NEW DELHI: US authorities doubled down on the deportation of 104 Indian nationals with the border patrol chief releasing a video that showed Indian nationals, handcuffed and shackled, being hustled into a C-17 military aircraft.Asked why a military aircraft was used to deport Indians, a US embassy spokesperson, without going into details of the flight,…
Graeme Smith (Photo credit: TimesofIndia.com) JOHANNESBURG: When Paarl Royals took on Sunrisers Eastern Cape at the Centurion in the SA20 on Thursday, it was a momentous occasion for the league. In its third edition now, with just one game to go, SA20 has done what South African cricket desperately wanted – sustenance. The T20 Global…
Shreyas Iyer (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Shreyas Iyer played a crucial role in India’s triumph over England in the first ODI in Nagpur, delivering a match-winning 59 off 36 balls. However, in a surprising revelation during the post-match interview, Iyer disclosed that he was initially not part of India’s playing XI for the game.India had…
NEW DELHI: Cracking the whip on domestic private sector companies that are using Chinese components in drones being supplied to the armed forces, the defence establishment has now scrapped three contracts for the induction of 400 logistics drones by the Army.The defence establishment is also putting a “stringent mechanism” in place to ensure the military…
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its investigation of Israel. The US and Israel are not members of the court and do not recognize its authority. The ICC has issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged…
NAGPUR: Harpreet Laliya, alias Roshan, was sold on the prospect of earning Rs 4 lakh a month driving a taxi in Canada. So, he bartered his family gold, two trucks and a debt-free life in his native Nagpur for a Rs 50 lakh gamble on reaching the US-Mexico border – supposedly the gateway to what…
NEW DELHI: Three more exit polls released on Thursday have all given BJP a decisive victory in the Delhi assembly polls with the lowest estimate by any of them for the saffron party being 45 seats in the 70-member House.Axis My India gave BJP 45 to 55 seats with AAP trailing well behind at 15…
Finance secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said the 2025-26 Budget has tried to push growth in a non-inflationary manner and has kept the promise of fiscal consolidation. In an interview to TOI,Pandey, who is also in charge of the revenue department, said the Budget has enabled all levers of growth to accelerate. Excepts:Do you think the…
NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel on Thursday reported over five-fold jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 16,135 crore, boosted by consolidation of the Indus Tower business and benefits of tariff hikes. The company had posted a consolidated profit of Rs 2,876 crore in the year-ago period.The country’s second-largest telecom company posted quarterly revenue from operations…
MUMBAI: The fast-moving consumer goods industry recorded a 10.6% growth in sales value in Oct-Dec 2024, the highest in four quarters helped largely by price hikes and a festive quarter which fuelled spending on staples, snacks and other packaged goods, data released by market research firm NielsenIQ on Thursday showed. Consumers, however, moved to smaller…
