Union Minister L Murugan resigns NEW DELHI: Union minister L Murugan on Tuesday offered to resign from the Cabinet and Rajya Sabha, saying he wanted to return to politics in…
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Journalists’ ‘harassment’: SC seeks senior cop’s presence
NEW DELHI: Taking cognisance of allegations that women journalists were sexually harassed by police personnel while covering the Oct 10 protest for resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar, Supreme Court Tuesday…
SC bar association to file contempt plea against Kerala Congress for CJI post
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Tuesday decided to file a petition seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against Kerala Congress for its social media post (which was later…
INDIA bloc challenges SIR process but not its validity
NEW DELHI: Why did opposition INDIA bloc, after making special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls the central point of its attack on Election Commission and govt, give up the…
Generate questions at last minute to prevent paper leaks: Nilekani
NEW DELHI: Question papers for high-stakes entrance examinations could be generated at the last minute from a massive bank of questions instead of being prepared and stored in advance, as…
Canada PM Carney to be Republic Day chief guest?
NEW DELHI: In a phone conversation on Tuesday, PM Modi and his Canadian counterpart, Mark Carney, reaffirmed their commitment to finalising the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement at the earliest and…
DGCA bans a particular powerbank on all flights
Visuals from flight as powerbank caught fire NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has barred a particular powerbank from being carried on aircraft in either passenger or…
‘It’s a no-brainer’: EAM Jaishankar underlines need for stable border for normal ties with China
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that if China wants a normal relationship with New Delhi, the border between the two countries has to be stable.During…
India reaffirms Ladakh status as China says it doesn’t recognise the UT
Diplomatic tensions flared again between India and China after Beijing strongly opposed India’s decision to officially map and standardise 28 places in Ladakh, including some in Aksai China, and reaffirmed…
TOI explains: Why can’t Bengaluru protest outside Freedom Park?
A Karnataka high court order and a police licensing regime have made Freedom Park Bengaluru’s default protest venue. But the governing police order also gives the police commissioner discretion to…