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India will not automatically face tariffs if the legislation becomes law. The US Senate on Friday passed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, a sweeping bipartisan sanctions package aimed at tightening economic pressure on Moscow and Tehran while targeting countries that continue to finance Russia’s war effort through energy purchases.Read more: 100% tariffs: Why India may ignore Trump threat and continue buying Russian crude oilNamed in honour of the late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the legislation’s principal architects, the bill authorises the US president to impose punitive tariffs and sanctions on countries that…

Mumbai: A teen was detained by Kasturba Marg police for stealing jewellery and electronics worth Rs 3 lakh from a house in Borivli (E). Police said the owner of the house, Balram Tiwari, saw the teen escape from the window and chased him till plain-clothes personnel caught hold of him on the street.The incident occurred early on Aug 5. Tiwari and his family were asleep at their residence in Daulat Nagar, Borivli. Suddenly, Tiwari woke up after his wife raised an alarm. He noticed a youngster slipping out of the window. Tiwari immediately opened the door and ran into the…

Cows sitting in the middle of road at New Ashok Nagar in New Delhi New Delhi: Forget traffic signals. On several roads in south and central Delhi, it is garbage dumps and cattle gathered around them that dictate the pace of traffic, leaving commuters trapped.Despite repeated complaints, residents say civic action lasts only a day or two before the roads return to the same state.TOI visited several stretches in the city, including Greater Kailash-II, Chirag Delhi, Pillanji, Kidwai Nagar and Ashok Nagar, found that the problem persists not just in narrow internal colony lanes but busy main roads carrying thousands…

Bengaluru: Gone are the days when chewing gum was simply about fresh breath or blowing bubbles. A new generation of functional chewing gums now promises benefits ranging from better oral health and caffeine boosts to vitamin supplementation, smoking cessation, and even relief from heartburn.Aditi Datta (name changed), a marketing professional in her early 30s from Shantinagar, said she once relied on chewing gum to mask the smell of cigarettes after every smoke break. “I didn’t want my young son to know that I smoked, so I would chew gum before returning home from work. But after making a New Year’s…

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has granted interim relief to 49 sweepers, scavengers and contingent workers engaged at various police stations across Rachakonda commissionerate and Nalgonda, Suryapet and Yadadri districts, directing the home department to pay them minimum wages after finding that the petitioners had made out a prima facie case.Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka passed the directions while hearing a petition filed by the workers seeking minimum wages and arrears from the date of their initial appointments, and posted the matter for further hearing on Aug 17.The petitioners contended that they had been working for several years in police stations, district…

Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to introduce a separate entrance examination or not to use NEET scores for admissions to Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry (BVSc & AH) courses. Instead, admissions should be made based on Class XII marks or criteria decided by state govts, he said.Vijay wrote a letter to Modi opposing a common entrance examination. “I would be grateful if the Veterinary Council of India could be advised to review its decision and permit admissions to the BVSc…

Prayagraj: Two labourers allegedly died of suffocation after entering a sealed, under-construction septic tank at a residential site near the Newada Samogar area under the Industrial Area police station limits on Friday.Police suspect the workers collapsed due to oxygen depletion and toxic methane gas while removing shuttering materials from the tank. The contractor and the house owner have been taken into custody.Upon being alerted, a joint team of police and fire personnel rushed to the spot and carried out a rescue operation.A senior police officer told TOI that the under-construction house belonged to Dharmendra, and police have taken two persons,…

Rourkela: Deogarh police arrested the son-in-law of ex-MLA Subash Chandra Panigrahi from Angul district on Aug 5 on charges of dowry harassment, assault and attempt to murder following a complaint lodged by his wife — the former legislator’s daughter. Accused Sabyasachi Mishra (34) was sent to judicial custody after a local court rejected his bail plea on Wednesday, said Sabyasachi Satapathy, inspector in charge of Deogarh police station.The accused, a resident of Jagannath Nagar GGP Colony in Bhubaneswar, works as a manager at a mining company in Angul. A complaint agaisnt him was filed by his wife, Sonali Panigrahi (29),…

Coimbatore: The Kinathukkadavu police on Friday arrested two individuals, including a minor, in connection with the brutal murder of a 22-year-old labourer at Sikkalampalayam in Coimbatore district on Thursday.The arrested have been identified as Mathesh, 21, and a 17-year-old juvenile. They were arrested from their hideout near the railway tracks in Kinathukadavu.The arrest follows the gruesome murder of S Ashwin, 22, of Kamaraj Colony in Solavampalayam, in the early hours of Thursday. The duo had recorded the brutal assault on a mobile phone and clicked photographs with the body.“Investigation revealed that the deceased had assaulted the duo on Wednesday after…

Aizawl: The Aizawl bench of Gauhati high court on Friday stayed the framing of charges against two former Mizoram tourism ministers and a former legislator in connection with alleged irregularities in the Swadesh Darshan 1.0 eco-adventure circuit project.Justice Budi Habung ordered that the proceedings be kept in abeyance until August 17, when the matter will be heard again.The petitioners are former tourism ministers John Rotluangliana and Robert Romawia Royte, who is now an MLA, and former legislator Lalrindika Ralte.The special judge (Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988), Aizawl, had held that a prima facie case existed for framing charges against them…