This image is used for representation purpose only (AI-generated) As Assam heads into the April 9 assembly elections, the political contest in the state is increasingly being framed as a battle between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ‘three Gogois’.At one level, this is a straightforward electoral fight. The BJP, led by chief minister…
Times Internet Half Marathon 2026 The city didn’t just wake up – it accelerated.At the Times Internet Half Marathon 2026, over 15,000 runners took over one of Delhi’s most iconic stretches – starting from the historic India Gate, sweeping through the grand, tree-lined avenues of Lutyens’ Delhi, and looping across wide, uninterrupted roads designed for…
MK Stalin at Nagercoil rally NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin, campaigning ahead of the state assembly elections, on Saturday slammed the Union government’s proposed amendment to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), alleging it targets minorities, particularly Christians.Also Read | ‘Anxiety among minorities’: Shashi Tharoor questions FCRA Ammendment BillThe FCRA bill could…
As Assam gears up for the 2026 assembly elections, a glance at candidate affidavits shows a strong presence of crorepatis in the fray — including chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. However, while the CM figures among the wealthiest contenders, he is far from the top of the list, with several candidates declaring significantly higher assets.Topping…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M K Stalin on Saturday criticised the Center over CBSE’s new curriculum framework, calling it a calculated attempt at linguistic imposition that favoured Hindi over regional languages.In a post on X, Stalin wrote, “The recently unveiled curriculum framework is not an innocent academic reform; it is…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Friday unveiled the Air Pollution Mitigation Action Plan 2026, announcing a series of measures including strict enforcement of the “No PUC, No Fuel” rule, curbs on polluting vehicles and a push for cleaner transport and dust control.Announcing the rollout of the plan, Gupta said the initiative builds…
NEW DELHI: Next time you wake up with crushing fatigue, a high fever, a raw throat and swollen glands, take note. The trigger behind it could be something as simple as a kiss.Infectious mononucleosis, or the ‘kissing disease’, is caused by the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) – one of the most common human infections worldwide. It…
Shashi Tharoor (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor questioned reports that the Centre may withdraw the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, saying the move could not be fully trusted.Speaking in Nilambur recently, Tharoor said, “The Centre’s reported withdrawal of the FCRA Amendment Bill cannot be fully trusted. The urgency with which the central…
NEW DELHI: Diverging from the Congress line, party member and former commerce minister, Anand Sharma, has lauded India’s diplomatic handling of the West Asia crisis as “mature and skilful”, saying it has helped the country avoid “potential minefields”.“We are balancing it correctly. There is no other way. We can’t lean. We can’t tilt. That is…
NEW DELHI: A seventh India-flagged LPG tanker, Green Sanvi, crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Friday. So far, six vessels carrying LPG have reached Indian ports after crossing the Strait since the war broke out in West Asia.Now 17 Indian ships remain stranded west of the Strait of Hormuz, including two — Green Asha and…