BHOPAL: Three accused in a gang rape case involving a minor were acquitted by the Pocso court in Gwalior on Tuesday after the rape survivor failed to identify herself in a video, purportedly of the alleged crime. The court then said it found no merit in the allegations levelled against the accused youth, all aged…
PUNE: Baramati MP and NCP(SP) senior functionary Supriya Sule on Wednesday said she cannot find fault with EVMs without proof, but added that discussions were needed to uncover the truth as others have claimed to possess evidence of manipulation.“I think it is not right for me to make allegations until I have some concrete evidence…
NEW DELHI: NDA leaders gathered at BJP president J P Nadda‘s residence on Wednesday on the birth centenary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee and also discussed upcoming political challenges. The meeting was attended by home minister Amit Shah, Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu, JD(U)’s Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Anupriya Patel of Apna Dal (S) and…
PATNA/BEGUSARAI: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, said to be smarting from home minister Amit Shah’s refusal to commit to NDA’s chief ministerial choice for next year’s poll, received what some see as a placating recommendation for the Bharat Ratna from Union minister and BJP veteran Giriraj Singh on Wednesday.Giriraj, MP from Begusarai, said he was highly…
CHENNAI: A 37-year-old man with a criminal record allegedly raped a second-year engineering student of Chennai’s Anna University on campus after filming her with a male friend and trying to blackmail them with the footage.Suspect Gnanasekaran, who runs a roadside eatery near the campus, was arrested Wednesday, a day after the survivor called a police…
NEW DELHI: Govt Wednesday named half-a-dozen new secretaries, appointing Arunish Chawla to lead the revenue department, while Manipur chief secretary Vineet Joshi will head higher education and Rachna Shah has been put in-charge of department of personnel and training.Textiles secretary Shah, a 1991-batch IAS officer from Kerala cadre, will be replaced by Neelam Shami Rao,…
World Bank chief economist Indermit Gill believes there are several things going for India – from the demographics to geopolitics and from a large domestic market to low debt levels in the private sector. He tells TOI in an interview that India should seek to push its potential growth from 6% to 8% by focusing…
ISLAMABAD: The interim Afghan Taliban govt claimed on Wednesday that 46 people, mostly women and children, were killed in airstrikes by Pakistani fighter jets on civilians in eastern Afghanistan late Tuesday night.Pakistani security officials said the airstrikes took place in Murgha and Laman areas of Barmal district, in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province near Pakistan’s volatile…
JAMMU: Life came to a standstill in the holy town of Katra in Jammu on Wednesday in response to a 72-hour shutdown call by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samiti protesting the proposed ropeway project from Tarakote Marg to Sanji Chhat. All business establishments remained closed while traffic kept off roads. Cops intercepted the protesters…
NEW DELHI: The leaders of ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), including Union home minister Amit Shah and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu met at BJP chief JP Nadda’s residence on Wednesday in Delhi in a key meeting.According to PTI sources, the NDA leaders discussed ways to counter Congress’ recent attack over Amit Shah’s…
