Travis Head (Agency Photo) Australia’s in-form batter and India’s nemesis Travis Head passed the fitness test on Wednesday to retain his place in Australia’s playing eleven, which the hosts announced on the eve of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.Announcing the eleven playing members for the match in Melbourne Cricket Ground beginning on Thursday, captain…
Uttarakhand is set to implement UCC in Jan, CM Pushkar Singh Dhami tells TOI while stating that stringent measures were being taken against illegal activities, including unauthorised madrasas and land law violations. Excerpts:What do you think of the political battle between NDA and INDIA bloc over Ambedkar’s legacy?Congress party is spreading misinformation and disrespecting B…
JAIPUR: The death toll in Friday’s fatal collision between an LPG tanker and a container truck on Jaipur-Ajmer national highway rose to 15, as two critically injured persons succumbed during treatment at SMS Hospital on Tuesday.The latest victims, Naresh Babu from Etah in UP and Yusuf from Bhilwara in Rajasthan, had suffered 80% and 90%…
NEW DELHI: Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued notices to 13 companies, including major alcohol, tobacco and paan masala makers, for resorting to surrogate advertising.Surrogate advertising is a deceptive practice of promoting products banned from direct advertising by promoting other products under the same brand name. Union consumer affairs minister Pralhad Joshi said Tuesday…
NEW DELHI: In the winter of 2022, a drug lord named Sunil Yadav landed in Delhi. He had cops and gangsters from Punjab chasing him. The crime syndicate wanted him as he was accused of snitching on Ankit Bhadu, an aide of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. Bhadu was killed by Punjab police in 2019. In Delhi,…
NEW DELHI: Congress has filed a petition in Supreme Court challenging the recent amendments to the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961. In a statement, the party said that it hopes that the “fast eroding” integrity of the electoral process will be restored by the apex court.The move comes in the wake of the controversy that…
NEW DELHI: The need to get back to 7-8% growth against the backdrop of global challenges, geopolitical tensions and to ensure that the country remains on track to reach developed nation status by 2047 dominated deliberations at a meeting of economists with PM Modi Tuesday.At pre-Budget consultations under the theme – ‘Maintaining India’s growth momentum…
NEW DELHI: Amid rising expectations of higher tariffs on Chinese goods, exporters are in talks with govt to be ready to tap into possible opportunities across at least half-a-dozen sectors, ranging from textiles and leather to chemicals, electronics, auto parts and toys, by partnering American trade bodies and creating awareness about Indian products in the…
MUMBAI: India’s insurance penetration, which is measured as a ratio of annual premium to GDP, dipped in FY24 for the second year in a row after touching a peak of 4.2% in the wake of Covid.According to regulator Irdai’s annual report released on Monday, India’s insurance penetration was 3.7% in FY24 compared to 4% in…
NEW DELHI: Kerala can get a nuclear power station if the state provides land for the purpose, according to a suggestion made during a recent high-level meeting between Union power minister Manohar Lal Khattar and state power minister K Krishnankutty.Union minister Khattar “asked the state to support in identifying the land site and for allocation…
