COIMBATORE: A protest in Tamil Nadu left behind an awkward truth for the election season – outrage, this time, was not over bribery itself but over who didn’t get it. Anger over being left out of the alleged cash-for-votes payout spilt onto a key road in Kottur, a rural pocket about 40km south of Coimbatore…
NEW DELHI: A politician can’t be allowed to judge judicial competence merely based on “personal perception”, the Delhi high court said on Monday, dismissing petitions by AAP netas seeking recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma in the liquor policy case.“This court will stand up for itself and institution…. I will not recuse,” the judge said,…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress on Monday raised fresh objections against alleged mass enrolment of new voters in Bengal, forcing an already exasperated Supreme Court bench led by CJI Surya Kant to sarcastically observe that he would have to create a dedicated special bench to deal with the volume of pleas relating to SIR and elections.TMC…
Earlier this week, Elon Musk once again proposed a universal basic high income stating that it can be the ‘best way’ to deal with job losses caused by artificial intelligence (AI). Musk’s post started a debate leaving many economists “baffled”. Debating the Tesla CEO’s proposal, one user named Not the Bee @Not_the_Bee shared an X…
Tiger Woods girlfriend Vanessa Trump sends subtle signal as golfer fights for comeback after crash arrest and rehab (Image via Getty) Tiger Woods is still thinking about golf, even as he deals with a tough time off the course. The 50-year-old star was arrested on March 27 after a serious car crash in Jupiter Island,…
NEW DELHI: In this period of global tensions, India and South Korea together send a message of peace and stability, said PM Narendra Modi as he hosted President Lee Jae Myung for bilateral talks and announced a series of initiatives to enhance the special strategic partnership between the two countries.These included the launch of an…
NEW DELHI: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has secured a record conviction of 73 drug offenders with the harshest possible punishments in the first quarter of 2026, garnering appreciation by Union home minister Amit Shah. The success is underpinned by a steady rise in the agency’s conviction rate, which has climbed from 60.5 per cent in…
NEW DELHI: Observing that reckless and baseless allegations made against judges strike at the very foundation of judicial independence, which cannot be allowed, the SC on Monday refused to interfere in contempt proceedings against a lawyer who had made various accusations against a sitting judge of the Bombay high court, including that he was associated…
Brazilian triathlete Mara Flavia Araujo’s final Instagram post resurfaces after Ironman Texas swim tragedy leaves fans heartbroken (Image via Getty) The sports world woke up to heartbreaking news after Brazilian triathlete Mara Flavia Araujo lost her life during a race in the United States. She went missing during the swimming leg of the Ironman Texas…
NEW DELHI: After the firing incident on two Indian vessels by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on April 18, “Indian Navy is prioritising security for all Indian vessels stranded and waiting to cross the Strait of Hormuz”, defence sources confirmed to TOI. “All Indian-flagged cargo ships in the Persian Gulf have also been asked…
