NEW DELHI: Frowning at an advocate’s repeated attempts through PILs to seek paid two-day monthly menstrual leave for female workers, Supreme Court said Friday that such a move could create a psychological barrier among women that they are inferior to men as they can’t work when they are menstruating. A bench of CJI Surya Kant…
NEW DELHI: In his phone conversation with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian late Thursday, PM Modi stressed that India is Iran’s friend and that his govt will do all it can to advance diplomacy as escalation is not in anyone’s interest. This is the closest India has come to expressing solidarity with Tehran, which said Friday…
KOCHI: Nearly 100 members of the crew of Iranian naval ship IRIS Lavan, docked at Kochi port, have left India via Kochi airport, persons in the know here said. There was, however, no formal confirmation from Southern Naval Command. According to the sources, the Iranian crew members left Kochi airport on an aircraft that came…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra govt on Friday introduced a bill with stringent provisions to prevent religious conversions through coercion, fraud, or marriage if it involves inducement, coercion or deceit, joining other BJP-governed states that have enacted ‘freedom of religion’ laws. The Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026, tabled in the legislative assembly for debate sets a prison term…
NEW DELHI: Deendayal Port in Kandla is set to receive 22 vessels over the next three days, including some foreign-flagged Gulf-bound ships, which are unable to head to the conflict-hit region. Ships that are destined for West Asian countries can use this as a transhipment port to drop the cargo. TOI has learnt that the…
JAMMU: Security forces Friday seized 503g heroin, allegedly air-dropped from Pakistan via drone, near the international border in RS Pura sector, on the outskirts of Jammu city.The recovery came a day after a joint team of BSF and police seized 2kg heroin, worth around Rs 12 crore in the international market, in Bahadurpur village in…
JAMMU: A head constable of Jammu and Kashmir Police and his wife died, while their sons were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and plunged into a stream in Doda district on Friday.The family, from Bani in Kathua district, was heading to Bhaderwah in their SUV when the accident…
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir high court has quashed a Pulwama resident’s preventive detention under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), citing contradictions in records and Albert Einstein’s words about “carelessness” in a case represented by advocates Zamir Abdullah and Zahir Abdullah, sons of chief minister Omar Abdullah.“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters…
NEW DELHI: The cost of FASTag Annual Pass for private vehicles will increase by 2.5% to Rs 3,075 from April 1. At present, the annual pass costs Rs 3,000, which allows cars to cross 200 toll plazas without stopping. The pass can be recharged multiple times in a year.Officials said the provision for annual revision…
Several countries in the subcontinent have reached out to India seeking additional fuel as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East curtails energy supplies from the Persian Gulf.This comes after the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which has left several countries in South Asia with limited stockpiles and few alternative supply routes.While addressing…
