MUMBAI: Observing that her absence is hampering the court proceedings and her presence is required to record her final statement, a special court on Wednesday directed the NIA to verify the health condition of BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur.She failed to appear before the court to record her final statement as an accused in the…
RAIPUR: Security forces found three more bodies of Maoists from Tuesday’s shootout site in Gangaloor area of Bijapur in Chhattisgarh‘s Bastar belt, bringing the death toll of insurgents to 13. No security personnel were wounded, officials said Wednesday. The gunfight began at 6am and lasted 14 hours. Bastar range IG P Sundarraj confirmed that three…
BENGALURU: A 51-year-old man from Mysuru attempted to die by suicide by slitting his throat with a knife inside the Karnataka high court on Wednesday. The incident unfolded around 1.15 pm in courtroom no. 1 where a division bench of Chief Justice NV Anjaria and Justice HB Prabhakra Shastri, who was due to retire later…
NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry has cancelled the foreign funding licence of at least five more NGOs over alleged violation of provisions of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, and Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, 2011, sources told TOI on Wednesday.The NGOs whose registrations under FCRA have been cancelled are CNI Synodical Board of Social…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has held that high courts should refrain from interfering with a trial court order if there is no perversity of fact and law in the verdict. It further said that a person should not be convicted merely on the ground of suspicion no matter how strong it is.In a relief granted…
NEW DELHI: Sunil Narine‘s blistering 85 propelled Kolkata Knight Riders to a commanding 106-run victory over Delhi Capitals in a remarkable display of power-hitting, as they posted the second-highest ever IPL total of 272/7 on Wednesday.Kolkata’s stellar performance came on the heels of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s record-breaking innings total of 277/3 just a week earlier, reaffirming…
NEW DELHI: Widely-used messaging platform WhatsApp, owned by Meta Platforms, experienced a global outage on Wednesday night, affecting thousands of users, as reported by outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Those attempting to log in were greeted with an error message indicating that the service was not available at that time.Downdetector recorded over 17,000 incidents of users…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant put up a brave face despite getting a 106-run thrashing at the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday.This was DC’s third loss in four games after beating Chennai Super Kings in their previous encounter, while KKR, who…
NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders soared to the top of the Indian Premier League 2024 points table after demolishing a lacklustre Delhi Capitals by 106 runs in a stunning display of power-hitting followed by a clinical bowling effort on Wednesday.Sunil Narine led the charge with a scintillating 85, showcasing his batting prowess with seven boundaries…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday approved the expulsion of party leader Sanjay Nirupam for 6 years after complaints of indiscipline and anti-party statements.This comes after the Congress had dropped Nirupam from the list of star campaigners in Maharashtra and announced that action will be taken against him for his remarks against the…
