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MUMBAI: The civic polls in Maharashtra will finally begin with state election commissioner Vijay Waghmare on Tuesday announcing polls to 246 municipal councils and 42 nagar parishads on December 2. Two subsequent phases will cover 32 zilla parishads and 336 panchayat samitis and 29 municipal corporations, including BMC.The nagar parishads and panchayats in and around…
Bangladesh has banned aviation giant SpiceJet from flying in its airspace as the budget carrier is yet to pay its pending dues. Consequently, with Dhaka’s airspace no longer available for the airline, some services originating from Kolkata, including flights to Guwahati, are being operated via longer routings.On Thursday, a SpiceJet spokesperson told PTI that the…
If you’ve ever looked at global life expectancy charts, one thing jumps out: the Japanese are winning at longevity. On average, a person in Japan lives around 85 years, while in India, life expectancy hovers near 72 years (Our World in Data). That’s a 13-year gap, more than a decade of life lost.The surprising part?…
Celebrity weddings are usually shrouded in secrecy, yet fans often catch glimpses thanks to paparazzi or sneaky guests. That wasn’t the case for South Korean stars Kim Woo Bin and Shin Min Ah, who tied the knot on December 20. Despite a star-studded guest list and fans camping outside Seoul’s Shilla Hotel, not a single…
Colin Egglesfield, best known from ‘Something Borrowed’ and ‘All My Children’, has some good news: he’s cancer-free and feeling great. It’s a big relief, not just for him, but for his fans and anyone who’s followed his story. At 52, Colin’s faced cancer three times now, and he’s not shy about sharing what he’s learned…
Representational AI image NEW DELHI: Indian and Chinese soldiers exchanged sweets across the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on Diwali. Yu Jing, spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in India, confirmed the exchange on social media, calling it a “gesture of goodwill” between the troops. The development comes at a time when India-China relations have shown…
Washington Sundar (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: With no warm-up matches lined up before the T20 World Cup gets underway on Feb 7, the Indian team is planning to arrange a match on Feb 4 to check its resources one final time given the injury concerns in the team. TOI has learnt that the selectors and…
Gwen Stefani is one of the public figures who has never really held back when it comes to her personal life. Her audience knows the highs and lows that shaped her music, but there’s one chapter she talks about now with a kind of awe, it’s getting pregnant with her third child at 44. She…
(Picture Courtesy: Facebook) Dileep-starrer ‘Bha. Bha. Ba.’ has landed in fresh controversy after a scene from the film triggered strong backlash online. This is the first film of the actor to release after his acquittal in the actress abduction and assault case that shook Kerala. Many viewers felt the scene made a cruel and insensitive…
NEW DELHI: The National Capital Region (NCR) states on Friday requested the Supreme Court to allow the bursting of green firecrackers in Delhi and surrounding areas during Diwali.Solicitor general Tushar Mehta, representing the NCR states, told a bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran that green firecrackers could be permitted…
