PUNE: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday lost his cool while speaking at a public event in Baramati. When his supporters flooded him with letters on various issues, Pawar said, “You voted for me, that does not mean you have become my boss. Have you made me a farm labourer now?”Cabinet minister Sanjay Shirsat…
DEHRADUN: Following recent directions from the CM’s office to carry out verification of ‘illegal madrassas’ in Uttarakhand, state police headquarters (PHQ) has written to all the district police units to identify them for further action.Sources at PHQ told TOI that a letter was sent about a week ago to all SSPs and SPs of the…
MUMBAI: An all-party delegation, led by ex-MP Sambhaji Raje, will Monday meet governor C P Radhakrishnan to express concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in Marathwada’s Beed following Massajog sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh’s murder, and press for dismissal of food and civil supplies minister Dhananjay Munde, leader of opposition Ambadas Danve said.Many legislators have…
INDORE/MHOW: Pithampur, industrial hub of Madhya Pradesh, was relatively calm Sunday after three days of protests over the proposed incineration of 337 metric tonnes of Union Carbide waste. After several rounds of parlays with officials, residents of Pithampur decided to wait for Monday’s hearing in Jabalpur bench of Madhya Pradesh HC, where govt is required…
GUWAHATI: Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU) Saturday night lifted the economic blockade that had been enforced since Dec 31 in Manipur. The blockade, which had halted vehicular movement, including that of trucks carrying essential commodities on NH-2 in Manipur, was withdrawn after CoTU announced that the total shutdown in Kangpokpi will be lifted from 2am…
In 2009, when Nimisha Priya from Kerala’s Palakkad district travelled to Yemen to work as a nurse, she could never have imagined that her life would one day become the focus of considerable international attention.The 34-year-old is currently on death row for allegedly murdering Talal Abdo Mahdi, a Yemeni citizen, in 2017 by “injecting him…
Govt has suggested “verifiable consent” from parents through the draft digital personal data protection rules against going out for an all-out ban on children joining social media on the lines of Australia, IT secretary S Krishnan told Pankaj Doval in an interview.“These are things which every society has to decide for itself. And so that…
BENGALURU: Karnataka high court recently directed the state forest department to refund Rs 4.3 lakh deposited by a Kodagu landowner in 1982, with 6% interest per annum. The order came a year after his death in 2023.One Mahabaleshwar Bhat had deposited the amount after he was granted approval to fell 349 trees standing on the…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s old antic to taunt India by naming its missiles after Afghan invaders has taken an unexpected turn in the wake of a new conflict with Afghanistan. The controversy ignited when Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif described Mahmud of Ghazni – a figure celebrated in Pakistan’s historical narrative – as “merely a…
MUMBAI: Amidst growing awareness of digital detention scams, fraudsters have continued to evolve their methods. Recently, a 49-year-old man from Kandivli, following a call, received a link that led to documents related to a money laundering “charge” against him. The link resembled Supreme Court’s website. Alarmed, he transferred Rs 32 lakh to scammers, later realising…
