Representative image (AI-generated) “What happens when a species disappears from the wild and we realise its importance only after it is gone?”In 2026, India stands at a striking crossroads in its wildlife story. On one side are remarkable conservation success stories showing rising number of tigers, the return of Asiatic lions in Gujarat’s Gir and…
After the grand release of ‘Peddi’ Ram Charan will focus on his upcoming project with ‘Pushpa’ filmmaker Sukumar tentatively named ‘RC17’. If the latest reports are to be believed, the script is almost complete and the makers are preparing to officially launch the project in the coming weeks. ‘RC17’ shooting update According to a report…
US Second Lady Usha Vance US Second Lady Usha Vance has said she is “really glad” she and Vice President JD Vance decided to have a fourth child, admitting she initially worried that expanding their family could disrupt what already felt like a settled and happy life.Speaking in her first interview since the birth of…
Pankaj Tripathi has looked back on the difficult years he endured before his breakout role in ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’, likening that period of his career to planting seeds on a farm and waiting patiently for them to bear fruit. Pankaj Tripathi says he never needed external motivation In an interview with ANI, the National Award-winning…
Florida senator Rick Scott brings bill to end OPT for F-1 students. Florida senator Rick Scott has brought a bill, Prioritizing American Talent Act’, to end the Optional Practical Training Program that serves as a pathway to the H-1B visa. Scott said Americans should have the first right to American Dreams and he is proud…
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new communications office is facing backlash after budget documents revealed it could cost taxpayers more than $5.2 million in salaries. Critics are calling the spending “morally incomprehensible”.The Office of Mass Engagement has expanded far beyond its original size. According to the city’s 2027 executive budget, its headcount has risen…
Benji busy preparing a dish at his adoptive family’s eatery in Kolkata KOLKATA: Born into loss in Kerala, raised without memory of parents, and finding a home after decades of drift, 50-year-old Benjamin – “Benji” in Kolkata’s Beleghata – says the state has made him an orphan again. EC’s SIR of electoral rolls has struck…
TOI correspondent from Washington: In the summer of 1976, a Kanpur-born teenage engineering student from BITS Pilani stood in the lobby of the US embassy in New Delhi after being denied a student visa for the third time. His father, who had accompanied him, refused to leave. He had seen the photo of the consular…
Laura Loomer (Left) Usha Vance (Right) Far-right political activist Laura Loomer has come to the defence of US second lady Usha Vance, arguing that hate directed at her is because of her Indian heritage and Hindu faith.Loomer’s comments came after a clip from a recent CBS interview featuring Usha Vance and US vice president JD…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka home minister Priyank Kharge on Monday wrote to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat seeking detailed disclosures on the organisation’s legal status, finances, organisational structure and tax compliance. In an open letter addressed to Bhagwat that Priyank Kharge posted on X, he congratulated the organisation on its centenary but argued that…