NEW DELHI: As India accelerates its preparations for the 2030 Commonwealth Games and strengthens its bid to host the 2036 Olympic Games, the country’s sports industry will come together under one roof at the TOI Sports Fitness and Infrastructure Expo-2026, billed as India’s premier business-to-business sports exhibition. The event will be held at the Bharat…
A violent gang war in Sri Lanka’s Colombo Port City has sparked a major criminal investigation, exposing potential links to a transnational cyber fraud network tied to Chinese organised crime syndicates.A Chinese national who was abducted and later found dead was identified as an individual allegedly connected to computer fraud activities, reported Sri Lanka’s News…
File photo: Bangladeshi foreign minister Khalilur Rahman DHAKA: Bangladesh foreign minister Khalilur Rahman Wednesday emphasised the need to address “some irritations” that exist in Bangladesh-India ties, noting govt is reviewing India’s invitation to PM Tarique Rahman for the Sept Brics Summit in New Delhi.Talking to reporters following a meeting with Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh…
File photo: Ex-Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal NEW DELHI: AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday alleged that Centre was pressuring automobile manufacturers to remain silent on the impact of E20 petrol on vehicles manufactured before 2023, a charge rejected by Delhi BJP president Harsh Malhotra, who challenged him to produce evidence of vehicles damaged due to…
Apex court on Coalgate case NEW DELHI: Diluting its 12year-old order mandating appeals to be filed only in the Supreme Court against trial court orders in coal block allotment scam cases, the SC Wednesday said the prosecution and accused can move the Delhi HC challenging acquittals or convictions recorded by the special judge.Taking up the…
New secretary appointed after Champat Rai’s exit LUCKNOW: IIT Bombay alumnus Jagdish Aphale has been appointed Ayodhya Ram temple trust’s first secretary and made a joint signatory to financial transactions as the organisation seeks to infuse accountability into its functioning and ride out the storm triggered by alleged theft of donations to the shrine.“For banking…
File photo: Former PM Manmohan Singh NEW DELHI: More than 11 years after a Delhi court sensationally summoned former PM Manmohan Singh as an accused in a coal block allotment scam case, the Supreme Court Wednesday gave him a clean chit, closing the case nearly two years after his demise.Special judge Bharat Parashar, presiding over…
NEW DELHI: More than one lakh schools — government, government-aided and private — are functioning with a single teacher, with Andhra Pradesh alone accounting for over 16,000, government data has revealed, highlighting severe deployment gaps despite the country’s overall pupil-teacher ratio remaining within national norms.The education ministry cited national pupil-teacher ratios of 19 at primary…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Wednesday saved central and state projects worth Rs 20,000 crore from demolition for want of prior environmental clearance but permanently prohibited govt from granting post facto EC and quashed Centre’s 2021 Office Memorandum for keeping a window indefinitely open for projects to seek such green nods.Rescinding a part of its earlier…
Test found no abnormality in dreamliner fuel switch NEW DELHI: A DGCA-ordered probe by Boeing into the fuel control switch locking mechanism of the B787 Dreamliner has found “no abnormality”, govt told Parliament on Wednesday.The regulator had ordered this repeat examination after the crew operating an AI Dreamliner from London to Bengaluru in Feb had…