PUNE: Despite being decorated with the Sansad Ratna (Best Parliamentarian) award five times and Maha Sansad Ratna once, Shrirang Barne, the two-time Member of Parliament from Pune’s Maval, had one regret-his 2014 and 2019 affidavit mentioned his educational qualification as “10th class fail”. Not any more.The 60-year-old Shiv Sena MP who filed his nomination for…
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge surprised everyone by deciding not to contest Lok Sabha polls. The 81-year-old told TOI of his commitment to his role as a national leader and why he decided not to contest. Excerpts:As chairman of INDIA bloc, your influence nationwide is palpable in these elections. However, your absence in Gulbarga constituency in…
Kottayam: Mary Philip, still sharp and sprightly at 79, has never missed voting in an election, whether for panchayat or Parliament, since she was 18. The matriarch of Padinjare Muthoottil family in Arumanoor, a village 15km from Kottayam town and part of the Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency, Mary diligently keeps track of political and social…
MUMBAI: The Mumbai crime branch probing the April 14 firing on actor Salman Khan’s house has recovered the second gun, along with two magazines containing 17 bullets, that the alleged shooters threw in the Tapi river in Surat in their attempt to cover their tracks.The first gun was found earlier in the river on Monday.The…
KOLKATA: People unable to maintain peace during a six-hour celebration don’t deserve elected representation, Calcutta high court asserted Tuesday, while expressing dismay over clashes in Murshidabad district of Bengal during Ram Navami festivities on April 17 that left at least 19 wounded.Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya held that Lok Sabha polls scheduled…
NEW DELHI: A unit of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) located in Kanpur, has successfully developed the lightest bulletproof jacket in India.The Defence Materials and Stores Research and Development Establishment (DMSRDE) developed the jacket that offers protection against the highest threat level 6, as per BIS 17051-2018 standards.The jacket’s design incorporates novel materials…
India successfully test-fired a new variant of a medium-range ballistic missile on Tuesday. The launch, conducted by the Strategic Forces Command, demonstrated the missile’s operational readiness and the effectiveness of its innovative technologies, according to a press release from the defence ministry.“A successful launch of the new variant of a medium-range ballistic missile was carried…
NEW DELHI: Everest Food Products on Tuesday issued a statement reassuring its customers that all its products are safe and of high quality, following concerns raised by Singapore and Hong Kong over one of its spice-mix products.The company clarified that Everest is not banned in either country, and only one out of its 60 products…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy CM & BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday slammed Sharad Pawar‘s remarks saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is ‘a new Putin is in the making in India,’ attributing it to the opposition’s desperation in the face of electoral losses.“As a result of desperation due to losing, they have resorted to…
NEW DELHI: Addressing an election rally in Rajasthan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched another attack on Congress, claiming that the party has criminalised even listening to Hanuman Chalisa. He reiterated his claim that the rival party is orchestrating an elaborate scheme to seize people’s assets and allocate them to a select few.PM Modi…
