Karmelo Anthony’s (left) found guilty of the murder of Austin Metcalf in Texas. The murder of Texas teen Austin Metcalf became one of the most closely followed cases in the US in the past year, and on Tuesday, the jury convicted Karmelo Anthony of stabbing Metcalf at a sports track meet. The case grabbed national…
NEW DELHI: Attaching Rs 100 crore worth of assets of two real estate entities linked to Jaypee Infratech Ltd (JIL), the ED on Tuesday accused JIL and its promoters of laundering part of Rs 33,000 crore of homebuyers money collected for construction of flats in Jaypee Wish Town, spread across 1,162 acres in Nodia along…
Describing startups as a key pillar of Punjab’s future economic growth, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said his government is committed to ensuring that no promising idea is abandoned due to a lack of financial support.Mann distributed seed grants worth Rs 1.07 crore to 31 startups and their founders, asserting that Punjab’s next generation…
JAMMU: Army personnel detained a 14-year-old boy from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) who had allegedly crossed over the Line of Control (LoC) and entered Indian territory in J&K’s Poonch district on Tuesday evening.“Around 7pm, Javed Ali from Tetrinote in PoK, was detained near the LoC in Gulpur sector, Poonch,” an official said. Preliminary investigations indicated that…
An Indian-origin entrepreneur was targeted in Belfast as his soon-to-open supermarket was set on fire in a deliberate act of arson. (Photo: Irish News) An Indian businessman who dreamed of opening his grocery store in an abandoned building in Belfast that he purchased has been left with nothing after some people intentionally set the building…
Damaged car after it was hit by a BSF truck in Ramban JAMMU: At least four people, including two Border Security Force men, sustained minor injuries Tuesday when a bus ferrying BSF personnel for deployment on Amarnath Yatra duty collided with two other vehicles on Jammu-Srinagar NH-44 in J&K’s Ramban district.Officials said the bus first…
JAMMU: Army troops opened fire at a suspected Pakistani drone hovering over Indian territory along the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K’s Poonch district late Monday. The unmanned aerial vehicle returned towards Pakistan-occupied Kashmir after some time, officials said.“Around 10pm, alert personnel spotted the drone above some forward Indian posts along the LoC in the…
ZOJI LA (MINAMARG): Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari pressed Tuesday a button triggering the final “breakthrough” blast in Zoji La Tunnel, removing last three metres of rock and linking two ends of the nearly 14km corridor that will provide all-weather connectivity between Kashmir and Ladakh.With J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah, lieutenant governor…
India’s ship safety certifier said it will not certify vessels owned by Iranian or Russian entities, while cautioning that it has limited visibility over how ships are used once they enter global trade, according to Reuters.The Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), one of the world’s major maritime certification bodies, said classification status is critical for…
Ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s visit to France next week for the G7 summit, French ambassador Thierry Mathou tells TOI’s Sachin Parashar in an exclusive interview that India’s involvement with the group of world’s most advanced and industrialised nations has become indispensable. The ambassador also said India’s participation in a “defensive” mission to secure the…