NEW DELHI: Starting next April, all car manufacturers will be required to perform fuel-efficiency and mileage tests for new vehicle models under two conditions: with the air-conditioning system turned on and with it turned off, according to a notification issued by the road transport ministry on Sunday.For existing models, manufacturers may be granted a few…
Henry Nowak (left) was killed by Vikram Singh Digwa (right) with a knife. Vickrum Digwa who stabbed Henry Nowak five times with his religious knife in the UK has been sentenced for life, concluding a high-octane case that was being followed all across the world. As the incident took place in December 2025, the Hampshire…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has transferred more than 40 personnel associated with the Central Procurement Agency (CPA) as part of a restructuring exercise aimed at improving efficiency and transparency in the health sector, according to an official statement.The CPA, which functions under the department of health and family welfare, is responsible for the procurement…
Trump administration is preparing a new immigration policy that could reject asylum seekers without even interviewing them, according to a report cited by CBS News.The proposed rule was developed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Under the plan, officers at US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) would be allowed to deny applications if they…
NEW DELHI: In a bid to revive Congress organisational strength, party leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday told district presidents that hard work and direct public engagement, rather than sycophancy, will help the party grow, as he urged party leaders to reconnect with people at the grassroots level, party sources said.While addressing the concluding session of…
TOI correspondent from Washington: Just hours after US President Donald Trump assured Americans that Iran “really wants to make a deal” and urged “negatively chirping” critics to “sit back and relax (because) it will all work out well in the end,” the Middle East moved in the opposite direction.The three-month-old conflict lurched back toward open…
NEW DELHI: Four years after a dramatic split turned the Shiv Sena into two rival camps locked in a bitter political battle, leaders from both sides now appear to be finding common ground on one issue: the BJP.Interestingly, the very factor that contributed to the Sena’s split, its relationship with the BJP, is now emerging…
A Pennsylvania man turned a marital row into a scene of destruction after threatening to demolish his family home and then carrying out the threat with an excavator while his wife and daughters were still inside.48-year-old Eric Pierwsza tore into the rear section of his Butler County home following an argument with his wife after…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday raised concerns over the activities of armed groups operating near the India-Myanmar border and the impact of Myanmar’s internal conflict on Indian border communities during talks with Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing in New Delhi.Speaking at a special briefing after the high-level bilateral meeting, foreign secretary Vikram…
Rabi Lamichhane, chief of Nepal’s ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), arrived in New Delhi on Monday for talks with senior BJP leaders even as street protests erupted in Kathmandu and opposition parties disrupted Parliament over PM Balendra ‘Balen’ Shah’s remark that Nepal had “also encroached on India’s land”. Protesters gathered near Parliament and key junctions…