BHUBANESWAR: A BJD functionary’s firm has been fined Rs 24.2 crore for alleged excess mining at a stone quarry in Kasia hills of Odisha‘s Nayagarh district and has been ordered to deposit the amount by Oct 20, reports Sandip Mishra. Challenging the minor mineralwing’s decision, Bhapur block vice-chairman BenudharPradhan’s firm has moved HC. “There were…
SASARAM/PATNA: Eleven youths, including seven from a family, drowned while bathing in two incidents in Bihar’s Rohtas and Katihar districts on Sunday.Seven children from a family, including four siblings, drowned in the swollen Sone River in Rohtas’ Tumba village. The bodies of Nibha Kumari (14), Nidhi Kumari (12), Gunugun Kumari (8), and Pawan Kumar (6),…
NEW DELHI: Calling Modinomics a “curse” to India’s economy, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Sunday said PM Modi‘s “stale lectures with old spins” cannot hide his “outright failures” that have landed all aspects of the economy in crisis. Kharge said household liabilities/indebtedness has grown by 241% from 2013-14 to 2022-23 in actual terms, household debt as…
PANAJI: Protests in Goa ignited by former RSS state chief Subhash Velingkar‘s controversial remarks about St Francis Xavier eased Sunday as police expanded their search across the state and neighbouring Maharashtra to catch the accused, who has remained untraceable since Friday.Velingkar allegedly called for a “DNA test” of the relics of St Francis Xavier, revered…
Three spectators who went to watch the Indian Air Force‘s air show died on Sunday after the event. They were admitted to hospitals due to dehydration and other issues, but doctors say that the actual cause of death can only be determined after postmortem test results are available. The air show at Chennai’s Marina Beach…
As the dramatic improvement in India-Maldives ties in recent months culminated in President Mohamed Muizzu’s first state visit to India that started Sunday, the president told TOI in an exclusive interview that the Maldives would never do anything that undermines the security of India. Before his meeting with PM Narendra Modi on Monday, and amid…
The sit-in site of junior doctors protesting against the alleged rape and murder of their colleague at the RG Kar hospital and the alleged police action against a few of them, in Kolkata. (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Junior doctors in West Bengal, currently engaged in an indefinite hunger strike, have accused the authorities of…
NEW DELHI: The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Sunday accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of intentionally fueling communal tensions in Goa. In a post on X, he said that Goa’s appeal lies in its natural beauty and the warmth and hospitality of its diverse and harmonious people. However,…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar at Kautilya economic conclave NEW DELHI: India must remain with all major players in the Middle East amidst ongoing conflict, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday. He added that New Delhi is seen as a country with a greater sense of responsibility towards the global polity.While speaking at…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Sunday addressed the widely discussed debate around the relevance of the United Nations and the need for the multilateral body to reinvent itself to stay in tune with the changing times. Choosing to give a business-like response, given the nature of the forum, the EAM quipped that…
