TOI correspondent from Washington: In the summer of 1976, a Kanpur-born teenage engineering student from BITS Pilani stood in the lobby of the US embassy in New Delhi after being denied a student visa for the third time. His father, who had accompanied him, refused to leave. He had seen the photo of the consular…
NEW DELHI: Allaying fears of shortages amid intense summer and high electricity demand, Coal India said there was a buffer stock of 168 million tonnes of dry fuel in the country, adequate to meet the requirements of domestic thermal power plants for 19 days.The company also said compression in coal stock levels at thermal plants…
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have once again left out their IPL 2024-winning captain Shreyas Iyer from a social media post marking the second anniversary of the franchise’s third IPL title.Shreyas Iyer’s relationship with KKR has remained a talking point since the franchise released him despite leading them to their first IPL title in 10 years…
NEW DELHI: Congress MLA Ashok K Pattan on Wednesday claimed that Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah will resign from the post on Thursday after 3pm.While talking to reporters, Pattan said that both the leaders will obey the Congress high command and claimed that deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar will likely succeed Siddaramaiah.“We went to the CM’s…
NEW DELHI: Senior All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader SP Velumani on Wednesday asserted that there was “no split in the party, only differences of opinion”, signalling a possible reconciliation within the AIADMK after rival factions withdrew petitions filed against each other before the Tamil Nadu assembly speaker.“There is no split in the…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Rasikh Dar, right, celebrates with teammate Virat Kohli (AP Photo) Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin could not stop himself from reacting to Virat Kohli’s animated celebrations during IPL 2026 Qualifier 1, where defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru crushed Gujarat Titans by 92 runs to book their place in the final. RCB produced…
A dispute over housing goats for Bakrid rituals inside a Mira Road housing society escalated into protests and a bizarre pig-carrying incident. MIRA BHAYANDAR: The Mira Road area in Thane witnessed an extraordinary scene on Tuesday, a policeman running frantically with a pig in his arms while a crowd chased him, trying to grab the…
NEW DELHI: Former Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai, in a rare dissent, has publically opposed the CBSE’s revised three-language mandate, triggering a fresh political chatter in Tamil Nadu.Annamalai urged the Union education ministry to withdraw the CBSE notification that made three languages compulsory for Class IX students from the current academic year, saying the…
Ireland vs New Zealand Test: The historic one-off Test between Ireland and New Zealand at Stormont, Belfast marks the first-ever red-ball meeting between the two nations. Ireland won the toss and opted to bowl first, hoping to make the most of the early seam and swing on offer in typical Belfast conditions. Match Context &…
The UCC was one of the BJP’s key promises ahead of the 2026 Assam assembly elections NEW DELHI: The Assam assembly on Wednesday passed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2026. The Bill had been introduced in the House on Monday by the BJP-led state government, making Assam the first northeastern state and the third…