Retirement must be based on bona fide assessment, says SC NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has ruled govt has wide powers to compulsorily retire an employee to improve efficiency of administration and that the person aggrieved cannot challenge such a decision on the ground that other similarly placed employees have not met the same fate.Upholding Chhattisgarh…
Indian entrepreneur celebrates Diwali with Trump at Oval Office; gifts him ‘copy of ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ TOI correspondent from Washington: In an awkward collision of symbolism and reality, US President Donald Trump celebrated Diwali’s victory of good over evil in the Oval Office last Friday just hours before a right-wing extremist he pardoned for January 6…
The commission rejected the bank’s contention that the locker had been surrendered on May 21, 2005. (AI image for representative purpose) Can your bank locker be surrendered without you being aware? And is the bank liable then for items you claim were in the locker that was surrendered without your knowledge?In one such case, a…
A fighter with an Arad assault rifle (IWI) The Netherlands is set to manufacture Israeli weapons on its own soil through a new partnership between an Israeli firearms maker and a Dutch defence company. The move comes amid growing European efforts to strengthen domestic defence production and increasing political pressure in the Netherlands over Israel’s…
Russia and Iran may be growing closer as military partners, but when it comes to one of Tehran’s biggest defence demands, Moscow has little room to manoeuvre.As Iran seeks Russia’s advanced S-400 air defence system to strengthen its defences against potential US and Israeli attacks, the Kremlin faces a difficult choice between helping its strategic…
Aigner is currently speaker of the Bavarian state parliament (Photo: Reuters). German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has backed Bavarian politician Ilse Aigner as his preferred candidate for the country’s presidency, bringing her closer to becoming Germany’s first woman head of state.Merz conveyed his support for Aigner, 61, at a dinner hosted by his Christian Democratic Union…
Indian players celebrate the wicket of New Zealand’s Tom Latham. India pacers Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar and Auqib Nabi will remain with the team for preparations ahead of the Test series against New Zealand, batting coach Sitanshu Kotak confirmed on Saturday.The three pacers will stay back after the ODI series as the team begins its…
Pufferfish have an interesting way of showing motherly love. Anyone remotely familiar with poisonous foods would know about fugu. It is a Japanese delicacy so dangerous that chefs need special training and a licence to prepare it. One wrong cut could leave traces of tetrodotoxin, a potent neurotoxin.Pufferfish are notorious for carrying this deadly chemical…
A forgotten Cold War military base buried beneath Greenland’s ice is giving scientists an unusual glimpse into a much warmer Earth. Researchers examined sediment recovered from Camp Century in northwestern Greenland, a site built by the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1959 and abandoned in 1967. The sediment contained biological markers that allowed scientists…
An Ohio man has been allowed to keep sole ownership of a house he bought six years before getting married. State appeals judges rejected his former wife’s claim that paying the mortgage with shared money during their marriage had turned the house into marital property. The ruling was issued on 6 November 2026 by the…
