Kolkata: Calling the Messi fiasco at the Salt Lake stadium a “blot” on the city’s image, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday slammed former state sports minister Aroop Biswas’s “close proximity” to football great Lionel Messi. Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya did order no coercive action against Biswas till Ag17, in a case filed by event organiser…
VALSAD: A Domino’s Pizza delivery worker allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the 13th floor of the Daman Ganga Building in the New Gujarat Housing Board colony area of Valsad on Sunday.Preliminary information suggests that the man, identified as Manav, was under severe financial distress. Sources told TOI, mounting debts may have contributed to…
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu on Wednesday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Act East” policy, saying it has reshaped the state’s identity “from a mere border area to a strategic gateway and civilisational frontier of India”.In a letter to the Prime Minister on behalf of the people of Arunachal Pradesh, Khandu congratulated Modi on…
LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Vigilance Establishment on Wednesday arrested former Congress MLA from Payagpur in Bahraich, Mukesh Srivastava alias Gyanendra Pratap Srivastava, who is alleged to be the kingpin of the multi-crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam, in a disproportionate assets (DA) case.The arrest was made by the Vigilance Establishment’s Intelligence/CI Sector team in…
The ministry of external affairs on Wednesday condemned the attack on the commercial vessel Settebello off the coast of Oman and said efforts were underway to trace three missing Indian crew members.The ministry said 21 of the 24 Indian nationals on board had been rescued, while the Indian Embassy in Muscat was coordinating with Omani…
Three members of an ISIS-linked gang have been convicted of murdering British botanists Rod Saunders and Rachel Saunders before dumping their bodies in a crocodile-infested river in South Africa, bringing an end to a case that remained unresolved for more than eight years.Durban High Court found Sayefundeen Del Vecchio, 44, his wife Bibi Patel, 34,…
Wall Street’s major indexes traded mixed to lower on Wednesday as investors grappled with a continued selloff in technology stocks, rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, and expectations that the Federal Reserve could keep interest rates elevated for longer.The S&P 500 was nearly flat after recovering from an early decline, while the Dow Jones…
Punjabi actor-singer Ammy Virk has come out in support of Ranveer Singh amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the actor’s exit from Don 3. Speaking about the dispute between Ranveer and Excel Entertainment, Ammy questioned the timing of the producers’ actions and suggested that the actor should not be asked to pay the reported Rs 45…
UPPSC PCS 2024 marksheet download begins June 10 2026 to June 15 2026 window Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission has activated the marks download facility for Combined State Upper Subordinate Services Examination 2024, allowing candidates to access their scorecards through the official portal. The process relates to Advertisement No A-1/E-1/2024 issued for recruitment to various…
TimesofIndia.com in Mohali: Day after getting a green signal from the Centre of Excellence (CoE), Rohit Sharma looked in fine touch during India’s optional training session at the IS Bindra PCA Stadium in Mohali on Wednesday.Rohit Sharma was the first to step out of the team bus, and security officials and Punjab Police personnel took…
