Pune Rural police arrested Motiram Marathe on the charge of shooting dead his grandson Abhay Marathe (33) on Monday. PUNE: A family’s account of a Lonavla lawyer’s death as an accidental shooting began to unravel after police examining his body found that the bullet wound did not appear consistent with the version they had been…
‘North by Northwest’ star Eva Marie Saint passes away at 102. (Instagram) Eva Marie Saint, one of the silver screen’s most graceful stars, has passed away. She left for her heavenly abode at 102. The Oscar-winning actress, Marie, was well known for her work in films like ‘On the Waterfront,’ ‘Exodus,’ ‘Nothing in Common,’ and…
NEW DELHI: The GST Council, which meets Thursday, will seek to slash the refund period to around 17 days, which will include a maximum 10 days for acknowledgement, beyond which it will be deemed to have been acknowledged, and seven days for processing. Currently, acknowledgement itself can take 21-45 days and the idea is to…
AJUP chief Humayun Kabir was detained for allegedly provoking tension KOLKATA/CHENNAI/GUWAHATI: Bypolls across three states and one Union territory saw high but uneven turnouts Tuesday, with Bengal’s Nandigram and Rejinagar recording 80% turnout amid allegations of rigging, voter intimidation and police interference, while polling in one Puducherry and two Tamil Nadu assembly seats and Assam’s…
Ukrainian drones attack oil tanker off Russia A Ukrainian drone attack set fire to a Liberian-flagged oil tanker carrying 23 Indian crew members off Russia’s Black Sea coast on Tuesday, with all those aboard later rescued, Russian authorities said.Russia’s transport ministry said the tanker, Aframax Rio, was attacked by “naval drones” on Tuesday, triggering a…
NSA Ajit Doval, right, during a meeting with senior Diplomatic and International Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada, David Morrison, in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: Amid efforts to conclude a bilateral trade agreement ahead of a likely visit by PM Narendra Modi to Ottawa in December, India and Canada held another round of…
The eight-hour dharna by opposition netas ended with their detentions NEW DELHI: The opposition’s protest march to Election Commission headquarters on the SIR-CEC issue Tuesday turned into a high-octane confrontation between Modi govt and INDIA bloc, leading to an eight-hour dharna by Rahul Gandhi and his colleagues at Akashvani Bhavan and ending with their detention…
LONDON: British Indian Tory peer Lord Rami Ranger, aka Raminder Singh Ranger, has won a historic right to judicial review of the decision to strip him of his CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 2024 after he was accused of breaching the parliamentary code of conduct.Lord Ranger took the office of…
US lawmaker Josh Gottheimer The TOI correspondent from Washington: In a rare gesture of congressional recognition for an Indian national, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has introduced a resolution honoring Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot who helped prevent a suicidal terrorist attack aboard a Flydubai flight bound for Israel last week.The resolution, introduced…
NEW DELHI: High drama unfolded in the heart of Delhi on Tuesday as INDIA bloc MPs marched towards the Election Commission demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.The day-long protest ended after Delhi Police detained Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, KC Venugopal, Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Charanjit Singh Channi, and several other opposition…
