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Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday moved a resolution in the state assembly against the contentious farm laws enacted by the Centre recently. The resolution was moved by the leader of the house on the second day of a special assembly session here over the new farm laws. The chief minister also introduced three bills to counter the Centre's farm laws.

Support is growing within India’s government to formally start talks on a trade deal with Taiwan as both democracies see relations with China deteriorate. Taiwan has sought trade talks with India for several years, but PM Modi’s govt has been reluctant to move ahead because it would involve a messy fight with China once any pact is registered at the WTO, said govt sources.

Unbelievable it may sound in an otherwise poor state like Bihar, but records show that 153 out of the 1,065 candidates in the fray in the first phase of state assembly election are crorepatis! As per affidavits, 58% candidates of the Grand Alliance (RJD-Cong and Left) and 60% of the NDA (BJP-JDU-HAM-S and VIP) are crorepatis with assets ranging from Rs 1 crore to Rs 53 crore.

MS Dhoni has given a lot to Chennai Super Kings over the last 13 years. But on the day he played his historic 200th IPL game, the once maverick dished out probably his worst performance. But for a spell of five overs while defending 125 when CSK took three quick Royals wickets, not for once did Dhoni look in any sort of control in a game where CSK had to win.

During the episode, he was seen confiding in Pavitra Punia that he gave a lot of respect to Eijaz and always treated him as elder brother but he has broken that trust.

Pakistan’s powerful military commanders are facing unusual criticism from opposition parties who have accused them of meddling in politics and toppling governments, intensifying the pressure on Khan’s pro-army administration.

India is on course to top the world in coronavirus cases, but from Maharashtra's whirring factories to Kolkata's thronging markets, people are back at work -- and eager to forget the pandemic for festival season. After a strict lockdown in March that left millions on the brink of starvation, the government and people of the world's second-most populous country decided life must go on.

Hearing a petition for quashing of the FIR in the TRP scam filed by Republic TV’s editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, the Bombay HC on Monday said police will have to first issue him “summons” like it did to eight Republic TV employees. The HC observed: “Today he is not an accused in the crime, how can we pass an order?” But said once summons is sent there is no question of arrest.

In a move that has taken many in the badminton world by surprise, world champion PV Sindhu has left the ongoing national camp for Olympic hopefuls and landed in London. Her Instagram account said on Monday that she had travelled to the UK to work on her recovery and nutrition. Sources said she was upset with a few things and efforts are being made to convince her to return.

In the last 30 days since Covid-19 cases peaked in India, the growth rate of infections has more than halved — from 92% in the month prior to September 18 to 42% since then, a drop of 50 percentage points. Stay with TOI for the latest developments

On October 10, Urvashi Dholakia announced on her social media handle that she was COVID-free. Calling the recovery period a roller coaster ride, the actress recounted the time she tested positive for coronavirus and what ensued after that.

Actress Aparna Dixit, who was last seen in ‘Pyar Ki Luka Chuppi’, is a die-hard romantic. Someone, who, in her own words, “believes in the magic of love”. Maybe the fact that she was born in Agra, the city that’s home to the monument of eternal love, Taj Mahal, has something to do with it!

Stressing that she was expecting over 600/720 marks, Vasundhara Bhojane from Amravati, through counsel Ashwin Deshpande, has moved the Nagpur bench of Bombay HC, and contended she had an excellent academic record with 93.4% in class 10th and 81.9% in class 12th. She said it was likely she got zero marks due to a technical discrepancy.

An obscene video allegedly sent from deputy chief minister Chandrakant Kavlekar’s mobile to a WhatsApp group caused a flutter on social media and in political circles on Monday, with GFP, a former alliance partner of the ruling BJP, filing a complaint accusing the senior minister of sexual harassment and outraging women’s modesty.

Ten days ago, Kanta Prasad and his wife, Badami Devi, had come face to face with the power of social media.