NEW DELHI: Nida Khan, an accused in the Nashik TCS case, has been taken into custody from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in Maharashtra, police said on Thursday.Khan was wanted in the case of alleged sexual harassment and forcible religious conversion at the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).The court had earlier rejected her anticipatory bail. According to the FIR,…
India’s diaspora is the largest at around 19 million, with significant numbers of international immigrants living in UAE, US and Saudi Arabia. With this backing, India continued its march as the top country receiving remittances, but 2024 was spectacular with inflows of $137 billion.The country also emerges as one of the biggest source countries for…
West Bengal Governor RN Ravi dissolves Mamata cabinet; paves way for new BJP government formation NEW DELHI: West Bengal Governor R N Ravi on Thursday dissolved the Mamata government cabinet along with the state Legislative Assembly ahead of the formation of a new government following the recently concluded Assembly elections.According to a government release issued…
NEW DELHI: The vice president of Bharatiya Janata Party’s Tamil Nadu state unit Khushbu Sundar expressed her support for TVK chief Vijay for the chief ministerial post as the latter has hit a roadblock in government formation in the state after falling short of majority by 5 MLAs.“As a citizen of Tamilnadu State, when people…
The deaths of four members of a family in south Mumbai last month were caused by zinc phosphide, a chemical commonly used in rat poison, and not by consumption of watermelon as initially suspected, PTI reported on Thursday, citing officials. The chemical was reportedly detected in the viscera samples of all four.The case came to…
File photo: Unidentified women move through the camp holding family members of suspected Islamic State militants in the Roj Camp in eastern Syria Australian authorities on Thursday arrested three women with alleged links to the Islamic State group after they returned from Syria with their children, with police preparing slavery and terrorism-related charges against them.According…
File photo: MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal NEW DELHI: Ministry of external affairs on Thursday marked the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor, asserting that India had given a “befitting reply” to Pakistan for sponsoring cross-border terrorism following the Pahalgam terror attack.Speaking during a media briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the world had recognised the April…
Amanpreet Singh Gill and Virat Kohli NEW DELHI: India and Royal Challengers Bengaluru batting star Virat Kohli led tributes for former Punjab cricketer Amanpreet Singh Gill after the ex-India Under-19 pacer passed away at the age of 36 in Chandigarh on Wednesday.Kohli, who shared the dressing room with Gill during their early days in India’s…
Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai on Thursday said Operation Sindoor demonstrated that “Atmanirbhar is not just a slogan, it is indeed a force multiplier”, highlighting the role of indigenous defence systems and coordinated multi-agency operations during the conflict.Addressing a press conference marking the first anniversary of the operation, Ghai said more than 65 per cent of…
Donald Trump’s sudden decision to pause a US-led effort to secure shipping through the Strait of Hormuz may have been driven by growing anger from key Gulf allies, particularly Saudi Arabia, according to a report by NBC news.The report said Trump’s “Project Freedom” announced abruptly on social media on Sunday caught several Gulf nations off…
