NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for becoming the longest serving elected Prime Minister of India. In a Truth Social post, Trump said that PM Modi is “strong, healthy and wise man” and will have many years of “greatness and success” ahead of him. “Congratulations to my friend,…
Elizabeth Fry (Image: Wikipedia) A prison cell is a strange place to find a social reformer.Yet that is exactly where Elizabeth Fry spent much of her time during the early nineteenth century. While many of her contemporaries viewed prisons as places where offenders simply received the consequences of their actions, Fry saw something else. She…
NEW DELHI: A day after Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination for the Rajya Sabha was rejected, the Congress is set to file a petition on the Election Commission’s portal on Wednesday.In the event of no response from the poll panel, the party is preparing to move the Supreme Court challenging the decision, news agency ANI reported, citing…
An Indian-origin financier is accused of running a $100 million bank fraud scheme in California. He lived a double life of luxury, intimidation and blackmail, including hosting parties with sex workers and later using those events to pressure attendees, reports the New York Post.44-year-old Mahender Makhijani was arrested on Wednesday after armed federal agents raided…
The government on Wednesday summoned US diplomat after a vessel with several Indian onboard was attacked. Additional secretary (Americas) in the ministry of external affairs Nagaraj Naidu summoned Jason Meeks, Chargé d’Affaires of the United States to protest the attack on the ship. The move comes as India condemned the attack on the commercial vessel…
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,…
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…
Federal authorities have arrested Indian-origin businessman Mahender Makhijani, accusing him of defrauding a bank out of nearly $100 million through a scheme that involved forged real estate documents and misleading financial records.The 44-year-old man is a lawful permanent resident from India who lives in Corona del Mar, California. He was taken into custody on Wednesday…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed gratitude after surpassing Jawaharlal Nehru‘s record to become India’s longest-serving elected Prime Minister. Addressing the NDA leaders’ meeting, the Prime Minister described his tenure as a “spiritual practice” that was not solitary but a “collective yagya”.Here are the top quotes from his address. You have all…
Baby food (AI representational) The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has confirmed that there is no new regulation mandating zero added sugar in infant foods.TOI’s queries on media reports that FSSAI had constituted a committee to assess whether added sugar ought to be allowed in infant food products did not elicit any…