Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday insisted that Israel’s objective in Gaza is liberation from Hamas rule, not long-term occupation, as he addressed media ahead of an emergency UN Security Council meeting.“Gazans are begging us and begging the world to be freed from Hamas,” Netanyahu said, calling the militant group a “genocidal organisation” committed…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader KN Rajanna resigned as Karnataka Cooperation Minister on Monday after the party’s high command asked him to step down. This followed his critical remarks about his own party, where he expressed concern that they had failed to address alleged lapses in the electoral rolls before the election. He stated that the…
Siverio reunites with Manolo after stints at Las Palmas & Hyderabad Panaji: When Javier Siverio landed in India during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, he was an exception to the foreign player rule.Most players arrive in India at the fag end of their careers, largely in their thirties, trying to cash in on a final…
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi has declined to sign a sworn declaration backing his “vote-theft” allegations against the Election Commission of India, despite repeated calls from the poll body.Reiterating that the documents he cited for his “vote theft” claims came from the Election Commission’s own data, the Congress leader called it a fight for “One Man,…
NEW DELHI: The union ministry of home affairs on Monday defended the power granted to the lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir to nominate five members to the legislative assembly.The ministry submitted an affidavit to the Jammu and Kashmir high court in response to plea of Congress leader Ravinder Sharma challenging the constitutional validity of…
KOLKATA: The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata’s dean of student affairs, Ayan Banerjee, resigned from his post on Sunday after students pointed out a ‘conflict of interest’.A source said the dean of administration is also likely to be replaced after students demanded his removal for alleged negligence.Banerjee, who quit as dean…
TOI Correspondent from Washington: Between expansive threats against India from US soil and bragging about Pakistan’s oil and mineral wealth that would lift the country from a morass, Pakistan’s military chief embarrassed himself and his country by inadvertently admitting where it currently stands vis-a-vis India – in the pits. “India is shining a Mercedes coming…
NEW DELHI: The central government hit back strongly at Pakistan army chief General Asim Munir’s recent remarks targeting India from the US soil, calling Pakistan “an irresponsible state with nuclear weapons,” confirmed news agency PTI quoting sources on Monday.Referring to Pakistan’s terrorism problem, its failed democracy, and the military’s dominance over the Islamabad government, govt…
DEHRADUN: Harish Nautiyal, a 45-year-old priest from Uttarakhand’s Mukhba village, was among the few who saw the churning gush of slush and sludge roar down the Kheer Gad towards Dharali, realised disaster was imminent and recorded the entire scene before a wall of debris flattened much of the village. “I was shaken to my soul…
TOI Correspondent from Washington: Emboldened by the Trump White House’s support, Pakistan’s de facto military ruler Asim Munir has threatened to destroy any infrastructure India builds that could impede water flow to Pakistan, and warned that as a nuclear power, it will take half the world down with it if it faces an existential crisis.“We…
