India is accelerating a strategic shift in defence driven by policy, rising regional tensions and a global surge in military demand, which is giving an impetus to this move. As one of the largest defence spenders, India is increasingly investing in both modernisation and self-reliance.In this year’s union budget, defence capital acquisition budget stood at…
The Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education (HPBOSE) has declared the Eklavya Model Residential School Selection Test (EMRSST) 2026 result. The examination was conducted on March 29, 2026, at different centres across the state.According to the official notification issued by the board on Friday, a total of 959 candidates had applied for the exam. Out…
Right from the dawn of time, man has been trapped in the rat race of running after one thing after another. Materialistic gains despite giving temperory happiness, never allow one to sleep. However, what counts in the end is not what you gain in life, but what you have in your heart. These are not…
Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal held meetings with luxury company LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE and beauty giant L’Oreal Groupe, focusing on growing manufacturing, exports and investment in India. In his meeting with Vincent Astoux, International Relations Director of LVMH, Goyal discussed expanding manufacturing in India to increase exports, investing in local…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hugged and took the blessings of 98-year-old BJP veteran Makhanlal Sarkar during the swearing-in ceremony of the BJP’s first government in West Bengal at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground.The Prime Minister arrived at the venue amid loud chants of “Jay Shri Ram and waved to supporters from an…
In the quiet high desert of Oregon, a small discovery is once again reshaping how we think about early human life in North America. It is not a dramatic artefact or a famous skeleton. It is something far more fragile. A tiny stitched fragment of elk hide, preserved inside a cave for roughly 12,400 years,…
IPL Trophy (Photo Credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: As the Indian cricket board (BCCI) gets aggressive with the implementation of its anti-corruption guidelines in the IPL, it has started to come down heavily on players, officials, family of team members and broadcasters who create social-media content, TOI has learnt.A few former cricketers who are working as…
BENGALURU: The Karnataka capital reported the highest number of cases in the country under the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, with 878 incidents recorded in National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) ‘Crime in India 2024’ report.Out of a total of 1,008 dowry-related cases registered across the country’s metropolitan cities, roughly 87% were from Bengaluru alone.In comparison, Lucknow,…
The victim, 62-year-old Tanuja Ranjan HYDERABAD: The wife of retired Andhra Pradesh cadre IPS officer Vinay Ranjan Ray was found murdered at their residence in the upscale Prashasan Nagar, Jubilee Hills, on Friday morning.The victim, 62-year-old Tanuja Ranjan, was allegedly smothered to death. Police suspect that a domestic help from Nepal, employed by the family…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Krunal Pandya(PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) BENGALURU: Nearly 15 years ago, on matting wickets in Palej, a small town in Gujarat’s Bharuch district, a lanky youngster learnt the value of adaptation. Bowling with coated balls in local village tournaments, he quickly realised there would be little assistance for spin and survival depended on discipline,…