BENGALURU: What began as a bizarre classroom episode has escalated into a criminal case, with police booking a medical college assistant professor for allegedly proposing to a student during class – an incident that triggered outrage, protests and violence on the campus. The accused, Abdul Rehman Sharif, 48, is attached to the department of microbiology…
Yograj Singh (Image credit: Instagram) NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer and father of Yuvraj Singh, Yograj Singh, on Friday made a stunning statement, saying that women in the household or wives often influence players when it comes to retirement and career decisions.Yograj, known for speaking his mind, said in an interview with InsideSport: “Ladies of…
Tiger Woods (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: A major controversy erupted around golf legend Tiger Woods on Saturday after he was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence when his Land Rover rolled over on a two-lane road near his Jupiter Island home in Florida on Friday. Woods was lodged in the Martin…
Travel has a tendency to alter your perspective on large things: landscapes, cultures, history. Yet, more often than not, it is small, mundane things that stay with you. Things you did not plan for, did not read about in depth, but things you find yourself noticing over and over. They seep into your daily life…
US president Donald Trump on Friday winkingly referred to the Strait of Hormuz, the critical oil shipping route and a key choke point in the Iran war, as “Strait of Hormuz.”While speaking at the Future Investment Initiative in Miami Trump said, “Iran has to ‘open up the Strait of Trump, I mean, Hormuz,’” Trump said…
CHENNAI: There is no space or room for nuclear weapons in Iran’s doctrine, said Abdul Majid Hakeem Ilahi, the representative of Iran’s supreme leader in India. In an interview to TOI, Ilahi, who worked closely with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and is a good friend of Khamenei’s son and present supreme leader of Iran Mojtaba Khamenei,…
KP Sharma Oli (ANI image) Former Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and ex-home minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested on Saturday in connection with a culpable homicide case linked to the alleged suppression of the September Gen Z protests, police officials said.Oli was taken into custody from his residence in Gundu, Bhaktapur, while Lekhak was…
NEW DELHI: Cheap, effective and widely trusted, metformin has long been the first choice for treating type 2 diabetes. Now, scientists say the drug works in a way few had imagined — by acting directly on the brain.A study published in Science Advances by Baylor College of Medicine has uncovered a hidden brain pathway that…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday underscored the importance of freedom of navigation for global economic security in a meeting of the G7 foreign ministers in France, amid Iranian blockade of Strait of Hormuz. On the margins, Jaishankar also met his G7 counterparts, including US secretary of state Marco Rubio with whom,…
Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: India has sufficient stock of fertilisers and govt is working to ensure supply remains intact, Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said Friday.“Whenever there is war, it’s a crisis for the entire world and has a direct and indirect impact on every country. I will not…