EC eases SIR tribunal procedures in Bengal, allowing bulk order uploads, draft saving and additional documents, while planning digital signature-based login for judges NEW DELHI: Having updated the appellate tribunal portal for Bengal around two weeks back to enable judges to rely on documents beyond the 13 listed in SIR order, Election Commission will, within…
Supreme Court seeks reconciliation between estranged couple as it hears woman’s plea to terminate over six-month pregnancy, opposed by her husband NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday found itself in a predicament on an abortion plea of a woman who sought its approval for termination of her over-six-month pregnancy over the discord with her husband, who…
CRPF records a year without operational fatalities for the first time in 47 years, with its last such death reported on October 30, 2025 NEW DELHI: CRPF has completed a year without a single operational fatality for the first time in 47 years, despite high-risk deployments across Jammu & Kashmir, Left-wing extremism-hit areas and Manipur.“A…
Union home minister Amit Shah met senior NCP leaders at his residence amid growing concerns over internal differences in the party following Ajit Pawar’s death NEW DELHI/MUMBAI/PUNE: With BJP concerned over organisational discord within NCP, home minister Amit Shah late Sunday met senior functionaries believed to be unhappy with party president Sunetra Pawar and her…
SC refuses urgent hearing on plea against steep rise in domestic airfares ahead of Diwali NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday refused to urgently list a plea against steep rise in domestic air fares during Diwali season and seeking a direction to Centre to frame a mechanism to cap air fares on domestic routes during festival…
SC allows green crackers in Delhi-NCR on November 7 and 8 during specified hours NEW DELHI: Holding that Deepawali has a religious, social, psychological and emotional significance for people, Supreme Court on Monday kept the window open for bursting of green firecrackers on Nov 7 and 8 between 6am and 7am, and between 8pm and…
Three former AAP MLAs from Punjab join BJP a day after resigning, citing concerns over rising crime, drugs and gangsterism in the poll-bound state NEW DELHI: A day after resigning as MLAs in Punjab, three AAP members joined BJP here on Monday, giving a boost to the saffron outfit in the poll-bound state.BJP is making…
Navy rescues all 20 crew members of fishing vessel Azini from armed pirates in a 48-hour operation in the Arabian Sea, with support from the Indian Air Force NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy has rescued all 20 crew members of a fishing vessel from armed pirates after a 48-hour operation in the Arabian Sea. The…
Scotland’s SNP government faces criticism for awarding a £35.4 million contract to Bengaluru-based Mphasis to manage its welfare benefits platform, which serves around two million citizens TOI correspondent from London: The Scottish National Party, which governs Scotland, has come under fire from opposition ministers for handing a £35.4 million (almost Rs 450 crore) contract to…
BJP calls INDIA bloc’s ‘vote chori’ rally a flop, Shah takes jibe at Rahul Gandhi’s PM ambitions CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI: BJP derided INDIA bloc’s rally against ‘vote chori’ as a “flop show”, while Union minister Amit Shah said Rahul Gandhi could hope to be PM only in a ‘mock parliament’, referring to Congress’s mock CEC impeachment.Addressing…
