MUMBAI: RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra on Monday asked colleagues to “strive for perfection” and support the realisation of the Viksit Bharat vision. The career bureaucrat appointed to lead the central bank “reassured” staffers that RBI, an “august institution”, is his “family” now. “I exhort you to strive for perfection in performing our critical roles as…
Nirmala Sitharaman and Mallikarjun Kharge in Rajya Sabha. Congress mutilated statute to promote ‘dynasty’: NirmalaRajya Sabha witnessed a fiery start to the two-day-long discussion to mark 75 years of the Constitution with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman launching a scathing attack on Congress for carrying out major amendments to the statute over the decades with the…
BATHINDA: Sukhjit Singh, a 26-year-old AAP-backed sarpanch of Chhana Gulab Singh village in Punjab‘s Barnala district, was killed Sunday night after being attacked with sharp weapons by a group of villagers allegedly supporting drug peddlers.According to Sukhjit’s father Amarjit Singh, his son had been vocal against drug abuse in the village and had refused to…
Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani and Adani Group founder Gautam Adani are facing multiple threats that are hitting their businesses – and their immense personal wealth. Both Ambani and Adani have tumbled out of the elite centibillionaires club – people with fortunes above $100 billion.Ambani’s energy and retail businesses have been underperforming amid rising investor concern…
CHANDIGARH: Surprising fans during a live show in Chandigarh, singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh announced that he “won’t perform (live) in India until infrastructure for it is improved.”Stopping in the middle of a throbbing presentation on Saturday, he said, “Instead of bothering us (artistes), improve your concert infrastructure or I will not perform in India… I want…
Zakir Hussain (1951-2024) Zakir Hussain was born in Mumbai in 1951 in the Qureshi family and grew up praying at a Sufi shrine in Mahim, but he could coax his instrument to play the sound of Lord Shiva’s conch. His marvellously mutable music transcended boundary and genre. When he performed with legendary Indian classical artists…
DHAKA: Bangladesh interim govt law adviser Asif Nazrul has “strongly protested” against a social media post by PM Narendra Modi on the country’s Victory Day.“I strongly protest. Dec 16, 1971 was the Victory Day of Bangladesh. India was an ally of this victory, nothing more,” Asif Nazrul wrote on his verified Facebook page on Monday,…
At Saturday Night’s Main Event, the Judgment Day member, Liv Morgan defeated IYO SKY of Damage CTRL to defend the Women’s World Championship. The Eradicator, Rhea Ripley unexpectedly showed up to engage in a staredown with the champion, hinting at a title fight against her, as she was returning with Dominik Mysterio and Raquel Rodriguez….
After seven years of medical school in Myanmar, May finally achieved her goal of becoming a doctor. But a month after she graduated and found a job, her dreams started unravelling. In Feb 2021, Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup, and the country’s economy, already hammered by the pandemic, started to buckle. Prices soared,…
(L-R) Lord Popat, Baroness Catherine Meyer and Lord Dholakia. TOI correspondent from UK: A Tory member of the House of Lords is facing suspension for referring to a fellow peer of Indian origin, Lord Dholakia, as “Lord Poppadom”, during a trip to Rwanda in Feb. The Lords’ Conduct Committee recommended a three-week suspension for Baroness…
