NEW DELHI: The first meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the ‘one nation, one election’ bills is scheduled for Wednesday, with the primary focus on introducing the members to the two key bills.The bills were introduced in Lok Sabha on December 17 after a heated debate. The JPC, chaired by BJP’s P P…
NEW DELHI: India and the Maldives will discuss steps to strengthen defence cooperation in a meeting between defence minister Rajnath Singh and his counterpart Mohammed Ghassan Maumoon here on Wednesday, amid the ongoing thaw in bilateral relations.“The two ministers will review the various facets of bilateral defence cooperation, including training, regular exercises, defence projects, workshops…
CHENNAI: Terming draft UGC Regulations 2025 as an assault on federalism, Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin on Tuesday criticised the Centre for granting governors broader control over vice-chancellor’s appointment and allowing non-academicians to hold VC posts.“This overreach is unacceptable. Tamil Nadu will fight it legally and politically,” he said. The draft regulations say the…
BATHINDA/PATIALA: The protesting farmers in Punjab will organise tractor marches across the country on Jan 26. They have also planned to burn effigies of the Central govt on Jan 10 and burn copies of the national policy framework on agricultural marketing on Jan 13, even as farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal’s health deteriorated significantly since…
NEW DELHI: In a significant leap forward for Indian law enforcement, a new portal, launched on Tuesday by Union home minister Amit Shah, is set to transform the way authorities deal with fugitives who have fled abroad. Besides helping in streamlining the process of extradition, Bharatpol portal, coupled with India’s newly introduced criminal laws, will…
HYDERABAD: Telangana high court dismissed on Tuesday a criminal petition filed by BRS working president and former municipal administration minister KT Rama Rao challenging the registration of an FIR against him in connection with the Formula E race case.The court upheld that prima facie material existed to initiate an investigation into the allegations, thereby revoking…
KOCHI: Kerala HC has ruled that comments about a woman’s “fine body structure” can constitute a sexually coloured remark, thus falling within the scope of sexual harassment. Justice A Badharudeen made observation while dismissing recently a petition filed by a Kerala State Electricity Board employee, who sought to quash a case against him for allegedly…
GUWAHATI: With tigers on the prowl in the vicinity of Kaliabor tea estate in Assam’s Nagaon, armed forest guards had to take on the role of student escorts at a govt school this week.Nam Kamakhya Lower Primary School has seen nearly 70% decline in attendance, with parents keeping their children at home due to regular…
VIJAYAWADA: Seattle police fired Kevin Dave, the officer who struck Jaahnavi Kandula, a student from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, with his car near a South Lake Union cross walk in Seattle, Washington, in January 2023. He is the second police officer to be fired in the Jaahnavi accident case. Earlier, Daniel Auderer, vice-president of the Seattle…
TOI Correspondent from London: British Indians are furious at the blanket term “Asian grooming gangs” being used by UK PM Keir Starmer and the media during the ongoing debate over sexual grooming, saying they are being smeared for crimes in which they have no involvement.On Monday Starmer used the phrase “Asian grooming gangs” when defending…
