A Chandigarh-born self-proclaimed "Punjaban" is running for the top organisational leadership post of the Republican Party. Harmeet Dhillon, who serves as the Republican National Committee chairwoman from California, declared her candidature against incumbent Ronna McDaniel for the national level post on Monday. More

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Results for the Delhi municipal elections are set to be announced on Wednesday even as exit polls showed that the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will sweep the 250-ward corporation that has been under BJP rule for around 15 years. More

Morocco dumped Spain out of the World Cup in a last-16 penalty shootout on Tuesday with Spanish-born Achraf Hakimi scoring the decisive spot-kick after Spain squandered all three of their attempts, following a 0-0 draw over 120 minutes. Hakimi, a product of the Real Madrid youth system, calmly slotted his penalty past Unai Simon in Spain's goal to seal Morocco's 3-0 win in the shootout. During the 90 minutes plus extra time, Spain dominated possession but failed to create many clear chances against Morocco’s stubborn defence. More

The home ministry on Tuesday gave clearance for issuance of visa to 34 Pakistani players and officials to take part in the ongoing Blind Cricket World Cup. The nod comes after Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC), earlier in the day, in a statement claimed that the team could not get visa clearance from the Indian external affairs ministry which left team in the lurch. More

Remittances to India is money transfers from non-resident Indians (NRIs) employed outside the country to family, friends or relatives residing in India. Remittances account for nearly 3% of India’s gross domestic product (GDP). More

The border situation with China, the alleged misuse of government agencies, price rise and unemployment will dominate the proceedings of the winter session of Parliament starting Wednesday. The results of the assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh are also likely to play out during the start of the session. More

Hundreds of activists of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) were detained near Belagavi on Tuesday at Hirebagewadi toll plaza after they pelted stones at around five Maharashtra registered lorries. More

TMC national spokesperson Saket Gokhale was sent to two-day police custody on Tuesday over a tweet endorsing an alleged fake news report about PM Narendra Modi's visit to Morbi after a bridge collapse incident there on October 31, which had claimed 135 lives. Trinamool chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said the arrest smacked of “vindictive attitude” of the BJP government. More

PM Narendra Modi, on Monday, inaugurated a two-day BJP national office-bearers’ meeting at the party headquarters in Delhi to discuss strategy and preparations for assembly elections in several states and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and three northeastern states — Tripura, Nagaland. and Meghalaya — will go to polls next year. More

Lenders to bankrupt Jet Airways India Ltd. are resisting a court-approved resolution plan, further delaying the former No. 1 private airline’s return to the skies, according to people familiar with the matter and email communications seen by Bloomberg News. More

The website of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) faced around 6,000 hacking attempts over a span of 24 hours on November 30, about a week after online services of AIIMS-Delhi were crippled by a ransomware attack. More

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that Ukraine was continuing to shell the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, deliberately creating the threat of a possible nuclear catastrophe. Shoigu said Russian forces were taking "all measures" to ensure the safety of the power plant, Europe's largest, in the face of what he called "nuclear terrorism" from Kyiv. Ukraine denies shelling the facility. Stay with TOI for latest updates on Russia-Ukraine war: More

What is worthy of observation here is that both Switzerland and India are planning to, or deploying, covid lockdown-style plans to mitigate the different crises of energy and air pollution. The one thing common here is that they are going after mass mobility. India is going after fossil fuel cars due to pollution and Switzerland may go after EVs to conserve its energy reserves. More

In the last leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Madhya Pradesh, a group of people in a town in Agar Malwa district raised slogans hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi after spotting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who responded by giving flying kisses. The incident occurred on December 4 evening in Soyat Kalan town when the Yatra was headed towards the Rajasthan border. More