Category: Events

Bret Hart and Stephanie Washington (Image Source: Lorraine Hjalte/Calgary Herald) People still recognize Bret Hart as “The Hitman,” and he’s one of those wrestling legends that just don’t fade. He built up his fortune traveling the world, signing big contracts with both WCW and WWE, and cashing in on all the merchandise and royalties that...

Parliament on Friday cleared the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB-G Ram G Bill, 2025, with the Rajya Sabha passing the legislation hours after its approval in the Lok Sabha, amid strong opposition protests and repeated demands for scrutiny by a parliamentary committee.Earlier, the lower house passed the Bill...

Mark Zuckerberg (File Image) In June this year, Facebook-parent Meta Platforms agreed to take a 49% stake in artificial intelligence startup Scale AI for $14.8 billion. As part of the deal, Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang took top position inside Meta, leading the company’s new “superintelligence” lab. The 28-year-old founder of Scale AI, Wang has...

TOI correspondent from London: Fugitive economic offender Vijay Mally still knows how to party, despite being declared bankrupt in Britain and being swamped in dozens of legal battles in the UK and in India.His bromance with IPL founder Lalit Modi (63), who also lives in the UK, has reached new heights. Lalit hosted a big...

NEW DELHI: Rural development minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said Thursday ‘VB-G Ram G’ bill improves substantially on MGNREGA, which was “riddled” by corruption and inefficiency, as Lok Sabha passed the draft law amid fierce protests from opposition. They demanded that bill be sent to a parliamentary committee for scrutiny and assailed govt for removing Mahatma...

TOI correspondent from London: Police and immigration officers conducted a dawn raid on a property belonging to one of Britain’s largest gurdwaras and arrested one man.The property, 11 Beaconsfield Road, is one of around eight properties belonging to Sri Guru Singh Sabha Southall. The properties are meant to house staff serving the gurdwara and visiting...

Shilpa Shetty is moving ahead with the expansion of her restaurant business even as she and her husband, Raj Kundra, face allegations in a Rs 60 crore fraud case. Meanwhile, her restaurant Bastian in Bengaluru has also been in the news as reports suggested that a complaint was filed for allegedly operating past the legal...

PANAJI: Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, the owners of Birch by Romeo Lane at Arpora where 25 people died in a fire on Dec 6, spent Wednesday night in the Anjuna lock-up without a fan and had a simple meal of rice, dal, and pickle. Otherwise used to a life of luxury, the brothers spent their...

PATNA: A video purportedly uploaded by a Pakistan-based man, threatening Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar over the hijab row has sent Patna police into a tizzy with cops registering a case with the cyber police station and asking Meta to block the account used to upload the video.Inspector general of police (Patna) Jitendra Rana said...

Image Credit: TOI NEW DELHI: Over two months after a 65-year-old woman was robbed and murdered in her house in northwest Delhi’s Rohini, police arrested her tenant on Wednesday. The accused, Himanshu Yadav, claimed that the woman, Naresh Kumari, had allegedly humiliated and slapped him after he defaulted on rent, leading him to plot the...