NEW DELHI: More than 90 citizens, who identify themselves as progressive Muslim activists, intellectuals and women’s rights advocates, have strongly opposed what they cited as the “ill-conceived” nationwide ‘Save India, Save Shariat’ campaign launched by All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) last week.In a statement, they have called upon all progressive forces, civil society…
GUWAHATI/NEW DELHI: Two Congress functionaries were injured and several vehicles damaged in Assam Monday after an alleged attack on their convoy in Samaguri where they were campaigning for the Oct 6 Nagaon assembly bypoll.AICC secretary Manoj Chouhan and Assam Mahila Congress president Mira Borthakur were injured in the incident in Nagaon district. AICC in-charge of…
Enforcement Directorate (ED) NEW DELHI: In a crackdown on a nexus of senior officials of Punjab govt and builders relating to Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (Gmada), ED Tuesday searched multiple premises in Delhi, Ludhiana, Panchkula, Mohali and Chandigarh, including the office of Gmada and that of IAS officer and principal secretary (housing and urban…
NEW DELHI: Union council of ministers will meet at a Chintan Shivir Wednesday and Thursday to chart govt’s “next set of ideas, reforms and priorities” focused on Viksit Bharat@2047 and review progress of key programmes. PM Narendra Modi will chair the two-day brainstorming session.Ahead of the session at Seva Teerth (PMO), Modi directed ministries to…
Lakhimpur Kheri violence: SC asks UP to appoint senior prosecutor; seeks sealed-cover HC report on trial judge’s handling of case NEW DELHI: Giving a twist to the five-year-old Lakhimpur Kheri case in which Asish Mishra, the son of former Union minister Ajay Mishra, is accused of mowing down four protesting farmers with his vehicle, advocate…
Can you crack these? Sample questions thant tested how students think A massive meteorite crashes into the Moon, causing a huge explosion. How many seconds later will an astronaut 1,000km away hear the blast?Never, as sound cannot travel through the vacuum of space.An archaeologist discovers ancient coins stamped ‘44 BC’. An expert immediately declares them…
SC disagreed with the suggestion that the recognition of all six stanzas was not in concord with a ‘secular’ Constitution. NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine the legality of penal consequences if a person does not sing the national song due to religious beliefs or conscientious objection, but declined to adjudicate whether…
Kashmiri urged the UNHRC to establish independent monitoring mechanisms for the two territories and seek accountability for alleged human rights violations. United Kashmir People’s National Party (UKPNP) chairman Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri has urged the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to take immediate action over what he described as a worsening human rights situation in…
The waiver of merchant fees on UPI accelerated adoption during Covid, but growth slowed. The waiver of merchant fees on UPI accelerated adoption during Covid, but growth slowed. In an interview with TOI, Dilip Asbe, MD & CEO, explains how the new fee structure protects small transactions while charging larger merchants, who already pay fees…
Malvinder and Shivinder Mohan Singh, could create a reputational overhang and weigh on investor confidence. Domestic and foreign institutional investors of Fortis Healthcare (Fortis) have expressed concern that the Delhi High Court’s order seeking a forensic audit of transactions involving its former promoters, Malvinder and Shivinder Mohan Singh, could create a reputational overhang and weigh…