Spread the love       File photo: Nirmala Sitharaman and Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Wednesday waded into the boardroom battle at Bombay House, which drew a strong rebuke from finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.“Tata is being criminally destroyed, and no business leader dares say a word. How long will you stay silent? Until they own you? Indian business is...

Spread the love       File photo: – A pride flag is held during an LGBTQ+ Pride March NEW DELHI: Striking a discordant note among a clutch of petitions challenging the Transgender Amendment Act for denying right to gender self-determination, an all-women NGO Wednesday appealed to the Supreme Court not to confer trans-women, biological males identifying as females, the spectrum of constitutional...

Spread the love       File photo: US Vice President JD Vance and Mohsen Rezaei US vice president JD Vance has opened a direct channel to one of Iran’s most powerful hard-liners in an attempt to revive peace negotiations according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. This developments comes even as US president Donald Trump threatens to resume military strikes...

Spread the love       File photo: Indian passport NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL challenging the central govt’s decision to increase passport fees for non-resident Indians (NRIs), observing that a 67% hike after a gap of 14 years is not “unreasonable or exorbitant”. Acting chief justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and justice Sanjay Sharma added that the decision...

Spread the love       In some cases, construction never began, while in others, work was left unfinished. (AI image) A woman in Roseville, California, who paid more than $40,000 in January 2023 to have a small home built in her backyard, was left without the house after the company failed to begin construction within the promised 12 months. Three years later,...

Spread the love       File photo: Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro has declared himself the country’s “true president-elect”, alleged electoral fraud in President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s re-election and vowed to lead Brazil’s opposition from the United States, where he has arrived with his family after leaving the country.In a lengthy statement addressed to Brazilians and the...

Spread the love       File photo: Union minister for railways, information & broadcasting, and electronics & IT Ashwini Vaishnaw NEW DELHI: IT & I&B minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Wednesday said the Digital Personal Data Protection Act does not infringe upon press freedom, amid concerns from news publishers that the law could hinder investigative reporting. He said the Constitution’s guarantee of press freedom...

Spread the love       Defence minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting with the US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, on the sidelines of the 13th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) in the Philippines’ Cebu (AI-enhanced image) NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday conveyed India’s concern to US secretary of war Pete Hegseth over Washington providing an F-16 fighter jet sustenance...

Spread the love       SC said it may restrain courts from granting bail to those arrested for putting senior citizens under digital arrest, calling such crimes “dacoity to say the least”. NEW DELHI: Keeping up the heat on accused in cyber fraud cases, SC on Wednesday said if the situation demands, it will restrain courts from granting bail to those arrested...

Spread the love       INSIGHT UK launched its report on the religious persecution of Hindus in Pakistan before the All-Party Parliamentary Group for British Hindus. (Photo source: X) TOI correspondent from London: A UK parliamentary group says it will raise the issue of persecution of Hindus in Pakistan with UK’s govt and in parliament.The move comes after British Hindu advocacy group...