NEW DELHI: Mumbai’s cyber cell special investigation team detained actor Sahil Khan from Chhattisgarh regarding the Mahadev betting app case, an official said on Sunday. On Saturday, Khan was detained from Chhattisgarh’s Jagdalpur following the Bombay High Court‘s denial of his pre-arrest bail plea.The SIT is currently investigating alleged illicit dealings between specific financial and…
NEW DELHI: Two days after 14 constituencies of Karnataka went to polls in the second phase, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday is set to hit the campaign in full swing for the BJP in Northern Karnataka. The Prime Minister will hold four back to back rallies to support the efforts of the BJP state…
Did you know that your hospital bill is likely to be heftier – and not less, as many believe – if you are paying for it yourself rather than through an insurance firm? A patient in Gurgaon discovered this to his horror recently and TOI’s enquiries reveal that this is standard practice.When this patient, while…
BENGALURU/KALABURAGI: Nearly six months after Karnataka submitted a memorandum, the state on Saturday finally received Rs 3,454 crore from Centre under Natural Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to counter the prevailing drought situation. This, however, is way short of Karnataka’s initial demand of Rs 18,174 crore, which included Rs 5,662 crore for compensation to farmers.Congress has…
New Delhi: BJP has fielded 26/11 prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam as its candidate from Mumbai North Central seat, dropping two-term incumbent Poonam Mahajan from the contest.Nikam, a prominent presence on prime time TV during the trial of Ajmal Kasab, the sole survivor among the Lashkar gang who went on a rampage killing innocents, as well as…
GUWAHATI: Two personnel from 128 Battalion of CRPF lost their lives and two colleagues were wounded in an attack by unidentified militants at 12.15am Saturday in Manipur’s Bishnupur district. This was the first attack on a Central Armed Police Force deployed for peacekeeping duties in the state since the ethnic conflict began in May last…
NEW DELHI: Accusing the Centre of “misusing” Enforcement Directorate to “crush” its political opponents ahead of the parliamentary elections, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has told Supreme Court that his arrest was illegal, arbitrary and an unprecedented assault on the tenets of democracy based on free and fair elections and federalism.Countering the allegations of the agency…
MUMBAI: Former UGC chairman & educationist DP Singh, was appointed as chancellor of Tata Institute of Social Sciences on Saturday by the ministry of education.Singh has served as the VC of three varsities, including the Banaras Hindu University, and has headed NAAC as director in the past. He will be serving on the post for…
NASHIK: Bringing much-needed relief to onion cultivators, specially across Maharashtra, Centre allowed the export of nearly one lakh tonnes of the kitchen staple, mainly sourced from Maharashtra, to six neighbouring countries – Bangladesh, Sri lanka, Bhutan, Bahrain, Mauritius, and the UAE. Centre has also permitted the export of another 2,000 tonnes of white onions cultivated…
NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh Congress on Saturday requested the party high command to nominate Rahul Gandhi from Amethi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Raebareli in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. However, no decision was made during the central election committee (CEC) meeting.During the meeting of the Central Election Committee chaired by Congress chief Mallikarjun…
