Satvir Kaur, Kanishka Narayan, Harpreet Uppal (Credit: ©House of Commons) TOI correspondent from London: Three Indian-origin young Labour MPs elected at the July 2024 general election have been given front bench roles in UK PM Andy Burnham’s new govt.Kanishka Narayan (36), a Hindu, joins the Cabinet in the newly-created role of AI minister, whilst two…
Raghav Chadha demands Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann’s resignation in video row NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP in Rajya Sabha Raghav Chadha has demanded the resignation of Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann over a purported video which created political uproar for hurting sentiments of the Sikh, accusing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of…
Back in 2003, Rajpal was in Canada filming ‘The Hero’. Fate (and a mutual friend) stepped in, and he met Radha. At the time, neither of them thought a casual chat would lead to a lifetime together. “We didn’t know then that we would get married,” Radha shared. What followed was a gruelling 10-month-long distance…
NEW DELHI: Govt has given WhatsApp three more days to respond to its notice over the messaging platform’s proposed username feature. The Meta-owned company has assured the govt it will not roll out the feature in India until consultations are complete.According to a PTI report, WhatsApp sought additional time to reply to the ministry of…
NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented move, India’s private airport operators have warned that “considerable time being taken in processing security vetting” is “impacting project implementation schedules, achieving operational efficiencies, commercial preparedness, and ensuring passenger convenience.” The Association of Private Airport Operators (APAO), which represents the 14 PPP airports in India including those in Delhi, Mumbai,…
At least eight people are dead and 34 remain missing after a rain-triggered landslide buried residential buildings in southwest China’s Chongqing municipality on Friday.The landslide struck at around 9.08 am in Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, after local officials reported sporadic rockfalls about an hour earlier and began evacuating residents. Despite the early warning,…
The HC issued a notice to FSSAI on the company’s petition challenging the prohibition NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Friday stayed an FSSAI directive prohibiting Dabur India from selling food products such as honey, cow ghee and edible oils with “100%” claims.Justice Amit Mahajan noted that Dabur was selling the products for decades and…
NEW DELHI: When it comes to wooing investors and facilitating sustained investments Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Goa and Odisha have emerged as the top performing states in the first ever ‘Investment Friendliness Index’ released by NITI Aayog on Friday.The states scored well over 50 on a scale of 1-100 in the index covering all 36…
Top stocks to buy today (AI image) Top stock market recommendations: REC, Oberoi Realty, and Home First Finance Company India have been recommended by Aakash K Hindocha, Vice President – Research, Nuvama Professional Clients Group/Nuvama Wealth Management as top stocks to buy on July 2, 2026. He has also shared his views on Nifty and…
Fire at Kinshasa wedding party kills 22 (representative image) At least 22 people were killed in a fire at a wedding party in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the mayor of the city’s Lingwala district said on Saturday.The fire broke out overnight Friday and continued into the early hours of Saturday…