Spread the love       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 Gandhi‘s name...

Spread the love       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 preachers from...

Spread the love       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 closing time....

Spread the love       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 first night...

Spread the love       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 an email...

Spread the love       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 crime. On...

Spread the love       Bangladesh’s interim government chief Muhammad Yunus announced a day of state mourning on Saturday following the death of Sharif Osman bin Hadi, Prothom Alo reported. Hadi, a youth leader of Bangladesh’s 2024 uprising, died in Singapore after succumbing to injuries from an assassination attempt, officials said on Thursday.Bangladesh witnessed anti-India protests after hundreds, rallying under the banner...

Spread the love       European Union reaffirms commitment to human rights America seems to be staring at another rocky relationship with the European Union. In a social media post, US officials slammed the European Union for discriminating against American technology companies and threatened to penalize European tech companies in return. The post comes from the Office of the United States Trade...

Spread the love       Sharif Osman Hadi (File pic) Sharif Osman Hadi, a key figure in the Bangladesh protest and ousting of Sheikh Hasina, died on Thursday in Singapore (local time), according to a press release from Singapore’s ministry of foreign affairs. He had been after fighting for his life for six days following a shooting in Dhaka.Hadi, a spokesperson for...

Spread the love       Kristin Cabot, the former Head of HR at tech firm Astronomer, has spoken on the viral scandal that cost her a career. After months of silence she addressed the “Kiss Cam” moment, blaming the incident on a “bad decision” fueled by “a couple of High Noons.” Cabot admitted she acted inappropriately with her then-CEO, Andy Byron. The...