On a Tuesday evening in Ghaziabad, 41-year-old Mohammad Anish sat cross-legged on a narrow bed in his single-room apartment in Nandgram, staring at his phone as it kept lighting up. The messages were all the same. The WhatsApp group had 55 members now  — migrant workers scattered across India, bound by a shared problem. All...

Three persons were killed and four others seriously injured after two motorcycles collided head-on in Jharkhand’s Latehar district on Saturday evening, police said. The accident took place near Barwatoli village under the Herhanj police station. According to officials, the collision was so severe that all seven people riding the two motorcycles sustained critical injuries. Among...

NEW DELHI: With India’s coal production crossing the one-billion-tonne mark for the second year in a row, govt has said adequate stocks are being maintained at thermal power plants to meet rising energy demands.India reached the one-billion-tonne coal production level on March 20. It had recorded its highest-ever coal production of 1,048 million tonnes in...

VCK) president Thol. Thirumavalavan. Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) president Thol. Thirumavalavan on Saturday said he had to consider candidates from the constituencies allotted to the party, since the seat allocation would be fewer than 10. “It is an important issue. We should field local candidates,” he said, addressing party members through a virtual meeting. Mr....

3 min readWashingtonMar 22, 2026 12:55 AM IST Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation’s premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and who later became special counsel in charge of investigating ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, has died. He was...

In this episode of UnPolitics, Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh shares his journey from grassroots activism to becoming one of the most vocal parliamentarians in the country, reflecting on his early days as a social worker, his role in student movements, and his association with Arvind Kejriwal since the RTI and anti-corruption...

LUCKNOW: The Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA) 2025 brought together the biggest names and defining performances under one roof, honouring a year of achievement while offering a glimpse of what lies ahead. It was an evening that moved quickly, honoured widely, and showcased where Indian sport stands today.Smriti Mandhana led the Sportsperson of the...

People from the LGBTQIA+ community protest opposing the proposed Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 at Dharna Chowk in Hyderabad on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: SIDDHANT THAKUR On Saturday (March 21, 2026), over 100 members of feminist and lawyer groups wrote an open letter to MPs, appealing to them to...

3 min readChandigarhMar 21, 2026 09:18 PM IST First published on: Mar 21, 2026 at 09:18 PM IST Among the first ministers inducted by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Laljit Singh Bhullar rose quickly in Punjab politics after winning the 2022 Assembly elections from Patti in Ta. On Saturday, his political career took a sudden...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday conveyed Eid and Nowruz greetings to the President of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, expressing hope that this festive season brings peace, stability and prosperity to West Asia. In his telephonic conversation with the Iranian leader, Prime Minister Modi condemned the attacks on critical infrastructure in the region, which threaten regional...