Rohit Khanna

Besides India's 9 'near-misses,' the 2024 Paris Olympics has seen some other unusual '4th place' stories play out, which underline both the pain and the pleasure of being the 'near-miss' 4th finisher.

It was 1973. Aruna Shanbaug was just 25. A typical Konkani, she loved fish. She liked to dress up a bit on weekends. She had recently watched ‘Bobby' and loved it.

The circumstances of the terrible ordeal that each endured are so painfully similar that it makes one ask, when would Indias women have been abused and violated enough for us to act and do something substantial about it?

Over the last 10 years, the PM has often talked about India’s demographic dividend, referring to India’s young population and unlocking their potential.

His passing is a moment for us to thank him, his brother Trevor, and every Anglo-Indian who has flown for the IAF.

"A great warrior, a fine pilot, and a genuine good Samaritan, that was Denzil Keelor." - Air Marshal Ajit Bhavnani, former Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force

​A CBI lawyer kept a Kolkata court waiting 50 minutes for a hearing Friday on RG Kar hospital rape-murder suspect Sanjay Roy's bail application, prompting the exasperated magistrate to wonder aloud at one point if she should accept the plea and let out the alleged perpetrator of the Aug 9 crime.

According to documents available with TOI, one of the three members of the medical board that was set up on Aug 9 to look into the case, including

​When CBI officials asked Roy about what made him conclude that it was an unnatural death, he said that he could not say anything other than that before the post-mortem was conducted.

On Monday, doctors who performed the autopsy on the 31-year-old victim are likely to depose before the court.