File photo: Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana high court on Saturday acquitted the jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim in the 2002 murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati, overturning a life sentence awarded by a CBI court and dealing a blow to the investigating agency.Gurmeet remains lodged...
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LPG price hike: Mamata calls for protests, Sidda seeks PM Modi’s ouster
Mahila Congress workers stage a protest in Bhubaneswar on Saturday KOLKATA/RANCHI/BENGALURU: Several opposition-governed states mounted a scathing attack on the Centre over the increase in LPG cylinder prices, with Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee asking women across the state to hold protests and her Karnataka counterpart Siddaramaiah calling for PM Modi’s resignation.In poll-bound Bengal, Mamata, focusing...
Doctors warn against frequent use of morning-after pills
NEW DELHI: There may be troubling news for women who rely heavily on morning-after pills to avoid pregnancy. Doctors warn that frequent use of emergency contraceptive pills can disrupt hormonal balance and menstrual cycles, cautioning that the medication is meant only for unexpected situations and should not be used as a routine method of birth...
LPG price hike: Domestic cooking gas cost up by Rs 60 a cylinder
File photo NEW DELHI: Domestic cooking gas will cost Rs 60 more per cylinder from Saturday while commercial LPG price rose by Rs 114.5, amid pressure on global energy markets and rising costs due to the West Asia conflict, reports Atul Mathur.The 14.2-kg domestic LPG cylinder now costs Rs 913 in the capital.Officials said there...
EAM Jaishankar: Let Iranian ship dock on humanitarian grounds
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar said Saturday that India’s “unstoppable” rise would be determined by India alone and not by the mistakes of others. The minister was speaking at the Raisina Dialogue, where US deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau had said earlier that Washington wouldn’t allow India to become big or powerful...
Government may scrap NOC for inter-state vehicle transfers
NEW DELHI: Government is likely to simplify the process for inter-state vehicle transfers by doing away with the cumbersome requirement for vehicle owners to obtain an NOC from the state where the vehicle is currently registered for submission to RTO of the new state. A high-level committee on non-financial regulatory reforms set up by NITI...
US deal likely to be worked out in 3-4 months: Officials
File photo: Union commerce & industry minister Piyush Goyal NEW DELHI: The US is expected to work out trade deals with partners, including India, in the next three-four months, once it finalises its strategy to deal with the legal issues related to tariffs, a senior govt official said on Saturday.The official said that New Delhi...
Gulf conflict: Indians in Bahrain, Qatar eye Saudi visas to fly out
Representative image NEW DELHI: A Saudi “pass” or transit visa has become one of the most sought-after travel documents for many Indians in Qatar – where they are the single-largest nationality, more than local Qataris – planning to return home.The same holds true for Bahrain, where too Indians are the largest expat community. They, along...
‘Used AI to find ways’: Two college friends die by suicide inside Gujarat temple washroom
2 college friends end lives inside Gujarat temple washroom SURAT: Two college girls, aged 18 and 20, allegedly ended their lives by injecting themselves with anaesthetic drugs inside the washroom of a temple in Saniya village on the city’s outskirts.Police found medicine vials and syringes near their bodies late on Friday night.No suicide note has...
Netanyahu vows to continue Iran war ‘with all our force’
<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-129235258,imgsize-40092,width-400,resizemode-4/untitled-design-81.jpg" alt="Iran conflict: Netanyahu vows to pursue war ‘with all our force’, says Israel has plan to topple regime" title=" File photo: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday vowed to press ahead with the war against Iran, declaring that Israel...
