly” that the party had not given any affidavit on the deletion of voters in Uttar Pradesh, even as Akhilesh Yadav alleged targeted deletion of backward and most backward class voters, who back SP, at the behest of the governing party.As the row over voter…

NEW DELHI: Election Commission Monday said all eligible electors left out of Bihar’s draft electoral roll published on Aug 1 can file their claim in Form 6, along with a copy of their Aadhaar, before Sept 1.Similarly, if any ineligible elector has been included in the draft roll, any aggrieved elector of that assembly constituency…