NEW DELHI: A few days ahead of announcement of Bihar assembly poll dates, NDA parties are on the verge of finalising seat-sharing arrangements. They expect a better performance than in 2020, when key ally Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) had contested independently.Home minister Amit Shah, who will steer the alliance strategy, held the first round of…
Chhattisgarh police Thursday arrested retired IAS officer Niranjan Das in connection with the alleged Rs 2,500-crore liquor scam, Amresh Mishra, head of state’s ACB and EOW, told TOI.Das, who was commissioner and excise secretary of the state before retiring in 2023, is accused of a key role in the state’s biggest such scam. Cops allege…
MUMBAI: Rahul Mukerjea was offered advice and assistance to lodge a missing person’s report when he said his girlfriend, Sheena Bora, disappeared in 2012, but “he never took” help offered by a lawyer. Bora’s childhood friend, a homemaker from Guwahati, said this during a cross-examination in Sheena Bora case, while deposing as prosecution witness before…
United States President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Friday introducing a steep $100,000 fee for companies sponsoring H-1B visas, the programme that allows foreign professionals to work in specialised roles in the United States. The change could reshape opportunities for foreign professionals, especially from India, across multiple sectors in the US. With major firms…
NEW DELHI: The Indian government on Friday said it expects Riyadh to be mindful of mutual interests and sensitivities in keeping with the “wide-ranging strategic partnership, which has deepened considerably in the last few years”.The statement by MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal followed media queries on the issue. Saudi Arabia and Pakistan this week formalised their…
NEW DELHI: Moving fast on PM Modi’s Independence Day announcement, the Union Cabinet has approved the setting up of a high-level committee (HLC) which will study and suggest measures to deal with demographic changes arising from illegal immigration. It will also study “other abnormal causes” for the issue which Modi has called a security challenge.TOI…
United States President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Friday introducing a steep $100,000 fee for companies sponsoring H-1B visas, the programme that allows foreign professionals to work in specialised roles in the United States. The change could reshape opportunities for foreign professionals, especially from India, across multiple sectors in the US. With major firms…
Air Chief Marshal AP Singh NEW DELHI: The world should learn about conflict termination from India, which ended the cross-border hostilities with Pakistan after striking it “nice and hard” under Operation Sindoor while taking care to avoid civilian casualties, because it had achieved its main objectives, Air Chief Marshal A P Singh said on Friday.Citing…
Oman’s Aamir Kaleem (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) NEW DELHI: Oman opener Aamir Kaleem made history on Friday in Abu Dhabi, becoming the oldest batter to score a half-century against India in any format of the game. At 43 years and 303 days, Kaleem broke a record that had stood for over 79 years, previously held by…
NEW DELHI: The world is aware of the nexus between terrorists and the Pakistani state and military, said the govt on Friday. The MEA was responding to reports about a Jaish-e-Mohammed commander admitting that the Pakistan army chief, Asim Munir, had ordered senior army officers to attend the funeral of terrorists killed in India’s Operation…
