NEW DELHI: As pending cases continue to mount in high courts because of multiple reasons, including judge vacancies not being filled, Supreme Court Tuesday said it was time to appoint ad hoc judges in HCs — invoking Article 224A of the Constitution — who would be part of division benches headed by a permanent judge…
PRAYAGRAJ: Billionaire Gautam Adani’s younger son Jeet will get married next month in a simple ceremony, without any pomp and show and celebrities.Adani, on Mahakumbh pilgrimage with his family, scorched speculations of a star-studded wedding of his son Jeet with Diva Shah, daughter of Surat diamond merchant Jaimin Shah. “It will be a very simple,…
A week after news that an Indian citizen from Kerala, Binil TB, died fighting for Russian forces in the Ukraine war, Andriy Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, told TOI Kyiv had no confirmation of the participation of Indians in Russian forces. Speaking to Indian journalists virtually from Kyiv, Yermak acknowledged…
Nishikant Dubey (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed Jharkhand government plea and upheld HC’s decision to quash an FIR against BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey, Manoj Tiwari, and other persons related to the 2022 Deoghar airport incident where allegedly the Air Traffic Control (ATC) was forced to give clearance for an unscheduled…
India was upset after Pakistan unilaterally sought a parallel process to address the issue despite World Bank asking both to tackle it mutually NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday welcomed the ruling by the World Bank-appointed neutral expert that said differences between India and Pakistan over the Kishenganga and Ratle hydroelectric power projects in J&K fall…
Attacker after arrest (left) and Saif Ali Khan MUMBAI: Bangladeshi national Shariful Fakir, arrested for breaking into actor Saif Ali Khan’s home and stabbing him last Thursday, was driven to crime because of extreme poverty, police said. “He chose Saif’s residence randomly. All he wanted was to steal from someone rich and escape to Bangladesh…
Rahul Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Contrasting Rahul Gandhi‘s criticism of India’s economy with the Narendra Modi govt’s achievements, BJP on Tuesday sought to highlight the success of the production linked incentive (PLI) scheme in attracting investments and fostering job creation.In a post on X, BJP IT department head Amit Malviya cited India’s emergence as…
More than 50 people belonging to the land mafia attacked cops with bricks and stones on Monday when Deoghar police swooped down on sand miners in Jharkhand, police said on Tuesday. Officer in-charge of Kunda police station, Santosh Kumar Mandal, and a few others were injured trying to seize the tractors involved in the crime.The…
Arms recovered from Maoists at Gariaband on Tuesday RAIPUR: Security forces on Tuesday killed CPI (Maoist) central committee member Chalapati, who carried a bounty of Rs 1 crore. So far, 13 other cadres have also been killed in the encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Gariaband that has been going on for two days.“This is one of the…
Donald Trump (File photo) PUNE: US President Donald Trump’s announcement on Monday night after his inauguration that “American astronauts will plant the Stars and Stripes on planet Mars,” has raised questions of whether Nasa’s Artemis mission to the moon will be put on the back burner.Trump’s declaration, one among a series of announcements, endorses Elon…
