In an important verdict, Supreme Court has ruled that high courts on their own cannot enhance the punishment awarded to a person while deciding his/her appeal against conviction and sentence and said an accused cannot be worse off for appealing against a trial court decision.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif has urged the US to broker a “comprehensive dialogue” between India and Pakistan. Addressing an event at the US embassy in Islamabad on Wednesday, Sharif lauded US President Donald Trump for what he said was his role in defusing a four-day military clash last month that was triggered by the…
NEW DELHI: Russia appeared to be buying into US President Donald Trump’s claim that he mediated the “ceasefire” in the India-Pakistan military conflict that followed India’s Operation Sindoor strikes on terrorist camps in Pakistan.According to President Vladimir Putin’s aide Yury Ushakov, the issue figured in the “highly productive and positive” talks that Putin had with…
NEW DELHI: There were over 10 crore cyber attacks since the Pahalgam terror strike, PM Narendra Modi is learnt to have told ministers and secretaries on Wednesday while asking every department and officer to be on alert and take quick measures.The PM’s message came weeks after the National Informatics Centre (NIC) asked ministries and departments…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the launch of ‘UMEED’ Central Portal that will start the process of building a fresh database of all waqf properties, minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiju has stressed that the portal in no way violates the law or the Constitution.The minister was reacting to questions regarding All India Muslim Personal Law Board‘s…
Former Dean of Humanities and Interim Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh’s Chittagong talks to TOI about the forthcoming polls and the challenges in Dhaka’s political transitionTen months down the line do you think that the Yunus government has been successful in carrying out key reforms as was demanded by the…
VILLUPURAM: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss called on his father and party founder S Ramadoss at the Thailapuram farmhouse on Thursday in an apparent effort to end the cold war between the two and resolve the ongoing issues between them. The meeting lasted about 45 minutes.However, political observers believed that the meeting did not resolve the…
NEW DELHI: Seemanth Kumar Singh was appointed new commissioner of Bengaluru after CM Siddaramaiah took action against top cops following the Bengaluru stampede that claimed eleven lives.Earlier in the day, Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah suspended Additional Director General and Commissioner of Police B Dayananda, along with several other police officers, with immediate effect. The decision…
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat calls for lasting political unity post-Pahalgam attack, warns against forced conversions (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday urged that the political consensus and swift government response seen after the Pahalgam terror attack in April should become a lasting feature of India’s national security approach. Speaking at…
NEW DELHI: Urban Adda 2025 wrapped up on World Environment Day after three days of discussion, policy announcements, and public engagement focused on clean mobility, gender equity, and sustainable urban design. Organised by the Raahgiri Foundation in partnership with the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and GuruJal, and supported by Nagarro, the event brought…
