NEW DELHI: Holding that constitutional courts should not remain mute spectators when there is inordinate delay in concluding an investigation and a citizen has to run from pillar to post to raise his grievance, the Supreme Court took exception to the Gujarat police not wrapping up a probe which has been going on for over…
MUMBAI: Digital entertainment startup Kuku Technologies has confidentially filed for IPO, said people aware of the matter. The company is seeking to raise up to Rs 3,500 crore ( up to $360 million) through a mix of fresh issue of shares and an offer for sale. Eyeing a listing later this FY, Kuku is targeting…
Marta Kostyuk-Mirra Andreeva semi-final sparks controversy (Screengrab) There was no handshake between Marta Kostyuk and Mirra Andreeva after their French Open semifinal, a scene that has become common whenever the Ukrainian player faces Russian opponents. The decision was expected, as Kostyuk has consistently refused post-match handshakes with Russian and Belarusian players since Russia’s invasion of…
File photo: US President Donald Trump TOI correspondent from Washington: For almost a decade during the Trump era, one of the enduring mysteries of American politics has been whether Republican lawmakers still possessed a functioning spine.Some rare sightings have been reported this week on Capitol Hill, where in a series of small but unmistakable acts…
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi called the death of Akanksha Chaturvedi “not suicide, but a consequence of a corrupt, broken system under PM Modi”. He said the PM had ruined the education system so much over 12 years that “an entire young generation of India is paying the price for it”. Rahul said Akanksha had wanted…
MUMBAI: HDFC Bank, the largest private sector lender in India, has sent a mail to its agents informing them that effective July 1 they should stop mobilising fixed deposits and current account, savings account (CASA) funds from govt entities. The decision comes close on the heels of the bank paying Rs 45 crore incentive to…
A Miami real estate agent, her two young daughters and their estranged father have been found dead in an apparent murder-suicide inside a family home in Florida.Melanie Hyer, 46, her daughters Savannah, 11, and Sienna, 8, and the children’s father, 42-year-old Ryan Charles Whiten, were discovered during a welfare check at Hyer’s home in Doral…
NEW DELHI: As UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper visited India Thursday, both sides announced the launch of a Critical Minerals Global Supply Chain Observatory, marking, as an Indian readout said, a significant milestone in their growing partnership on critical minerals and supply chain resilience.In another significant takeaway, India and UK also signed an MoU for…
BENGALURU/MUMBAI: A day after markets regulator Sebi banned Rajesh Mehta, the chief of Bengaluru-based gold refiner Rajesh Exports, for inflating the company’s revenues over several years to induce investors to invest in the stock, the company said there was communication gap with Sebi that led to the regulatory decision. Mehta also stood by the company’s…
Bengaluru: With Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls set to begin in Karnataka from June 20, Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) chief commissioner Maheshwar Rao, who is also district election officer, said progress of pre-SIR mapping exercise stood at 72% in the city.As part of preparatory activities for SIR, the process of mapping 2025 electoral…
