CUTTACK: The Supreme Court Tuesday suspended the sentence of Barabati-Cuttack MLA Mohammed Moquim in the Orissa Rural Housing Development Corporation (ORHDC) loan fraud case, but did not stay his conviction, dashing his hopes of contesting the assembly elections next month.The Representation of the People Act mandates the disqualification of MLAs sentenced to a jail term…
NEW DELHI: Asia remained world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards by reporting 79 disasters in 2023 that affected over nine million people, World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said in a report released on Tuesday. It also underlined that the continent is warming faster than the global average, and the warming trend has…
PUNE: Despite being decorated with the Sansad Ratna (Best Parliamentarian) award five times and Maha Sansad Ratna once, Shrirang Barne, the two-time Member of Parliament from Pune’s Maval, had one regret-his 2014 and 2019 affidavit mentioned his educational qualification as “10th class fail”. Not any more.The 60-year-old Shiv Sena MP who filed his nomination for…
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge surprised everyone by deciding not to contest Lok Sabha polls. The 81-year-old told TOI of his commitment to his role as a national leader and why he decided not to contest. Excerpts:As chairman of INDIA bloc, your influence nationwide is palpable in these elections. However, your absence in Gulbarga constituency in…
BHUBANESWAR: The humble lungi, a go-to dress for many Indian men at home, has suddenly got a life of its own ever since a video of chief minister Naveen Patnaik, dressed in a lungi and white, round-neck T-shirt, and holding cut-outs of BJD’s conch symbol, was uploaded by the BJD as part of its ‘Jodi…
Kottayam: Mary Philip, still sharp and sprightly at 79, has never missed voting in an election, whether for panchayat or Parliament, since she was 18. The matriarch of Padinjare Muthoottil family in Arumanoor, a village 15km from Kottayam town and part of the Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency, Mary diligently keeps track of political and social…
MUMBAI: The Mumbai crime branch probing the April 14 firing on actor Salman Khan’s house has recovered the second gun, along with two magazines containing 17 bullets, that the alleged shooters threw in the Tapi river in Surat in their attempt to cover their tracks.The first gun was found earlier in the river on Monday.The…
KOLKATA: People unable to maintain peace during a six-hour celebration don’t deserve elected representation, Calcutta high court asserted Tuesday, while expressing dismay over clashes in Murshidabad district of Bengal during Ram Navami festivities on April 17 that left at least 19 wounded.Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya held that Lok Sabha polls scheduled…
NEW DELHI: Australia’s big-hitting Marcus Stoinis smoked a dazzling unbeaten 124 as Lucknow Super Giants chased down a steep 211 to pull off a famous win six-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in Chennai on Tuesday.It was Stoinis’ maiden IPL century and his second in T20 cricket as it trumped an unbeaten 108 by CSK…
NEW DELHI: Sensational Marcus Stoinis pulled off one of the best batting performances of his career, firing a maiden Indian Premier League ton as Lucknow Super Giants stunned Chennai Super Kings by six wickets at the Chepauk on Tuesday.The Australian all-rounder smashed an unbelievable unbeaten 63-ball 124 as Lucknow pulled off a double over CSK…
