The head of Hezbollah, Naim Qassem, pledged on Friday to coordinate closely with the Lebanese army to implement a ceasefire deal with Israel, which he said his group had agreed to “with heads held high”. It was his first address since a ceasefire came into effect on Wednesday after more than a year of hostilities…
NEW DELHI: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has raised alarm over a surge in claims against mosques and dargahs being entertained in courts across India, urging Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna to take suo motu action.The board said that such cases undermine the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, which…
NEW DELHI: Hemant Soren took oath as the 14th chief minister of Jharkhand on Thursday at a ceremony in Ranchi. This will be the fourth term as chief minister for the 49-year-old leader of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). The event was attended by several political leaders, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, leader of opposition…
US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Brooke Rollins, president of the America First Policy Institute, to be agriculture secretary. “As our next Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke will spearhead the effort to protect American Farmers, who are truly the backbone of our Country,” Trump said in a statement. If confirmed by the Senate, Rollins would lead…
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday nominated former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to be Attorney General of the US, moving swiftly to replace former nominee Matt Gaetz after the embattled former congressman withdrew from consideration. Gaetz, who faced opposition from Senate Republicans, was the subject of a House Ethics Committee probe into allegations of having…
NEW DELHI: Chairperson of the JPC scrutinising the Waqf Bill, Jagdambika Pal, Thursday said the panel’s draft report is ready to be taken up for discussion in Parliament, even as opposition MPs in the committee demanded an extension of the Nov 29 deadline for more deliberations on the report.The joint parliamentary committee (JPC) has been…
Gautam Gambhir and Ajit Agarkar during a press conference in Mumbai. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: While all eyes are trained on how the Indian team will fare in the five Tests in Australia from Friday, coach Gautam Gambhir and chief selector Ajit Agarkar will also be working on a roadmap for the future of the…
MUMBAI: Reliance Brands MD Darshan Mehta will step down from the top job after having steered the business for close to two decades, moving into a mentoring role within the Reliance Group, sources told TOI. “Mehta will mentor next-generation leaders and will also help evaluate and explore untapped business opportunities,” sources said. Mehta will also…
GUWAHATI: Fissures in BJP’s Manipur unit over CM N Biren Singh‘s handling of the ongoing strife deepened Tuesday after 19 of 37 saffron party MLAs representing either side of the ethnic divide skipped the previous night’s NDA meeting in which a resolution was passed to go all out against the “Kuki militants” suspected to have…
GUWAHATI: NDA ally NPP is open to reassessing its decision to quit the alliance in Manipur if there is change in the state leadership, party chief and Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma clarified Monday, a day after withdrawing support to the N Biren Singh govt over the latter’s failure to resolve the ethnic strife there.“This (withdrawal…