Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in India Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Mumbai on Friday, beginning a four-day visit to India. He will also travel to New Delhi on March 1 and hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 2, according to the official schedule.The Canadian PM made a statement on…
Union minister Sukanta Majumdar was speaking at a gathering in Kolkata on Friday afternoon when the city was shaken by an earthquake. KOLKATA: Union minister Sukanta Majumdar was speaking at a gathering in Kolkata on Friday afternoon when the city was shaken by an earthquake.Tremors were felt across Kolkata and neighbouring districts of West Bengal…
Mumbai: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday lamented the decline of humour in speeches, stating that the “absolute joy” of witty speeches is fading as people now exercise “utmost precaution” to avoid being misinterpreted.Speaking at the Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Diwas celebration at the Vidhan Bhavan here, Fadnavis said that when humour is sometimes…
AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal and party leader Manish Sisodia interact with journalists in Delhi. (ANI) NEW DELHI: The Rouse Avenue Court Complex on Friday discharged former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the Delhi excise policy case, ruling that the material placed before it did not justify proceeding…
Finance Minister O Panneerselvam greets Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at the release of “Vision Tamil Nadu 2023” document in Chennai on March 22, 2012. (Times Content Photo/ TOI Archive Image) CHENNAI/NEW DELHI: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam on Friday joined the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), marking a dramatic shift in the…
Aurangabad: Two persons – Tej Narayan Gupta (50) and Vikas Kumar Chauhan (32) – were killed and six injured in a road accident in Aurangabad district on Thursday. Around 6pm, an SUV rammed into a truck ahead near Deo Mor on the Grand Trunk Road. The occupants were returning to Dhanbad after attending a wedding…
Pact for cyber law, security & AI governanceThe National University of Study and Research in Law (NUSRL), Ranchi, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with an organization Cyber Peace to collaborate in the areas of cyber law, cyber security, artificial intelligence (AI) governance, digital forensics, research, capacity building, and community awareness. The agreement aims…
Ranchi: Welcoming the Supreme Court’s stay on the criminal proceedings initiated by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) against Jharkhand chief minister (CM) Hemant Soren on Wednesday, JMM dubbed it as a ‘slap’ on the central agency.While hearing a case filed by ED against Hemant over alleged willful disobedience of its summons issued under the Prevention…
The Kerala High Court on Thursday issued an interim stay on the release of the film ‘The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond’, for 15 days, a day before its scheduled to release on February 27.The Court observed that, prima facie, there appeared to be non-application of mind by the censor board while granting certification to…
Kolkata: Junior Union minister Sukanta Majumdar led Bengal BJP’s door-to-door poll campaign on Wednesday, starting with the Panihati assembly constituency, home to the victim of the 2024 RG Kar Medical College rape-murder case.“People are welcoming BJP and change is palpable. We have spoken to people in hundreds of households. This assembly has seen its daughter…
