J&K CM Omar Abdullah called on Union home minister Amit Shah NEW DELHI: J&K CM Omar Abdullah called on Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday. This is the first meeting between the two since Abdullah took over as CM. Both home ministry sources and Abdullah later described the meeting as a courtesy call. However,…
MUMBAI: After hectic daylong negotiations with Congress and NCP (SP), Shiv Sena (UBT) Wednesday announced its first list of 65 candidates for the assembly polls. It has renominated 14 of its 15 sitting MLAs and declared nominees for 13 seats in Mumbai, including Aaditya Thackeray from Worli and Aaditya’s cousin Varun Sardesai from Bandra East….
CHENNAI: An MSc chemistry student and four robotics engineering graduates teamed up with two others to cook methamphetamine in one of their homes in Kodungaiyur. And when police came knocking on Wednesday, the parents said they thought the students were doing academic research. The seven have been arrested and remanded in judicial custody.The city’s newly…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari approved on Wednesday the appointment of Justice Yahya Afridi, the third most senior judge of the supreme court, as the country’s next chief justice after he was selected on Tuesday night by a 12-member parliamentary panel.The power to appoint a chief justice has shifted to parliament following a recent…
Former US President Donald Trump TOI CORRESPONDENT from London: Donald Trump’s lawyer has written to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to request an immediate investigation into “blatant foreign interference” in the US presidential election by the UK Labour party, alleging that “illegal foreign contributions” were made by Labour to Kamala Harris’ campaign.This comes after a…
Royal author Tine Brown said Harry is naive and does not know the ways of the world. Royal author and former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair Tina Brown has shredded Meghan Markle to pieces in a no-holds-barred attack in which she analyzed Prince Harry and Meghan’s character and their exit from the Royal family and what…
Kamala Harris hit out at Donald Trump after John Kelly revealed that the latter, while in office, wanted generals like that of Adolf Hitler’s and often praised the Nazi leader.Comparing the Republican presidential candidate to the Nazi dictator, Kamala accused Trump of wanting a military that was loyal to him and not to the country.“Donald…
Baba Siddique was shot dead on October 12 The Mumbai crime branch arrested of three more suspects on Wednesday from Pune. The total number of individuals apprehended in connection with this case has now reached 14. The recently arrested suspects have been identified as Rupesh Rajendra Mohol (22), Karan Rahul Salve (19), and Shivam Arvind…
New Delhi: Indian bags and luggage brand Zouk has raised $10 million in a Series B round led by Aavishkaar Capital, with participation from existing investors like Stellaris Venture Partners, Titan Capital, Winners Fund, Sharrp Ventures, and the JJ Family. It has now raised a total of $14.5 million to date, the company shared in…
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s Lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Wednesday wrote a letter to chief minister Atishi, expressing his concern over the city’s worsening air pollution and the lack of concrete action taken by the government. In the letter, Saxena said that he has written numerous “pleading letters to chief ministers of neighbouring states and duly…
