The eight-hour dharna by opposition netas ended with their detentions NEW DELHI: The opposition’s protest march to Election Commission headquarters on the SIR-CEC issue Tuesday turned into a high-octane confrontation between Modi govt and INDIA bloc, leading to an eight-hour dharna by Rahul Gandhi and his colleagues at Akashvani Bhavan and ending with their detention…
Skipper Shreyas Iyer (Image: IANS) Three days after celebrating an Asian Games gold medal in Japan, Shreyas Iyer was back in action thousands of kilometres away in India and the skipper somehow found enough energy to produce the innings of his T20I career.Iyer and several members of India’s Asian Games squad travelled back after beating…
LONDON: British Indian Tory peer Lord Rami Ranger, aka Raminder Singh Ranger, has won a historic right to judicial review of the decision to strip him of his CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 2024 after he was accused of breaching the parliamentary code of conduct.Lord Ranger took the office of…
JAMMU: J&K Police have arrested four suspects, including one from Punjab, in connection with the alleged cross-border smuggling of drugs and arms via drones in the border village of Arnia in Jammu district. An Italy-made Beretta pistol, two magazines, four live rounds, and over 1kg of narcotics were seized during subsequent searches, police said Tuesday.On…
Anirudh Thapa ended India’s 44-year wait for a goal against Uruguay, joining Manas Bhattacharya as only the second scorer/ Image: X India may have suffered a heavy 6–1 defeat to Uruguay in Kolkata, but one moment still gave the home crowd something significant to celebrate. Anirudh Thapa’s equaliser against the two-time FIFA World Cup champions…
US lawmaker Josh Gottheimer The TOI correspondent from Washington: In a rare gesture of congressional recognition for an Indian national, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has introduced a resolution honoring Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot who helped prevent a suicidal terrorist attack aboard a Flydubai flight bound for Israel last week.The resolution, introduced…
The agency will prepare a comprehensive National Transport Master Plan with a planning horizon of 10 years or more (ANI Photo). NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Tuesday approved setting up India’s first integrated transport and logistics authority, giving the new body a mandate to plan, appraise and monitor projects worth over Rs 500 crore across…
Shreyas Iyer scores maiden T20I ton (Image: BCCI) India skipper Shreyas Iyer marked his return to form in spectacular fashion, smashing his maiden T20I century as India cruised to an eight-wicket win over West Indies in the opening match of the five-match series on Tuesday.Chasing 172, India raced to 172 for two in just 14.4…
BJP hits Rahul Gandhi over EC meeting demand, calls protest ‘drama’ NEW DELHI: The BJP on Tuesday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of staging ‘drama’ over his demand to meet the Election Commission. BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi called the Leader of Opposition ‘an expert in theatrics’ and alleged that the poll panel’s statement had exposed…
NEW DELHI: With predictable policy frameworks, strict enforcement against non-compliant administrators and regional coordination, establishing a comprehensive, city-wide low-emission zone (LEZ) for Delhi is a realistic near-term goal, a senior CAQM official said on Tuesday.Tarun Kumar Pithode, member secretary of CAQM, also noted that clean air zones serve as an essential social experiment, as they…