NEW DELHI: In a boost for BJP-led NDA’s ranks in the Lok Sabha, Speaker Om Birla on Saturday recognised the six rebel Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs’ decision to join Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, even as he is yet to take a final call on the merger of 20 rebel TMC MPs with little-known Nationalist Citizens…
NEW DELHI: Drawing a distinction between using abuse language and the offence of obscenity, Supreme Court has said that use of mere swear words, profanities and vulgar expletives, however distasteful or uncivil they may be, cannot be equated with obscenity and is not an offence. It set aside conviction under Section 294 for a person…
SRINAGAR: J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah and NC president Farooq Abdullah, along with party MLAs, left for New Delhi Saturday to hold a protest at Jantar Mantar on July 20 for restoration of statehood, even though police permission for the sit-in was yet to come.Omar told TOI that his party was talking to Delhi Police…
SRIHARIKOTA: A sudden hold in the final five minutes of the countdown briefly froze the celebration waiting to erupt at Sriharikota. Then, after a tense 35-minute delay and a restart of the launch sequence, Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 roared off the first launchpad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here at 12.05 pm Saturday, becoming India’s…
Move Seen As Part Of Govt’s Outreach To Oppn For Delimit Bill Support NEW DELHI: A day after a parliamentary committee abruptly deferred the adoption of its report on a contentious anti-graft bill, another parliamentary panel, which is examining govt’s proposed law to replace multiple higher education regulators with one umbrella body, has called off…
India was among the 67 countries that participated in a ministerial meeting hosted by the US against far-left extremism and political terrorism. Indian ambassador Vinay Kwatra joined the meeting that saw US secretary of state Marco Rubio calling upon participating countries to unite against left-wing terrorism while claiming that the threat from jihadist terrorism has…
NEW DELHI: Medical colleges across the country will now decide faculty appointments and promotions on their own, with the National Medical Commission (NMC) ending routine eligibility clearances. Only exceptional cases involving regulatory ambiguity will be taken up by the regulator for a fee of Rs 25,000 plus GST.The decision comes after it was observed that…
CBSE results for 2nd edition class 10 board exams out NEW DELHI: CBSE Saturday declared the results of the Class X Second Board Examination 2026, taking the overall pass percentage — after combining the main and second exam results — to nearly 96.8.In the main board examination, CBSE had recorded an overall Class X pass…
JAMMU: Narcotics control bureau (NCB) seized 5 kg of high-grade heroin, suspected to have been smuggled from Pakistan, and arrested an alleged smuggler during a raid in a village along LoC in Jammu & Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday.“Around 9 am, the contraband, packed in five packets, was recovered from a person in Kosalyain village…
Doda: Security personnel route march following a ‘Bandh’ called by the Markaz-e-Seerat committee, in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. (PTI Photo) JAMMU: A partial shutdown affected normal life in Doda and Kishtwar district of Jammu & Kashmir on Saturday following the death of a 30-year-old man who was shot dead near Bhaderwah town in a run-in…