2 min readBengaluruUpdated: Mar 5, 2026 10:12 AM IST The Karnataka government Tuesday ordered a probe after it emerged that 10-12 candidates from one exam hall have cleared the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) Mains examination. It has also been claimed that two to three candidates from the same family have cleared the examination. Of...

A four-year-old boy suffered severe burn injuries after his grandmother allegedly poured boiling water on him when he tried to splash coloured water on her as part of Holi celebrations in Maharashtra’s Nagpur, police said. CCTV footage showed the boy trying to play by splashing water on the woman, identified as Sindhu Thackeray, who was...

Jasprit Bumrah of India celebrates the wicket of Shimron Hetmyer of West Indies during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup India & Sri Lanka 2026 Super 8 match between India and West Indies at Eden Gardens on March 01, 2026 in Kolkata, India. (Photo by Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images) TimesofIndia.com in Mumbai: The mercury reached uncomfortable...

Representational image of taxis outside Dadar station | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini The Maharashtra Transporters Action Committee (M-TAC) — a coalition representing truck, tempo, bus, taxi, and auto-rickshaw operators — has reiterated its call for an indefinite strike from Thursday (March 5, 2026), following a breakdown in talks with the State government. The decision, announced...

SURGING CRUDE oil prices and supply disruptions triggered by the conflict in West Asia have hit the financial markets hard, with the rupee sliding 68 paise below the psychologically crucial 92-mark to 92.15 against the US dollar and the BSE’s benchmark index Sensex plunging another 1.40 per cent for the third successive session and ending...

A family of two found gold jewellery worth Rs 4 lakh after mistakenly dropping their purse in Puducherry’s Thavalakuppam, because of a water vendor who found the purse and handed it over to the local police station. The incident came to light on Tuesday, when the family was roaming around the town. While visiting a...

Pitted against Balen, Oli faces litmus test of 50-year-old career KATHMANDU: As Nepal votes on Thursday, a generational shift has reshaped the political mood in the Himalayan nation. In Kathmandu and other cities, many Gen Z voters – the cohort that toppled the KP Sharma Oli govt and propelled figures like the 35-year-old (Balen) into...

File picture of NCP (SCP) leader Jayant Patil. | Photo Credit: PTI The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Chandra Pawar) on Wednesday (March 4, 2026) formally scotched speculations about a possible merger with the Nationalist Congress Party, saying that such talks were no longer under consideration and that its allies in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)...

2 min readMar 5, 2026 01:25 AM IST Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has been given a 15-month suspended sentence over a nightclub scuffle on the Greek island of Mykonos in August 2020. Maguire originally was handed a 21-month suspended sentence shortly after the incident, but he appealed the ruling, which triggered a new trial...

The Bombay High Court has overturned a divorce decree granted by the Nashik Family Court, saying a wife must get a chance to respond before a court decides if she was cruel to her husband. DIVORCE GRANTED ON WHATSAPP EVIDENCE Earlier, the Nashik Family Court had allowed the husband’s divorce plea. The court relied on...