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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One as he travels from Joint Base Andrews, Md. to West Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump said that he was beginning to talk with Cuban leaders as his administration is putting greater pressure on the communist-run island and cutting off key oil supplies. The Republican president made the comment to reporters on Saturday night as he was flying to Florida. It comes in the wake of his moves in recent weeks to cut off supplies of oil from Venezuela and Mexico,…

Strong 5.3 Earthquake Hits Iran on Feb 1 / Image: @ncmuae A moderate earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale struck southern Iran on the morning of Sunday, February 1, 2026. The seismic event was recorded at 8:11 AM UAE time by the National Seismic Network, part of the National Center of Meteorology (NCM). While the magnitude was significant enough to be classified as a “moderate” quake, its location and depth played a crucial role in how the energy dispersed across the region. According to official data, the quake originated at a depth of 10 kilometers, a common depth for…

NEW DELHI: The Union Budget 2026 announced the launch of a new initiative in the name of Mahatma Gandhi days after it came under flak for its decision to change the name of MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act) to VB-G RAM G (Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Employment and Livelihood Mission (Rural) Bill).The Union Budget 2026 announced the launch of the Mahatma Gandhi Gram Swaraj Initiative to strengthen khadi, handloom and handicrafts through global market linkage, branding, training, skilling and quality improvements.Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman also announced a dedicated initiative for sports goods manufacturing and innovation in equipment design…

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday proposed new freight corridors linking Dankuni in West Bengal to Surat in the west, along with a high-speed rail corridor, to boost development and infrastructure in the state ahead of assembly elections this year.Ahead of the legislative assembly election in West Bengal later this year, FM Sitharaman made big announcements and said that the government will establish new dedicated freight corridors connecting West Bengal’s Dangkuni in the east to Surat in the west.”Establish new dedicated freight corridors connecting West Bengal’s Dangkuni in the east to Surat in the west. Operationalise 20 new national waterways…

MUMBAI: The city police have arrested a man from Pune for allegedly firing five rounds outside film producer Rohit Shetty’s residence in Mumbai’s Juhu area on Sunday. Prima facie, the accused is suspected to have links with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. Police said the arrested person was seen in CCTV footage captured prior to the firing.According to police, the incident occurred at around 12:45 am on Sunday morning, when five rounds were fired outside Shetty’s Juhu residence. The producer was inside the house at the time, and no one was injured.Juhu police said Shetty’s security guard, who alerted him about…

NEW DELHI : Tanuja, a 23-yearold homemaker, and her threeyear-old son, Priyansh, were going to a weekly market on July 31, 2024, when they fell into a partially constructed drain in east Delhi’s Ghazipur. Both died. The tragedy left her husband, Govind Singh Bisht, traumatised and he left Delhi for his ancestral place in Uttarakhand.The drain was neither covered nor marked with any warning sign in 2024. One and a half years later, on visiting the site on Jan 23, and again on Jan 31, TOI found it still uncovered.Bisht, who earlier worked in a laboratory, said there was nothing…

Bengaluru: Amid accusations that harassment by income tax officials resulted in the death of Confident Group chairman CJ Roy, home minister G Parameshwara said on Saturday that state police would, for now, focus primarily on the suicide angle.In his first reaction to the high-profile case, on the sidelines of a meeting with All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge in Bengaluru, Parameshwara said I-T officials were only carrying out their statutory duties and were scheduled to file a chargesheet by Feb 4, based on searches conducted at the Confident Group offices in Dec 2025.When asked whether police would probe…

Hyderabad: With just 10 days remaining until the end of the term of its elected body, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) approved a budget of Rs 11,460 crore for the 2026–27 financial year on Saturday.At the meeting, corporators described the budgetary allocations as insufficient and unrealistic for a growing megapolis. They argued that the approved budget of Rs 11,460 crore for the 2026–27 financial year was inadequate, particularly in light of the merger of 27 municipalities and the expansion of the GHMC’s jurisdiction to nearly 2,000 square kilometres.Hyderabad: Congress Faces Vote Split, CM Wraps Harvard Study, Distressing Fire Audio &…

Chennai: In about a year, residents of the city’s far-flung western suburbs could reach T Nagar’s shopping hub in a single metro ride, as CMRL plans to open a 3.5km stretch between Vadapalani and Panagal Park by March 2027. The section forms part of Phase II’s 26.1km Corridor 4 from Lighthouse to Poonamallee Bypass. A portion of the corridor between Poonamallee and Vadapalani is expected to become the first Phase II line to open in Feb.Chennai: Political Challenge Over Merit, Shocking Farmer Attack, IIT M Green Tech And MoreMetro officials said track-laying between Vadapalani and Panagal Park could begin soon,…

Ahmedabad: A group of 10 PG medical students, resident doctors in the orthopaedics department at MK Shah Medical College, stopped reporting to duty on Jan 26 as a sign of protest against an assistant professor. The assistant professor allegedly forced the students to work on holidays and used threats and humiliation.The college authorities, in response, constituted a three-member committee to investigate the allegations. The assistant professor was put on leave until the inquiry was ongoing, said Dr A D Leuva, the dean of the medical college. According to available information, 12 students are currently pursuing a PG course in orthopaedics…