Rathee has been served fresh summons in a 2018 criminal defamation case. NEW DELHI: YouTuber Dhruv Rathee is facing two separate legal proceedings in Delhi. A fresh defamation suit has been filed against him at the Saket court over a video allegedly claiming that Lord Ram and Goddess Sita consumed meat and alcohol during their…
India questions UN rights body’s response to PoK, accuses it of ‘extreme selectivity’ NEW DELHI: India has asked the UN human rights body when it would issue a report seeking answers from Pakistan on steps taken to address concerns over the situation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), including investigations into killings and restrictions on internet access.First…
US teen arrested over alleged mass shooting plot targeting Hindu temple Police in Palatine, Illinois, arrested a 19-year-old man following an investigation into threats of a potential mass shooting at a Hindu temple.The investigation began on October 11, when the Palatine Police Department received information from the Mount Prospect Police Department about concerning electronic communications…
NEW DELHI: Union home secretary Govind Mohan tendered unconditional apology to the Supreme Court in his affidavit responding to contempt notices but said suspension of cellular internet services for a day, from 10 pm on Oct 9 to 10pm on Oct 10 pm in the 4 km radius of Raisina Hills, was needed to prevent…
NEW DELHI: Ankita Bhandari’s parents, along with several opposition leaders and protesters, were detained by Delhi Police at India Gate after an overnight protest.The detentions took place around 4 am.This comes after Ankita’s parents staged a protest near India Gate, demanding that the appointment of BJP leader Dushyant Kumar Gautam as Sikkim governor be put…
NEW DELHI: SC has said that stringent bail conditions set under special laws such as PMLA cannot override rights granted by the Constitution, holding prolonged incarceration of an undertrial violates the fundamental right to speedy trial.A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M Pancholi said an accused could not be kept in custody till…
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party neta Akhilesh Yadav‘s swipe at govt over its approval for the sale of IDBI Bank drew a sharp retort from finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who reminded him of the state of “ruin” public sector banks were left in by the previous UPA govt before they were revived by the Narendra Modi…
NEW DELHI: FASTag-based parking payment at the Terminal-3 arrival at IGI airport was temporarily suspended Wednesday, after it was found that the parking operator was using the smart tag to regulate entry of vehicles rather than using it only for collecting parking fees.TOI has learnt that IHMCL, under NHAI, Wednesday wrote to the acquirer bank…
NEW DELHI: A false hijack alert created a real scare for security agencies and the 306 people on board Air India’s Frankfurt-Delhi flight on Wednesday, with the Boeing 787 getting diverted to Jaipur as a result where everyone had to wait for hours before they could fly to their destination. It is reliably learnt pilots…
SRINAGAR: PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate and dedicate to the nation five major development projects worth around Rs 3,350 crore in Ladakh around 12:30pm Thursday via video conferencing, a PIB statement said.The projects include airport infrastructure, strategic road connectivity, hydropower, heritage conservation and water security.India’s first petroglyph conservation park in Leh for preservation of Ladakh’s…
