UAE warns workers against violations while relaxing job transfer process / Image: file The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE) clarified when employees in the UAE can legally move to a new company after their employment contract ends, while also warning workers that certain violations could lead to a one-year work permit ban.The latest…
CHENNAI: The poor showing by both national parties, Congress and BJP, in the TN polls underlines the hard realities of establishing a footprint in a state focused on regional identity and the legacy of the Dravidian movement.Congress’s reduced tally proves it is still not able to rebuild a mass base, six decades after losing power…
Bridges, airport hit as US expands strikes on Iranian infrastructure (Credit: X@/MarioNawfal, AryJeayBackup) The United States intensified its renewed bombing campaign against Iran on Friday, striking bridges and an airport, as Tehran retaliated with attacks on US military bases across the Middle East, further escalating the regional conflict.In the Strait of Hormuz, US Marines boarded…
Image Credit: TOI/ Bengaluru BENGALURU: Bookworm, the iconic bookshop on Church Street, saw nearly 5,000 books destroyed after rainwater gushed into the shop within minutes.Proprietor Krishna Gowda said, “The hailstones clogged the drainage outlets, and almost instantly, water started pouring in from all sides,” he said. By 5.30pm, shelves that once held stories, ideas and…
NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday restored non-domestic packed LPG supplies to pre-Iran crisis levels and withdrew all sectoral restrictions.According to the ministry of petroleum and natural gas, the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) will now supply non-domestic packed LPG at normal levels, as seen before the crisis.“In a major relief to industrial and commercial LPG…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Wednesday extended its support to actor-turned-politician Vijay’s TVK after emerged as the single largest party in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, but failed to cross the majority mark.In a letter, the party which won 5 seats in the 243-membered assembly, said that its support will be conditional upon the TVK keeping…
TOI correspondent from London: British MPs assembled at Westminster Hall heard this Monday graphic testimonies of grooming-gang survivors describing trafficking, rape and torture at the hands of mostly Pakistani-origin men, forcing parliament to revisit a sordid saga mothballed by decades of institutional failure.A survivor recounted in her recorded testimony, read out by Restore Britain MP…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has ordered repolling in 15 polling stations across two constituencies in West Bengal following the second phase of Assembly elections held on April 29. Fresh polling will take place on May 2 between 7 am and 6 pm in South 24 Parganas district, covering 11 booths in Magrahat Paschim and…
A Kathmandu court has sentenced two former Nepal ministers and 14 others to prison after convicting them in a case involving the alleged creation of fake documents. The documents were reportedly used to help Nepali citizens secure resettlement in the United States by falsely presenting them as Bhutanese refugees, according to court records and lawyers.According…
Piyush Goyal said India exported goods and services worth $863 billion in 2025-26 India has set an ambitious target of achieving $1 trillion in exports during the current financial year, with exporters and policymakers committing to the goal at a Board of Trade meeting in New Delhi, Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said…