Category: Events

Kobe Bryant’s legacy questioned after childhood friend claims lack of support for family.(Image via Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images) A new claim is stirring conversation about Kobe Bryant’s personal life. An alleged childhood friend of the late NBA legend has said that Kobe “wasn’t a good person” and “didn’t help his own family and friends.” While these...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125752995,imgsize-140050,width-400,resizemode-4/new-delhi-dec-03-ani-lok-sabha-proceedings-are-underway-during-the-winter-se.jpg" alt="Water bill gives oppn ammo to attack govt on Manipur situation" title=" Lok Sabha (File photo) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Lok Sabha (File photo) NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a resolution through voice vote to extend the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act, to Manipur, which is under President’s rule....

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125752763,imgsize-67028,width-400,resizemode-4/new-delhi-dec-03-ani-rajya-sabha-lop-mallikarjun-kharge-speaks-in-the-house-.jpg" alt="‘Anti-labour, pro-crony’ codes pose threat to job security: Kharge " title=" Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge (PTI photo) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The joint opposition Wednesday protested at the Parliament entrance against new labour codes and demanded their scrapping, with Congress president and leader of...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125752715,imgsize-150344,width-400,resizemode-4/ashwini-vaishnaw-at-cabinet-briefing.jpg" alt="Giving laws more teeth to curb deepfakes, says Vaishnaw" title=" Ashwini Vaishnaw (File photo) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Ashwini Vaishnaw (File photo) NEW DELHI: Warning that fake news poses a direct threat to India’s democracy, I&B minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Wednesday told Lok Sabha the govt is moving to strengthen the legal framework to curb...

NEW DELHI: The rebound in exports in Nov will help erase the dip seen in Oct, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said Wednesday. Although there was no mention of the exact figure, he said, “If I aggregate Oct and Nov, both months show growth in merchandise (exports) despite all the global turmoil. This only...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125752547,imgsize-190968,width-400,resizemode-4/rajnath-singh-in-vadodara.jpg" alt="‘Proof’ in hand, Rajnath stands by claim on Nehru’s Babri plan" title=" Union minister for defence Rajnath Singh (PTI photo) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Union minister for defence Rajnath Singh (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday stood by his statement that Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru had wanted to rebuild the...

VIJAYAWADA: The Union govt has initiated the process to bring a Bill proposing to amend the AP State Reorganisation Act, 2014, for the inclusion of Amaravati as the capital of residual state of Andhra Pradesh.According to sources, the law ministry has already approved the proposal sent by the state govt, and it will be placed...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125752157,imgsize-148586,width-400,resizemode-4/prisoner-not-taken-to-court-on-65-of-dates-sc-raps-maha.jpg" alt="Prisoner not taken to court on 65% of dates, SC raps Maharashtra" title=" Representative image ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Representative image MUMBAI: Producing an undertrial prisoner in court was a fundamental safeguard to enable them to air grievances, said Supreme Court as it censured state prison authorities for their failure to produce an inmate...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-125752090,imgsize-28456,width-400,resizemode-4/india-to-update-base-year-for-national-accounts-data-to-202223-fm-sitharaman.jpg" alt=" Govt to revise GDP base to FY23 to reflect economic changes: FM Sitharaman" title=" Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman Wednesday said that govt is moving to update the base year for calculating GDP to 2022-23 instead of 2010-11 and dismissed...

House Democrats on the Oversight Committee released a new batch of photographs taken inside Jeffrey Epstein’s private Caribbean island or the famous “Epstein Island.” The committee said the new images had never been seen publicly before. They were captured on Little St. James in the US Virgin Islands. They include photographs of bedrooms, bathrooms and...