BHOPAL: Another CBI inspector has been arrested Monday for allegedly accepting bribes in connection with the central agency’s probe into the nursing college scam in Madhya Pradesh. He was initially entrusted with the probe and is accused of taking a bribe of Rs 2 lakh.On Saturday, a CBI inspector was caught allegedly accepting a bribe…
MUMBAI: Braving a beating down sun in the hope of improved governance and development, a procession of business titans emerged from their abodes to fulfil their democratic duty on Monday. Among them stood Tata Trusts chairman Ratan Tata, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla, Mahindra Group boss Anand Mahindra…
BHILWARA: A Rajasthan Pocso court on Monday handed down death sentences to two brothers for gang raping a 17-year-old and burning her alive in Shahpura district on Aug 2 last year. The case had triggered public outrage and led BJP, then in opposition, to target the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress govt over crimes against women ahead…
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat anti-terrorist squad (ATS) arrested four Sri Lankan men with suspected ties to Islamic State (IS) at Ahmedabad airport late Sunday and alleged that they’re on a mission devised by their Pakistani handlers to carry out a suicide attack in the state. ATS claimed Monday to have confiscated three pistols and 20 bullets from…
MUMBAI: PM Narendra Modi said on Monday that record profits made by banks in FY24 would increase availability of credit to the poor, farmers, and MSMEs, hailing the turnaround of financial entities, which were facing a burden of bad loans some years ago.Posting a link of a TOI story on X, Modi said that the…
MUMBAI: Anil Kakodkar, former chairman of atomic energy commission (AEC), has revealed that Siegfried Hecker, former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US, had deposed in the US Senate in 2008 that the sanctions which followed Pokhran 2 tests had no impact on India’s nuclear weapons programme.Kakodkar stated this while speaking at a…
NEW DELHI: Legendary wicketkeeper-batter and former India skipper MS Dhoni emphasised that a captain earns respect by how they “walk and talk” in moments of defeat.The 42-year-old Dhoni is one of the most decorated captains in cricket history and the first to win all ICC white-ball trophies: the ICC T20 World Cup (2007), ICC Cricket…
NEW DELHI: The Bhartiya Janata Party’s Sambit Patra landed in huge controversy on Monday after calling Lord Jagannath a ‘bhakt’ (devotee) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Patra, who is the BJP candidate from Puri Lok Sabha seat, was speaking to reporters as PM Modi led a roadshow in the morning. Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik…
NEW DELHI: Former India opener and current KKR mentor Gautam Gambhir on Monday appreciated the high standard of cricket in the Indian Premier League but said that the tournament should not serve as the primary route for young players to secure a spot in the national team.Gambhir, who represented India, emphasized on the importance of…
NEW DELHI: Left-arm pacer Yash Dayal held his nerves to stop Chennai Super Kings juggernaut, helping Royal Challengers Bengaluru snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and secure a spot in the playoffs of IPL 2024. On Saturday, RCB defeated CSK by 27 runs in front of a roaring and jam-packed M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in…
