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Bollywood’s latest rom-com ‘Param Sundari’, starring Sidharth Malhotra and Janhvi Kapoor, has ended its first week on a steady note. Released on 29 August, the film managed to strike a balance between charm and numbers, keeping audiences engaged across the week. ‘Param Sundari’ box office collection day 7 The film earned Rs 2.75 crore on…

AI image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: With the govt announcing sweeping GST rate reductions on nearly 400 goods and services, companies across sectors are working to adjust prices and pass on the benefits to consumers by the Sept 22 implementation date.TOI spoke to companies and industry experts to understand how different sectors plan…

A farmhand who moved out of his two-bedroom home so that 50 students who had nowhere to go after their school collapsed in the recent rains has become an unlikely hero in Piplodi, a village of mainly tribal inhabitants in the hills of Rajasthan.The roof of the primary school in Piplodi, Jhalawar district, had given…

NEW DELHI: India and Singapore announced a new road map for their comprehensive strategic partnership aimed at advancing cooperation in a range of areas like economic cooperation, skill development, digitalisation, connectivity, sustainability, healthcare, people-to-people contacts and defence and security, as PM Narendra Modi held talks with his visiting counterpart Lawrence Wong.Announcing the road map, Modi…

NEW DELHI/GUWAHATI: Days before PM Modi is due to visit Manipur, two key peace deals – one with the Kuki-Zo Council for opening the arterial Imphal-Dimapur National Highway 2 for the movement of commuters and goods, and the second with two Kuki umbrella militant outfits for renewal of the suspension of operations (SoO), while maintaining…

NEW DELHI: Despite the NDA government being in regular touch with Congress for the nomination of MPs for the JPC on bills on dismissal of jailed ministers and chief ministers, the party is yet to provide any names, in what is viewed as being reflective of pressure on it in the wake of the committee’s…

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday fixed September 10 for hearing a criminal complaint seeking registration of an FIR against former Congress president Sonia Gandhi over allegations that her name appeared on electoral rolls before she became an Indian citizen.Additional chief judicial magistrate Vaibhav Chaurasia scheduled the matter after going through a 230-page complaint…

AI Image used for representative purpose SHAMLI: A retired Punjab police officer was rescued within six hours after being kidnapped in Bareilly, when his wife transferred Rs 1.5 lakh via UPI and secured the kidnappers’ location under the pretext of arranging further payment. On Sept 2, Darshan Singh, 55, a former assistant sub-inspector from Suchethgarh…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday took suo motu cognisance of a media report on custodial deaths in police stations and decided to examine implementation of its earlier order on installing CCTV cameras in police stations.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta referred to a report in Dainik Bhaskar on custodial deaths in…

NEW DELHI: As India and EU look to scale up ties amid increasing global uncertainties, PM Narendra Modi spoke to EU leaders – President of European Council Antonio Costa and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen – reaffirming commitment to trade, technology and defence ties and an early conclusion of FTA under…