NEW DELHI: A viral video doing the rounds on social media showed a heated altercation between loco pilots at Rajasthan‘s Gangapur City Junction. The video, which TOI couldn’t independently verify, shows an ugly confrontation between loco pilots from the Kota and Agra Railway Divisions, all vying for the chance to drive the newly-launched Vande Bharat…
JAIPUR: Politics of colour is back in the education department. Rajasthan education minister Madan Dilawar said on Tuesday that the colour of bicycles being distributed to girls in govt schools will again be changed to saffron from black. Dilawar said that earlier saffron-coloured cycles were distributed, but the previous Congress govt had changed it to…
The latest episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 16 started with rollover contestant Srishty Sharma from Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan. Her conversations with Amitabh Bachchan kept the audience and the host entertained throughout the episode. She managed to win Rs 6,40,000 before she decided to quit the game. After Srishty quit the game show, Amitabh Bachchan played…
In a series of Rajya Sabha by-elections across several states, key political figures have been elected unopposed, securing seats in the Upper House without contest. The elections, which took place following the resignation of previous incumbents who were elected to the Lok Sabha, saw candidates from the BJP and NDA emerge victorious across Rajasthan, Madhya…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police announced on Thursday that they have dismantled an Al Qaeda terror module, detaining 14 people from Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.This operation stemmed from intelligence inputs and was conducted in collaboration with state police forces.According to a Delhi Police statement, “The module, as per current state of operations, was being…
NEW DELHI: “Bharat Bandh“, the nationwide strike, has been called on August 21, in response to a recent Supreme Court ruling on SC/ST reservations by Dalit and Adivasi organisations demanding stronger representation and protection for marginalised communities. What is the Supreme Court ruling? The Supreme Court recently in a 6:1 ruling said that the states…
PATNA/BHILWARA/JAIPUR: A medical student from Rajasthan was arrested by CBI in Patna on Saturday in connection with the NEET-UG 2024 paper leak case. He is the eighth MBBS student to be nabbed so far.Sandeep Kumar Bishnoi, a first year MBBS student of Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia (RVRS) Medical College in Bhilwara, was called to Patna…
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday appointed the veteran RSS leader Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde as the new governor of Rajasthan. Hailing from Aurangabad, Bagde has also served as the first BJP speaker of Maharashtra assembly in 2014.“Prime Minister Narendra Modi called me yesterday informing me that I would have to go out of Maharashtra….
President Droupadi Murmu appointed governors to several states late Saturday night: Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde (Rajasthan), Jishnu Dev Varma (Telangana), Santosh Kumar Gangwar (Jharkhand), C P Radhakrishnan (Maharashtra), Lakshman Prasad Acharya (Assam & additional charge of Manipur), Gulab Chand Kataria (Punjab), Ramen Deka (Chhattisgarh), C H Vijayashankar (Meghalaya), Om Prakash Mathur (Sikkim).K Kailashnathan will be LG…
NEW DELHI: A change of mere five marks has brought cheer for many and caused heartbreak for others as there are candidates who have moved up or down by 8,000 ranks in NEET-UG for medical school admissions.As exclusively reported by TOI on Friday, 17 candidates with perfect 720 marks were declared toppers, against 61 when…
