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NEW DELHI: Amid a shortage of cooking gas cylinders, urban development minister Manohar Lal on Saturday nudged municipal bodies and other agencies to expedite clearances for piped natural gas (PNG), as state and local body approvals often delay clearances for expansion.Setting a target to add 50 lakh new piped gas connections to the existing base…
Amid rising scrutiny, TP-Link’s CEO Jeffrey Chao is applying for U.S. permanent residency via a $1 million visa program, a move that coincides with ongoing federal investigations into his firm. The investigations, conducted by the Commerce, Justice, and FTC departments, are fueled by worries that Chinese authorities might pressure TP-Link to support cyber threats. Jeffrey…
NEW DELHI: There was chaos across several parts of the city on Friday, particularly Old Delhi and adjoining areas, as residents scrambled for LPG cylinders. With tensions running high, police had to be deployed outside a few gas agencies.TOI witnessed long queues and frayed tempers for domestic-use cylinders outside an LPG agency office at Delhi…
NEW DELHI: With CBI unable to show even a “prima facie” case of corruption to cross the “minimum threshold” of evidence for trial of the accused in the Delhi liquor policy case, the special MP/MLA court on Friday cautioned against probe agencies turning into tools to “influence” political outcomes. Special judge Jitendra Singh said investigations…
Security agencies in Jammu and Kashmir have identified and frozen over 8,000 “mule accounts” in the past three years.According to the officials, these accounts form the financial backbone of global scam networks and could fund separatist and anti-national activities.Officials described these accounts as the “weakest yet most crucial link” in the cybercrime chain, noting that…
Civil aviation minister of state Murlidhar Mohol on Saturday dismissed the foreign media reports about the Air India crash investigation in Ahmedabad that killed 260 people in June 2025, adding that the probe is still ongoing and no final conclusions have been reached.Mohol said, “I just want to inform you all that our investigation agencies…
Texas governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday ordered state agencies and public universities to halt new H-1B visa hiring.This marks a major setback for foreign professionals seeking to work in US, especially in the Red state.In a letter sent to agency heads, Abbott directed all state bodies to immediately freeze new H-1B petitions, citing ‘abuse’ of…
MUMBAI: Monitoring the end-use of IPO proceeds is set to become more stringent, with the regulator likely to allow rating agencies to directly update stock exchanges with data on compliance with end-use norms by the companies.Currently, Sebi mandates equity issuers to appoint a credit rating agency to monitor most equity issues, excluding offer-for-sale where the…
NEW DELHI: Security agencies have flagged a sophisticated “crypto hawala” network allegedly being used to bypass the country’s financial safeguards to funnel untraceable foreign funds into Jammu and Kashmir, raising concerns that the money is being used to finance terror activities in the Union territory, officials said on Sunday.The development has put the security establishment…
CM Mamata Banerjee urges CJI to save democracy, stop agencies from defaming citizens JALPAIGURI/KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday made a fervent appeal to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant to safeguard democracy and ensure that agencies do not defame citizens. “Nobody is above you,” Banerjee told the CJI during the inauguration of the…
