Delhi HC defers journalist’s arrest protection plea NEW DELHI: The Delhi high ourt on Thursday declined to urgently list a woman journalist’s plea seeking interim protection from arrest in a case registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on a complaint by Delhi Police ACP Vivek Bhagat.The court said it…
Sanju Samson (File Photo) Sanju Samson has backed India’s young fast bowlers despite their 24-run defeat to the West Indies in the fourth T20I, saying they need more matches and experience to improve. The India wicketkeeper-batter also pointed to Tilak Varma’s dismissal as the key moment that changed the course of the chase.The defeat levelled…
Converts to Islam from Hinduism cannot claim OBC reservation, rules Supreme Court NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a Madras high court ruling that a person who converts to Islam from Hinduism cannot claim reservation benefits under the Backward Class (BC) category.A bench of Justices PK Mishra and Shree Chandrashekhar observed that a…
Rahul, Kharge slam detention of Ankita Bhandari’s parents NEW DELHI: Leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday criticised the detention of Ankita Bhandari’s parents, alleging they were taken into custody while peacefully protesting against Dushyant Gautam’s proposed appointment as Sikkim Governor.Rahul said the Congress would stand by the family until…
Parveen Hooda won gold in the women’s 65kg category at the Asian Games (Image credit: TimesofIndia.com) NEW DELHI: “Sports ek tapasya hai,” says Indian boxer Parveen Hooda, reflecting on a period that saw her miss the Paris Olympics because of a 22-month ban, deal with her father’s battle with cancer, and eventually return to the…
Unmanned systems, such as the Shtrum unmanned tank, are expected to be the mainstay of combat in the future. (image credit: Russian MoD) Russia has fielded an unmanned tank called Shturm, which means assault, which was revealed at Center-2026, one of the large exercises the Kremlin holds periodically alongside Vostok, Zapad and Kavkaz. The Shturm…
Rathee has been served fresh summons in a 2018 criminal defamation case. NEW DELHI: YouTuber Dhruv Rathee is facing two separate legal proceedings in Delhi. A fresh defamation suit has been filed against him at the Saket court over a video allegedly claiming that Lord Ram and Goddess Sita consumed meat and alcohol during their…
Shubman Gill and Gautam Gambhir (BCCI Photo) MUMBAI: The Indian team for the five-match ODI series for India’s upcoming tour of New Zealand will be picked “in the next two-three days,” BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia told TOI on Wednesday.“We will select India’s ODI team in the next two or three days,” Saikia told this paper.It’s…
Starlink restrictions hit Ukraine’s drones as Kyiv worries about US backing Ukrainian drone operations slowed after restrictions were suddenly imposed on the battlefield use of the country’s US-made Starlink communication terminals, officials said Wednesday, as Kyiv endured a second consecutive night of missile attacks.Zelenskyy’s drone arsenal slows after Musk’s Starlink curbs as US support wanes…
India questions UN rights body’s response to PoK, accuses it of ‘extreme selectivity’ NEW DELHI: India has asked the UN human rights body when it would issue a report seeking answers from Pakistan on steps taken to address concerns over the situation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), including investigations into killings and restrictions on internet access.First…