Kangana Ranaut on Udhayanidhi Stalin’s arrest NEW DELHI: Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday backed the police action against Tamil Nadu leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin, saying that although the DMK leader is now out on bail, his arrested had set a “good precedent.”“Public display of filthy abuses, double-meaning obscene and vulgar jokes…
SC directs high court CJs to nominate co-opted women members NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that State Bar Councils have increasingly become “men’s clubs” and said the monopoly over their representation and functioning must be dismantled.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana made…
File photo: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann addresses the House NEW DELHI: The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution opposing the Centre’s E20 ethanol-blended fuel policy, expressing concern that the use of E20 fuel could damage vehicles that are not compatible with the higher ethanol blend.Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema moved the resolution…
Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has been living in Delhi since August 5, 2025 (File photo/AP) NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Tuesday said the government has no involvement in a proposed media event related to former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, stressing that it is being organised by a “private media…
NCP workers disrupted a press conference of Maharashtra Congress chief Harshvardhan Sapkal NEW DELHI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) workers disrupted a press conference held by Maharashtra Congress president Harshvardhan Sapkal on Tuesday, a day after the opposition party targeted NCP president and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar with the remark “gungi dudiya” (mute doll).A…
There was a time when I thought ethanol might define the next phase of my professional life.I accepted a role as the Managing Director at a company which operated sugar mills in Andhra Pradesh. I accepted the role with one private understanding. I would give the industry two years. If I concluded that ethanol represented…
NEW DELHI: Madras high court on Tuesday directed the Tamil Nadu Police to release DMK leader and former deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin after questioning him over his alleged “double meaning” remark made during a protest in Thanjavur over the Cauvery water-sharing dispute.The court issued the direction after the Tamil Nadu government informed it that…
Air India flight from Phuket to Delhi experienced turbulence-related event during cruise. (Photo: TOI) NEW DELHI: Some passengers and crew members onboard Air India’s Phuket-Delhi flight (AI 2379) suffered injuries when the aircraft encountered turbulence during descent at the destination on Tuesday morning, causing a sudden drop in altitude.An AI with medical support received the…
Justice MS Liberhan (Picture from Haryana govt website) NEW DELHI: Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhan, who headed the one-man commission that investigated the circumstances leading to the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, died on Sunday at the age of 87.Punjab and Haryana high court bar association President Rohit Sud confirmed his death, saying Justice…
I too was denied a ministerial berth, but didn’t resign, said DK Shivakumar after 2 Congress MLAs quit. NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday downplayed the resignation of two Congress MLAs who quit the legislative assembly after being left out of the state cabinet expansion, saying “it is a part of politics.“Shivakumar…