KOLKATA: “I will resign as the chief minister if you can prove that I have links with terror outfits or am associated with Muslim League,” West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said in the assembly on Tuesday, countering BJP’s allegations.“I was accused of disrespecting Hinduism and supporting Muslim League. After all my struggles, I have to…
GANDHINAGAR: Matching its unparalleled victory in the 2022 Gujarat assembly elections, BJP Tuesday notched up yet another spectacular performance by sweeping local body polls for Junagadh Municipal Corporation (JMC), 68 municipalities, three taluka panchayats and by-polls to several vacant local body seats.Although Congress improved its tally from 1 to 11, BJP won the JMC election…
NEW DELHI: A day after Gyanesh Kumar was appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner, Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would endeavour to conduct the final hearing on a bunch of petitions challenging the validity of a Parliament-enacted law that altered the composition of the SC-devised panel for the selection of the CEC and ECs….
KOLKATA: A Pocso court in Kolkata on Tuesday sentenced a 34-year-old man to death for raping a seven-month-old infant on Nov 30 last year and leaving her fighting for life, terming the case “rarest of rare”.“There cannot be any other punishment that the court can think of,” judge Indrila Mukherjee Mitra said in her verdict…
PALAKKAD: A cultural festival procession in Thrithala town in Kerala’s Palakkad featured photos of slain Hamas and Hezbollah leaders, fuelling heated debate among political parties and on social media. On Sunday morning, banners bearing images of deceased Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar, and Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah, also deceased, were displayed by a group…
The TOI correspondent from London: Fugitive Indian businessman Vijay Mallya’s barrister told a London court that the banks pursuing Mallya are “acting in bad faith” and not being transparent as he made a failed attempt to adjourn Mallya’s appeal hearing against his bankruptcy order in the London high court on the first day of its…
The uproar against Allahbadia is part of a larger pattern where comedians have frequently faced the law for their content. NEW DELHI: A crude joke on India’s Got Latent, a show hosted by comedian Samay Raina, has landed YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia—popularly known as BeerBiceps—into legal trouble. His comment about parents and sex, which went viral…
NEW DELHI: Gyanesh Kumar will take over as the 26th Chief Election Commissioner tomorrow – on a day the Supreme Court will hear a petition challenging the 2023 law under which his appointment was made by the Centre late on Monday night.The appointment, which is the first under the new law, was made by a…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday thanked the Gujarat voters for giving a decisive mandate to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the local body polls held across the state. The ruling BJP swept the polls in Gujarat by winning the Junagadh Municipal Corporation (JMC) as well as 60 municipalities out of 68…
India and Japan have cranked up their military-to-military ties in recent years, with the Dharma Guardian exercise between their armies. NEW DELHI: India and Japan will next week kick off their ‘Dharma Guardian’ military combat exercise at Mount Fuji, continuing with the upward trajectory in their bilateral military engagements and defence cooperation.The aim of the…
