India’s Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva, Kshitij Tyagi NEW DELHI: India on Thursday strongly criticised Pakistan at the 58th Session of the UN human rights council, calling it a “failed state that thrives on instability and survives on international handouts.”Indian diplomat Kshitij Tyagi delivered a scathing response, accusing Pakistan of spreading falsehoods and…
NEW DELHI: Cabinet has approved the proposed amendments to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill incorporating the changes recently recommended by the Parliamentary panel, paving the way for it to be tabled for discussion and passage in the second half of the budget session.TOI has learnt that the govt has incorporated most of the changes recommended by…
NEW DELHI: A 5.0 magnitude earthquake jolted Assam’s Morigaon district on Thursday during the early morning hours, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.The seismic activity was recorded at 2:25 am with its epicentre at a depth of 16 kilometres.“EQ of M: 5.0, On: 27/02/2025 02:25:40 IST, Lat: 26.28 N, Long: 92.24 E, Depth: 16…
DEHRADUN: The tunnel has collapsed. Water and silt flood the narrow passage. Deep underground, there are eight men – trapped, unheard, unseen. At the mouth of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) in Telangana, hundreds of rescuers battle against time, fighting to bring them back. Among them are three men who have been there before…
MUMBAI: Supreme Court has stayed a recent notification by the Centre placing certain projects out of the purview of prior clearance under the environment impact assessment norms and issued notice to the environment ministry on a public interest litigation (PIL), reports Swati Deshpande.NGO Vanashakti had on Feb 16 moved the PIL, saying the notification significantly…
NEW DELHI: Opposing the plea that the six-year disqualification for convicted persons from contesting polls be turned into a lifelong ban, Centre has told Supreme Court that the present law was constitutionally sound and it should be left to Parliament to decide on amending the law and the judiciary should refrain from passing direction.In an…
NAGPUR: The Nagpur bench of Bombay HC last week upheld the rape conviction of a man for sexually assaulting a minor under pretext of marriage. The court ruled a false promise amounts to “misconception of fact” that invalidates a girl’s consent, reports Vaibhav Ganjapure.Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke rejected the accused’s argument the girl had willingly engaged…
NEW DELHI: In an order that is likely to have wider ramifications, J&K and Ladakh high court has said that if a highway is in bad shape “due to different nature of construction activities”, NHAI or its concessionaire cannot collect toll tax from commuters.Hearing a PIL on the Pathankot-Udhampur stretch of NH-44, a bench of…
PRAYAGRAJ: Four Kumbh pilgrims – two each from Bihar and Jharkhand – died, and five others were injured after their speeding SUV crashed into a house on Pratapgarh-Ayodhya highway in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh district en route to Ayodhya from Prayagraj on Tuesday night.The latest casualties took the death toll in accidents involving devotees heading to…
COIMBATORE: Home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday praised the contribution of Tamil Nadu to the evolution of Indian spiritualism, and said no account of India’s spiritual history was complete without referencing the rich Tamil culture.“Tamil Nadu is a land enriched with countless living examples of spirituality and has carried forward an unbroken legacy of wisdom…
