NEW DELHI: India’s seasoned batter KL Rahul delivered a commanding performance on Day 1 of the 2nd Unofficial Test against England Lions, bringing up a century off 151 balls at the County Ground in Northampton on Friday. The stylish right-hander struck 13 boundaries and a six en route to his hundred.Rahul, who made his Test…
US President Donald Trump on Saturday condemned what he described as the “terrible shooting” of two Democratic state lawmakers in Minnesota, calling it a targeted act of violence that must not be tolerated.“I have been briefed on the terrible shooting that took place in Minnesota, which appears to be a targeted attack against state lawmakers,”…
NAGPUR: A 42-year-old man from Mumbai, posing as a suitor on social media, drugged and raped a 47-year-old woman in Nagpur and siphoned off 12 lakh from her and her brother under the pretext of big returns from stock market investments. The accused, Kalpesh Kakkad, now in police custody, is also linked to a similar…
NEW DELHI: At a time when judicial activism is often perceived as intrusion into the legislative domain, senior most judge of Supreme Court, Justice Surya Kant, Wednesday warned against courts supplanting the role of the legislature.“Courts mustn’t supplant the role of legislature or override the will of the people. Instead, they must act as facilitators…
All-party delegation led by BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad NEW DELHI: Former minister of state for external affairs MJ Akbar, part of the all-party delegation led by BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad, strongly criticised Pakistan during an address to the Indian diaspora in Copenhagen on Saturday. Calling Pakistan a “double-faced” nation, Akbar questioned, “Which face…
Actress Ranya Rao and her co-accused Tarun Raju were granted default bail by a Bengaluru court after the DRI failed to file a chargesheet in a gold smuggling case. However, Ranya remains in custody under a separate preventive detention law for repeat offenders.In a major move, Pakistan promoted its army chief General Asim Munir to…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said that the principle of One Rank One Pension (OROP) will apply to all retired high court judges, regardless of how they were recruited — whether from the district judiciary or from among advocates.A bench led by Chief Justice of India B R Gavai said that all retired…
Reliance Jio customers are experiencing widespread connectivity problems. Users are unable to access mobile internet and are encountering frequent call drops. The outage appears to be affecting some users, as members of The Times of India Tech team have reported inconsistent internet access on their devices.According to Downdetector, a service that tracks online outages, indicates…
Image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: A British F-35 fighter jet made an emergency landing at Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on Saturday night after running low on fuel, PTI sources said. The jet, which took off from an aircraft carrier, landed safely at approximately 9.30 pm, the sources said on Sunday. Airport authorities declared…
Five Bangladeshi nationals held in Doon DEHRADUN: Five Bangladeshi nationals, including a woman, were arrested in Dehradun’s Clement Town Saturday night for allegedly staying illegally in India without proper travel documents, police said on Sunday. During probe, it was found that they came to India fearing persecution of the minorities during communal tension following the…
