Omar Abdullah (PTI photo) SRINAGAR: INDIA bloc heavyweights will be present in strength as National Conference‘s Omar Abdullah takes oath as CM of J&K for the second time Wednesday at a venue along the Dal, ending six years of central rule since BJP‘s withdrawal from the then coalition government forced his predecessor Mehbooba Mufti of…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Patent Office has rejected the grant of a patent for dolutegravir, a crucial HIV drug marketed by Viiv Healthcare, facilitating the entry of generics and expanding access to affordable, life-saving treatment. The decision, announced after a contentious nearly decade-long battle, follows the company’s patent application for the HIV treatment in 2007.The…
NEW DELHI: In a serious charge against Congress for resorting to cash-for-votes during the recently held Lok Sabha elections, the Enforcement Directorate in its chargesheet filed against former Karnataka minister B Nagendra in the Valmiki Corporation scam has claimed that Rs 15 crore cash was distributed to voters at a rate of Rs 200 per…
TOI correspondent from Washington:Canada has invoked support from its “five eyes” intelligence partners and G-7 nations to warn India of sanctions over allegations that New Delhi is involved in transnational hits of Khalistani terrorists on its territory, even as an Indian team probing the matter is holding talks in Washington on Tuesday.“Everything is on the…
NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: The Mumbai police have revealed that the plot to assassinate NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddiqui had started three months ago. The accused had visited Baba Siddiqui’s residence multiple times without carrying any weapons, as per the Mumbai police.Based on…
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday stressed upon the need for reaching a common point between India and Pakistan, especially on climate change and terrorism. Amid the ongoing SCO meet, Bhutto said that the two nations should learn from the success of Shanghai Cooperation Organization and initiate talks.“A conversation is necessary, whether today or tomorrow, both…
CM Eknath Shinde and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray / File photos The political atmosphere heated up in Maharashtra soon after the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday announced the schedule for the assembly polls, which will take place on November 20 in a single phase. Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena…
Anti-hero Bollywood movies trying to avenge an ancestral wrong is a hit Bollywood plot, tried and tested on the box offices time and again. But this time the reel has turned real with jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi‘s determination to retribute a poaching case involving Salman Khan that angered the Bishnoi community in 1998.However, a senior…
NEW DELHI: The countdown for the high-stakes assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand has begun with the Election Commission on Tuesday announcing dates for voting in the two states. While Maharashtra will vote on November 20, Jharkhand will see two-phase polling on November 13 and 20. The results for both the states will be out…
This is a representative AI image (Pic credit: Meta AI) NEW DELHI: Seven flights received bomb threats online on Tuesday, threatening to blow up the planes, prompting security agencies to undertake counter-terrorism drills. The threats, posted on the microblogging site X, occurred a day after three international flights departing from Mumbai faced similar bomb threats,…
