Category: Events

NEW DELHI: A company having no physical body cannot be imprisoned and having no mind cannot possess mens rea (guilty mind), which is essential for conviction in a criminal case. So can a firm be convicted and punished?SC Monday answered the tricky questions by holding that a company can be convicted even when it cannot...

Eiffel Tower shuts after staff protest over Hindu group’s visit NEW DELHI: The Eiffel Tower was closed to visitors on Monday after staff staged a walkout over allegations that female employees were moved away from their workstations during a visit by a Hindu religious group linked to the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), as...

Union minister of state for commerce and industry Jitin Prasada met US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on the sidelines of the G20 Summit NEW DELHI: India has joined the United States and 24 other countries in an initiative aimed at shaping the development of next-generation 6G networks, the US department of commerce said.Union minister of...

Some library books disappear for a few months. Others never make it back. But one copy of Your Child, His Family, and Friends took nearly 82 years to complete its journey home. According to the San Antonio Public Library, which announced the unusual return in August 2025, the book was checked out in July 1943...

Bangladesh and India plan to resume train ops by October DHAKA: Bangladesh and India plan to resume cross-border train operations through the Maitree, Mitali and Bandhan Express trains by Oct and the annual meeting of railway authorities of the two countries beginning Tuesday will work in that direction, officials have said.Since the fall of Sheikh...

Rajnath: 98% To Be Sourced From Local Cos NEW DELHI: Rajnath Singh-led Defence Acquisition Council Monday gave in-principle approval (acceptance of necessity) for acquisition of military hardware for the three services, including modernisation of fighter jets (Sukhois) and advanced light helicopters, purchase of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) recce vehicles, radars, bridge systems and...

Each year, local re-enactors show how the bloody Northfield raid unfolded. A seven-minute gun battle in a quiet Minnesota town helped bring down America’s most famous outlaw gang, leaving behind physical relics that are still preserved 150 years later. On 7 September 1876, the James-Younger Gang rode into Northfield, Minnesota, planning to rob the First...

We’ll make Air India great again: Gebremariam NEW DELHI: “Focus on safety, financial stability, winning trust of passengers and offer a consistent customer experience.” Tata Sons and Air India chairman N Chandrasekaran Monday set the objectives for the airline and its new boss in a town hall with the carrier’s outgoing and incoming MDs and...

Passive smoking deaths up 50% since 1990: Lancet NEW DELHI: Deaths linked to second-hand smoke in India have soared, surging almost 50% since 1990 and claiming 325,600 lives in 2023 alone. According to a study published in The Lancet Public Health Monday, India had the world’s second-highest number of people exposed to second-hand smoke in...

Supreme Court judge writes 4th letter to CJI against Raj HC judge NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Judge Sandeep Mehta has written another letter to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant alleging that Rajasthan high court judge Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, who was replaced as the Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan high court, was interfering in an...