There was a time when I thought ethanol might define the next phase of my professional life.I accepted a role as the Managing Director at a company which operated sugar mills in Andhra Pradesh. I accepted the role with one private understanding. I would give the industry two years. If I concluded that ethanol represented…
NEW DELHI: Madras high court on Tuesday directed the Tamil Nadu Police to release DMK leader and former deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin after questioning him over his alleged “double meaning” remark made during a protest in Thanjavur over the Cauvery water-sharing dispute.The court issued the direction after the Tamil Nadu government informed it that…
Air India flight from Phuket to Delhi experienced turbulence-related event during cruise. (Photo: TOI) NEW DELHI: Some passengers and crew members onboard Air India’s Phuket-Delhi flight (AI 2379) suffered injuries when the aircraft encountered turbulence during descent at the destination on Tuesday morning, causing a sudden drop in altitude.An AI with medical support received the…
Justice MS Liberhan (Picture from Haryana govt website) NEW DELHI: Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhan, who headed the one-man commission that investigated the circumstances leading to the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, died on Sunday at the age of 87.Punjab and Haryana high court bar association President Rohit Sud confirmed his death, saying Justice…
I too was denied a ministerial berth, but didn’t resign, said DK Shivakumar after 2 Congress MLAs quit. NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday downplayed the resignation of two Congress MLAs who quit the legislative assembly after being left out of the state cabinet expansion, saying “it is a part of politics.“Shivakumar…
All new cars, passenger and goods vehicles would need to have Vehicle-to-Vehicle communication system. (PTI) NEW DELHI: From Oct 2028, all new two- and three-wheelers, cars, passenger and goods vehicles (including buses and trucks) would need to have Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication system, as per a draft notification of the road transport ministry. The V2V technology…
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grandnephew Chandra Kumar Bose resigned from the TMC on Monday, citing personal reasons, months after joining the party ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections. NEW DELHI: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grandnephew Chandra Kumar Bose on Monday resigned from the Trinamool Congress (TMC), saying he was “disillusioned” with mainstream political…
A WhatsApp spokesperson acknowledged that errors can occur while enforcing the platform’s safety measures. NEW DELHI: Multiple WhatsApp users including several in India reported that their accounts had been placed “under review” for 24 hours, temporarily blocking access to the messaging platform’s features without prior warning.The disruption surfaced around 8pm IST on Monday, with affected…
NEW DELHI: India performed a record 20,138 organ transplants in 2025, crossing the 20,000-mark for the first time and registered a 6.5% increase over the previous year, according to National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation’s (NOTTO) annual report. The figure marks a fourfold rise from 4,990 transplants in 2013.Delhi-NCR recorded the highest number of transplants…
Kulgam: Security personnel keep a vigil during an inspection of vehicles to maintain public safety following the recent terror attack in Anantnag, at Qaimoh, Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. SRINAGAR: A suspect was arrested Monday in J&K’s Pulwama with a hand grenade, three “anti-national” posters and a mobile phone during a security overdrive spurred by…