NEW DELHI: Karan Brar, one of the suspects in the killing of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, claimed in a 2019 social media video that he obtained a Canadian student visa within days through EthicWorks Immigration Services in Bathinda, Punjab, India, according to a report by Canada-based Global News. The immigration firm shared the…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Faf du Plessis has forged a strong friendship with batting legend Virat Kohli, especially since the South African joined Kohli at RCB and both started opening for the team in the Indian Premier League (IPL). IPL 2024: Results | Points Table Still having an outside chance in the race to…
A return to growth in the Americas helped Puma meet first-quarter sales forecasts and its order book for the rest of the year was looking “very good”, the German sportswear retailer said on Wednesday, helping lift its shares nearly 12%. Revamped and newly trendy shoes from the 1970s and 80s like Puma’s Palermo and Adidas’…
The Supreme Court has dealt a major blow to bank employees by ruling that interest-free or concessional loans provided by banks to their staff will be considered as “fringe benefits” or “amenities,” and are therefore subject to taxation.According to an ET report by Indu Bhan, the apex court upheld the income tax rule, and said…
NEW DELHI: The Russian foreign ministry on Wednesday dismissed all allegations made by the US against India regarding a foiled assassination attempt plot involving pro-Khalistan radical Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. The Russian ministry said that Washington has not provided enough evidence to implicate Indian involvement in the case.“According to the information we have, Washington has not…
The first-past-the-post system of voting — where electors cast a vote for a single candidate, and the candidate with the most votes wins — can often lead to counterintuitive outcomes. A party’s gain or loss of seats can many times be disproportional to its vote share. If a party crosses its ‘threshold votes’, it gains…
The TOI Sports Desk excels in a myriad of roles that capture the essence of live sporting events and deliver compelling content to readers worldwide. From running live blogs for India and non-India cricket matches to global spectacles featuring Indian talents, like the Chess World Cup final featuring Praggnanandhaa and the Badminton World Championships semifinal…
LAXMANPUR-BATHE/SENARI: A worn-out sari partly covers her head as Uma Devi, 45, sits forlornly at the door of her unplastered house. Campaign vehicles belonging to various political parties come and go by, blaring poll slogans but she remains unmoved, her eyes barren of hope.Laxmanpur-Bathe village, where the soil still whispers the anguish of the 1997…
MUMBAI: The 2024 Lok Sabha elections have put the spotlight back on the otherwise forgotten Kolis – the fishing community of Mumbai.Considered one of the original inhabitants of the city, Kolis are finding it hard to eke out a living due to overfishing, use of purse seine nets, pollution, steep rise in fuel prices and…
Billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla‘s Hindalco Industries is considering seeking about $1.2 billion in a planned IPO of US aluminium products maker Novelis, people familiar with the matter said, in what could be one of the year’s biggest share sales.Hindalco may target a valuation of about $18 billion for Atlanta-based Novelis, the people said. The group…
