Spread the love Ex-envoy Sandhu named Delhi LG, Tamil Nadu Governor Ravi moved to Bengal NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi has replaced C V Ananda Bose as the new governor of West Bengal, while former ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu will be the new L-G of Delhi as part of a larger gubernatorial reshuffle. The...
Courts must deal with disobedient litigants with an iron hand: Supreme Court
Spread the love File photo NEW DELHI: Criticising the practice of litigants, particularly government authorities, of not complying with court orders and filing appeals or review pleas when faced with contempt proceedings, the Supreme Court has said the court should deal with them harshly, otherwise public faith in the judiciary would erode.A bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R Mahadevan...
Iran conflict: Rising operation costs, fares add to West Asia flight nightmare
Spread the love Connectivity remains the primary concern as bringing Indians stranded overseas safely home is the highest priority NEW DELHI: The expanding war in West Asia is giving twin nightmares to airlines – especially Indian ones due to the closure of Pakistan airspace to them – and passengers stuck here and abroad.Connectivity remains the primary concern as bringing Indians...
Ending Ukraine war in everyone’s interest, UNSC seat for India crucial: Finland prez
Spread the love PM Modi with Finnish President Alexander Stubb in New Delhi (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: India and Finland both asserted on Thursday that ending the Russia-Ukraine war was “in everyone’s interest” and called for reform in the United Nations. Finland President Alexander Stubb said a seat in the UN Security Council for India was of utmost importance.“We...
Efforts on to evacuated Kashmiri students from Iran, says Farooq and Omar Abdullah
Spread the love <img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-129109944,imgsize-160496,width-400,resizemode-4/untitled-design-2026-03-06t003613.jpg" alt="Efforts on to evacuated Kashmiri students from Iran: Farooq and Omar Abdullah" title=" File photo: Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah and National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo: Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah and National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah JAMMU/SRINAGAR: Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah and...
US asked Ukraine for help against Iranian drones in Middle East, says Zelenskyy
Spread the love <img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-129108494,imgsize-30818,width-400,resizemode-4/untitled-design-73.jpg" alt="‘Protection against 'Shaheds'’: US asked Ukraine for help against Iranian drones in Middle East, says Zelenskyy" title=" File photo: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy The United States has asked Ukraine to help counter Iranian drone attacks in the Middle East, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday, adding that...
‘We didn’t ask for ceasefire’: Iran rejects US claim, says Tehran ‘ready for US ground invasion’
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Iran has said it is prepared for a possible US ground invasion and has not sought a ceasefire, with foreign minister Abbas Araghchi striking a defiant tone amid continuing US and Israeli strikes on the country.Speaking to NBC News in a video interview from Tehran with NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas, Araghchi said Iran...
499 runs and 32 sixes later, India beat England to enter T20 World Cup final
Spread the love Team India (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) TimesofIndia.com in Mumbai: 40 overs, 499 runs, 34 sixes, a last-over finish and the entire Wankhede Stadium on its feet singing “Maa Tujhe Salaam” in unison. One could not have asked for a more entertaining game of T20 cricket as India held their nerves to beat England by just seven runs and...
$20K drones vs $4m US missiles: How Iran is managing to hit targets across Middle East
Spread the love Who is winning the US-Iran war? That’s the question gripping the internet, TV debates, and social media worldwide right now.Six days ago, the US and Israel unleashed coordinated strikes on Iran, hammering military bases, missile sites, and key infrastructure nationwide. Iran has fired back with its remaining arsenal against the world’s top superpower — and Israel, the...
Meet the woman who’s on a climate mission to the North Pole
Spread the love It isn’t every day someone casually mentions they are heading back to a cabin near the North Pole. Yet, that is exactly what 57-year-old Hilde Fålun Strøm, a citizen scientist based in Longyearbyen, the world’s northernmost town, told me when we met last year in the frozen archipelago of Svalbard. Norwegian by nationality, Strøm grew up outside Oslo...
