NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has issued sweeping pan-India directions to improve road safety, including a ban on parking of heavy and commercial vehicles on national highways, warning that expressways must not turn into “corridors of peril” due to administrative lapses or infrastructure gaps.A bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and Atul S Chandurkar noted…
Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has opened up about his views on adult film stars, recalling his interactions with actors like Sunny Leone and Mia Malkova, while pushing back against stereotypes surrounding their profession. In a recent conversation, RGV said that while he doesn’t generalise, his personal experiences with some adult film stars have left him…
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (Agency Image) Quick quiz: Since the first T20 World Cup in 2007, how many players who played only ODI cricket have been part of a 50-over World Cup-winning side? Answer: None. In 2027, across Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, Rohit and Kohli would love to change that. Assuming, of course,…
CBSE DRQ Tier 2 exam 2026 city intimation slip: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will release the city intimation slip for the Direct Recruitment Quota (DRQ) Tier 2 Examination 2026 tomorrow, April 8, 2026. Candidates who are scheduled to appear for the Tier-II examination will be able to download the advance city intimation…
Iranian strikes have left many of the 13 US military bases used by American forces across the Middle East “all but uninhabitable,” forcing the Pentagon to scatter troops across hotels, office spaces and other temporary sites as the war enters its fourth week.The damage has upended the way the US military is fighting in the…
NEW DELHI: 6,000 piped natural gas (PNG) users have surrendered their Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) connections as of Saturday, a govt official said on Sunday. “6000 PNG consumers surrendered their LPG till yesterday! A big thanks to them!!” said the secretary, ministry of petroleum and natural gas Neeraj Mittal on X. Further urging PNG users…
NEW DELHI: A day after AAP removed him as deputy leader of the party in the Rajya Sabha, Raghav Chadha declared that he would not be cowed by attempts to silence him, drawing a fierce backlash from his colleagues.Senior AAP members accused Chadha of being scared of PM Narendra Modi and not raising issues tied…
New Delhi: Geopolitical tensions in West Asia pose risks to India’s trade and macroeconomic stability by widening the current account deficit (CAD), exerting pressure on the exchange rate, Niti Aayog said on Monday.The Aayog in its quarterly ‘Trade Watch Oct-Dec (Q3) FY 2025-26’ report further said that geopolitical instability in West Asia has slowed the…
NEW DELHI: A simple stool test could soon help doctors identify a commonly missed cause of chronic diarrhoea, potentially ending years of uncertainty for many patients.A new study by researchers from AIIMS and other leading centres, led by Dr Govind K. Makharia, has been published in the Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. The study finds that…
TOI correspondent from London: The judges who ruled against fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi’s attempt to reopen his appeal against extradition said their judgment “presents a worrying picture of the use of proscribed treatment to obtain confessions, which was characterised as ‘commonplace and endemic’”.Lord Justice Stuart-Smith and Justice Jay said in their order: “Were it not…
