NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Tuesday registered an FIR against AAP MLA Jarnail Singh, Saurabh Bharadwaj and other party workers for allegedly assaulting a head constable during a protest outside police headquarters against Delhi minister Parvesh Verma.AAP leaders were demanding an FIR against Verma for slapping a person during a road inspection in West Delhi’s…
NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Tuesday quashed an order issued by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) directing Austrian beverage maker Red Bull to stop using the “energy drink” descriptor on its cans.The court set aside the June 30, 2026 order, saying that the regulator had taken the decision “without affording…
Tensions escalated in Sambhal in November 2024 during a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday imposed a cost of Rs 10 lakh on the Uttar Pradesh government, holding that a confession statement by an accused cannot, by itself, form the basis for his detention under the National…
The ECI has maintained that ECINet is decentralised and that statutory responsibilities remain with designated election officials. The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to an early listing of a plea challenging the manner in which the Election Commission of India (ECI) is functioning, with allegations that powers vested in the multi-member constitutional body are being…
Reddy’s remarks prompted a response from Union Minister Sanjay Kumar Bandi NEW DELHI: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy called “Shiva is the God of the poor, Ram is the God of the rich” while taking a dig at the BJP. Attributing the saffron party’s success in polls across North India Reddy claimed that the BJP…
Jaishankar speaks at the Asia Society at the conclusion of the UN High Level Week NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar, speaking at the Asia Society at the conclusion of the UN High-Level Week in New York, highlighted the difficult state of the world, multiple conflicts and what he termed the “4F” crisis —…
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh’s home ministry told TOI on Monday that it has launched a search for 43-year-old Assam woman Mumtaz Begum, who was sent to Bangladesh in the intervening night of June 13-14 and has been untraceable since. Top bureaucrats in Dhaka also said they were awaiting official communication from India on the case.Dr Ziauddin…
SC seeks new way to recover traffic fines NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday asked govt to adopt an innovative approach to make traffic law violaters pay fines and suggested challans should be linked with electricity bill to force them to pay the penalty or face power disconnection.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Justice…
NEW DELHI: In an operation to avert a major disaster at sea, Indian Coast Guard Sunday rescued a foreign-flagged tanker carrying 23 crew members and 9,000 tonnes of palm oil after its main engine failed, ballast tanks began flooding and the vessel was dangerously tilted off Odisha coast, reports Surendra Singh.The Belize-flagged MT Seagull 9…
TMC MLAs’ disqualification plea: SC says judiciary must introspect before setting deadlines NEW DELHI: On a petition seeking direction to West Bengal speaker to expeditiously decide the disqualification petitions against rebel TMC MLAs, SC Monday said before setting a deadline for other constitutional authorities, the judiciary must introspect whether it conformed to statutory deadlines for…
