MUMBAI: Describing MMRDA‘s actions as arbitrary and unfair, Bombay HC Tuesday set aside a Jan 3 notice by which it terminated the services of French engineering firm Systra’s Indian subsidiary as a consultant for three Metro lines in the Mumbai region. Even in a contract with a private party, said the judges, the state and…
This is a representational image KOLKATA: Over a decade after the lynching of a young trader in Sodepur’s Gandhinagar, a Barrackpore court on Tuesday sentenced five individuals, including Panihati councillor Tarak Guha, to life imprisonment.Guha, a councillor from ward 11 of Panihati Municipality, was arrested immediately after appearing in court on Friday for the first…
BELAGAVI/KOLHAPUR: A girl who had filed a sexual harassment case against a bus conductor under the Pocso Act in the Belagavi ticket row over language last week, sought on Tuesday to withdraw the complaint. Her parents insisted they “too are fans of Kannada” in a bid to ease the flare-up across the border.The bus conductor,…
Bangladesh chief of army staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Tuesday warned that the country’s independence and sovereignty would be at stake if instead of working together, people engage in fighting and mudslinging at each other.Speaking at an event to mark the BDR carnage at Pilkhana in 2009, the army chief said, “I am warning you. You…
TOI correspondent from Washington: Donald Trump’s MAGA-infused US is rupturing a long-standing Anglophone alliance. From vice-president JD Vance describing Britain as the world’s first “truly Islamist country” to have nuclear weapons (because of its growing immigrant Muslim population) to Peter Navarro reportedly proposing expulsion of the largely liberal Canada from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network,…
A demonstrator holds a sign during a rally to protest President Donald Trump and Elon Musk policies. (AP) A wave of resignations has hit Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), as 21 civil service employees walked out on Tuesday, refusing to aid what they called the “dismantling of critical public services.”In a scathing resignation…
This is a representational image (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Government has set a target to construct 10,000 km of national highways (NHs) in 2025-26, as per the budget document, which is the lowest in the past seven years since 2018-19. However, continuing with the sharper focus on building wider and greenfield highways and expressways,…
JD Vance and Donald Trump Vice President JD Vance has made a bold assertion, claiming that President Donald Trump is hated because he “chooses his words carefully.” The remark, posted on Elon Musk’s X, was meant to contrast Trump’s leadership style with what Vance called Washington’s obsession with talking over doing.“The reason the failed establishment…
A bruise can be seen on President Donald Trump’s right hand during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House. A large, discolored bruise on Donald Trump’s right hand became the unexpected focus of his Oval Office meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, fueling widespread speculation. Despite reported attempts to cover it…
Annamalai said Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin was instilling imaginery fears among people. NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai fired back at chief minister MK Stalin after the chief minister announced that the state was ready for “another language war”. Stalin called an all-party meeting on March 5 to discuss the Lok…
