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SC said that once a high court grants bail to an accused, it must be treated as final NEW DELHI: In an important exposition on the working of criminal justice process without diluting the primacy of individual liberty, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said that once a high court grants bail to an accused, it…

NOAA satellite image taken at 11.40 am EDT on Wednesday shows the storm in the Gulf of Mexico moving toward the edge of Louisiana Tropical Storm Bertha made landfall in southern Louisiana on Wednesday, bringing strong winds, storm surge and heavy rain to parts of the US Gulf Coast, while authorities warned residents to remain…

IPL founder Lalit Modi has announced he will be returning to India (File photo) TOI correspondent from London: IPL founder Lalit Modi, who fled to London in 2010 after the cricket tournament was embroiled in alleged match-fixing and illegal betting, has announced he will be returning to India.On Tuesday the appellate tribunal under SAFEMA in…

Image: The Washington Post When Asian elephant calf Linh Mai was born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., in February 2026, her arrival was celebrated as an important step for the conservation of an endangered species. But within hours, the joyful occasion turned into a race against time. Her mother, Nhi Linh, rejected…

Bhubaneswar: The city police on Wednesday served a notice to V K Pandian, a former IAS officer-turned-BJD politician and close aide of ex‑chief minister Naveen Patnaik, who virtually ran the govt, was called for questioning in connection with the theft of two sensitive inquiry reports from the chief minister’s office (CMO) during the 2024 regime…

NEW DELHI: The Centre is unlikely to remove Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan despite mounting demands for his resignation, as it believes he cannot be held responsible for the NEET paper leak, news agency PTI reported, citing a senior government functionary.According to the report, the government is, however, willing to favourably consider the demand for…

Police detain members of the Students Federation of India (SFI) and Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) during a protest near Rajarathinam Stadium in Egmore, Chennai Chennai: DMK and CPM flayed the TVK govt on Wednesday for cracking down on SFI and DYFI members who held protests against Neet. DMK accused TVK of adopting double…

The countdown for ‘Jana Nayagan’ has become a box office event as advance bookings are receiving massive response across theatres. Fans have shown tremendous enthusiasm for Vijay’s last film after he took up full-time politics, and ticket demand on the first day of release was very high. Single screens and multiplexes are getting good bookings….

CHENNAI: The TVK govt in Tamil Nadu has renamed the chief minister’s breakfast scheme, launched by the previous DMK govt, after former CM K Kamaraj. The scheme will henceforth be called “Perunthalaivar Kamaraj Breakfast Scheme.”The change in the name of the breakfast scheme follows a few such changes. Recently, the TVK govt renamed Naan Mudhalvan…

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Wednesday launched robotic policing in Bhubaneswar with the deployment of a wheeled robot, aka rover, equipped with AI‑powered cameras and facial recognition technology to bolster passenger safety and station security.Unveiling the rover, ECoR general manager Parmeshwar Funkwal described it as a “force multiplier” for railway policing. The rover…