NEW DELHI: Govt reiterated Tuesday that it had invited Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman for both Brics and a bilateral visit. In a letter dated July 14, accessed by TOI, PM Narendra Modi had invited Rahman for the Brics summit in his capacity as Bimstec chair and said his participation would “greatly enrich the deliberations”.After Rahman’s…
NEW DELHI: A special panel may recommend to the govt that status quo should be maintained on the definition of Scheduled Castes, as laid down by the Presidential (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, and not expanded to bring in Dalit converts to Islam and Christianity.The commission of inquiry, headed by former Chief Justice of India KG…
Disha Salian was late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s manager NEW DELHI: Decorated CBI officer Seema Pahuja will supervise the investigation into the Disha Salian case, bringing her expertise in handling sensitive criminal inquiries to this high-profile probe, sources said. The team is set to record statements of all individuals who attended a gathering earlier that…
Ed Sheeran’s tour of North and South America has plunged into chaos after all four of his opening acts and his touring band, abruptly quit in solidarity with the rapper Macklemore.The move came within hours of Sheeran weighing in on Macklemore being dropped as his opening act after the rapper made pro-Palestinian comments onstage during…
The US military on Tuesday (local time) said it opened fire and destroyed two small Iranian boats this week trying to “steal” a drone ship in the waters off Iran.“Iranian small boats recently attempted to take possession of a US unmanned surface vessel, but they were unsuccessful after CENTCOM forcefully responded,” Associated Press quoted CENTCOM…
The night sky has long inspired wonder, curiosity and imagination. From shimmering stars and mysterious constellations to the moon and distant galaxies, the cosmos carries a sense of beauty and magic that can make an especially meaningful source of inspiration for a baby name. These celestial names draw from stars, constellations, mythology and heavenly imagery,…
MUMBAI: The Foundation for Aviation Safety (FAS), a US aviation safety group, has written to India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), questioning why it has not issued interim safety recommendations for the Boeing 787 fleet, despite holding evidence of chronic system failures on the aircraft involved in last year’s Ahmedabad crash, which killed 260 people.Over…
NEW DELHI: SC Tuesday refused to entertain former Delhi mayor Farhad Suri’s plea for an FIR against UP police for conducting a midnight raid at his city home in search of journalist and Ram temple donation pilferage whistleblower Abhishek Upadhyay.Suri’s counsel, Anoop Awasthi, told SC that a Ghaziabad police team had raided Suri’s Nizamuddin East…
Chitra Ramakrishnan (File photo) NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Tuesday rejected the plea of former National Stock Exchange (NSE) managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) Chitra Ramakrishna challenging proceedings against her under the Prevention of Corruption Act.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran refused to interfere with a Delhi high court…
What was once an industrial site dominated by a glass factory and a towering smokestack has been transformed into a sprawling public park in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Ariel-Foundation Park, now covering 250 acres, combines remnants of the city’s industrial past with lakes, trails, gardens and an unusual observation tower built around a historic smokestack. The…