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DEHRADUN: It wasn’t just the rain. A preliminary geological assessment conducted after Tuesday’s devastating flash flood in Dharali village, suggests a far more complex and violent trigger – a massive collapse of glacial sedimentary deposits, possibly caused by a retrogressive slope failure high up in the mountains.Initial estimates made by experts, based on satellite data…

NEW DELHI: The Maharaja is rolling out a campaign to restore passenger confidence after the fatal crash of Flight AI 171 in Ahmedabad – the airline’s first wide-body accident since 1978 and the first major disaster since the Air India-Indian Airlines merger and privatisation.In a message to customers on Wednesday, Air India MD and CEO…

NEW DELHI: Top judges of Supreme Court have taken strong exception to the order passed on Tuesday by a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan castigating an Allahabad high court judge for lack of knowledge in criminal law and de-rostering him from hearing criminal cases for life, and are mulling steps to…

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he is likely to meet President Vladimir Putin “very soon” amid his ongoing bid to broker an end to the Russia-Ukraine war. “There’s a good chance that there will be a meeting very soon,” Trump said. This comes after the White House confirmed that the US President is…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has ruled that the doubtful conduct of an accused cannot be the sole criterion to convict him if there is no other evidence to prove his involvement in a crime and acquitted a murder convict who was sentenced to life imprisonment.Setting aside the trial court and high court’s order of conviction,…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed deep anguish over the prevailing inhuman practice of hand-pulled rickshaws ferrying visitors in the eco-sensitive and automobile-free Matheran hill station in Maharashtra’s Western Ghats and said this belittles India’s march towards a developing country and its Constitution which promises social and economic justice.A bench of Chief Justice…

Travis Kelce’s blunt retirement answer at 36 sparks fan reaction (Image via Getty) Travis Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, is heading into his 13th NFL season and turns 36 just before Week 5 when the Chiefs face the Jacksonville Jaguars on ESPN’s Monday Night Football. At age 35 now, many wonder if this…

TOI correspondent from London: A six-year-old Indian-origin girl and an Indian sous chef are the latest victims in the ongoing spate of racist attacks targeting Indian nationals and Indian-origin Irish people in Ireland.The girl, whose family hail from Kottayam, Kerala, was playing outside her house in Waterford City, southeast Ireland, with friends at 7.30pm on…

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has written to all national parties, including BJP, asking for restoration of statehood to J&K. The CM said in his letter that a bill should be brought in the current session of Parliament for restoration of statehood.“The restoration must not be viewed as a concession but as…

NEW DELHI: Businesses are staring at a significant loss of orders during the upcoming festival season as Donald Trump’s additional tariffs of 50% on Indian exports to the US makes it unviable to compete with products from rival countries. For them, the only hope is a breakthrough when Indian and American trade negotiators finish their…