‘Challenge To Ensure Inclusive Participation’ NEW DELHI: India’s digital revolution has succeeded in putting mobile phones in nearly every household, but it has fallen short of delivering meaningful digital inclusion. A report has found that while 95.1% of households own a mobile device and 74.8% have access to a smartphone or internet-enabled phone, only 39.7%…
KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress lurched towards its biggest rupture in 28 years Monday after rebel MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar claimed support of 20 MPs and wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking recognition as a separate parliamentary bloc that would back BJP-led NDA.If the numbers hold, rebels would clear the two-thirds threshold needed to…
Cricket great Kapil Dev has called for patience with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi after the 15-year-old earned his first India call-up, saying it would be unfair to place heavy expectations on him so early in his career.Sooryavanshi recently became the youngest player selected for India’s senior men’s team, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar‘s long-standing record. He has been named…
NEW DELHI: In what could further strain the already tense Congress-CPM equation, ED has intensified its probe into the money laundering allegations against the daughter of former Marxist CM of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan.Boosted by a Kerala high court order that money laundering investigations against Vijayan’s daughter Veena are not dependent upon registration of a criminal…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court was extremely disappointed on Monday to find that a man — arrested as a 28-year-old in Nov 1983 for shooting dead a person — waited for more than four decades in the Allahabad high court for a decision on his appeal against conviction and a life term awarded by a…
CHENNAI/NEW DELHI: INDIA bloc allies, VCK and the Left parties, on Monday criticised Congress over its alliance strategy in the recent assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal. DMK sources told TOI the party would join the INDIA bloc only if Congress is not part of it. “We will not be a signatory…
NEW DELHI: Buffeted by political drift and marginalisation of its key pillars, INDIA bloc on Monday decided to meet every two months to enhance cohesion in its functioning to counter the BJP onslaught. Its next meeting in Aug in Hyderabad will discuss an “organisational structure” for the common platform.Taking stock of the state of the…
NEW DELHI: The government expressed regret over renewed attacks in West Asia, saying the latest developments are of utmost concern to the international community.In a statement, ministry of external affairs (MEA) also called on all parties to immediately de-escalate tensions, ensure that civilians are not harmed and conclude ongoing negotiations for a diplomatic solution so…
NEW DELHI: Citing the changing times and acknowledging the reality that premarital sex has become common, the Supreme Court has said that being in such a relationship cannot be termed as moral turpitude to draw adverse inferences about a person’s character. The authorities must keep in mind this reality and not initiate punitive action on…
Cincinnati Bengals and Dallas Cowboys emerge as top landing spots for $26M Miami Dolphins All-Pro.(Image via X) The Miami Dolphins’ star player Jordyn Brooks has been in the news concerning his trade from the team even though nothing has been confirmed yet. Amid all the mess, the Cincinnati Bengals and the Dallas Cowboys have emerged…