A residential building burns after a Russian missile strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) While the focus of the global world is on West Asia, Russia’s latest large-scale missile and drone assault on Kyiv marks another dangerous escalation in the nearly four-year-long war in Ukraine. Reports that Moscow employed…
Ahead of VB G RAM G coming into force on July 1, 19 states and UTs notify scheme NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: With the Aam Aadmi Party govt in Punjab, which had not only opposed the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act 2025 but even passed a resolution against it in the…
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday recommended an ordinance to ease tax rules for foreign investors in some categories of securities.The details of the proposal moved by the finance ministry were not immediately available. However, it is being seen as an effort to help strengthen the rupee, which has weakened 6% against the US…
NEW DELHI: Tuesday’s fall in Brent to under $80 a barrel for the first time in three months will allow oil companies to hold pump prices at current levels, while helping govt finances and keeping inflation from rising, provided gains on crude hold.Policymakers are cautious while making any projections, given how the peace talks between…
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Dina Patil (File photo) NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Dina Patil on Thursday allegedly threatened journalists, prompting party chief and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde to ask him to express regret over the remarks.Sanjay Dina Patil is among the six Lok Sabha MPs who crossed over from Shiv Sena…
Few political quotes are as famous, debated and misunderstood as this line from Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince.Written more than 500 years ago, the quote has become shorthand for ruthless leadership. It is often used to describe powerful rulers, tough politicians and leaders who rely on authority rather than popularity. Yet the idea behind it is…
Ogden Nash (Image: Wikipedia) Marriage advice is often given in long speeches, relationship books, counselling sessions and complicated psychological explanations. But sometimes a single sentence can explain human relationships more honestly than pages of earnest discussion. It’s no wonder one quote by American poet Ogden Nash remains popular decades after it was first written. On…
Source: US department of war A newly released Pentagon video appears to show a US fighter jet taking down an unidentified aerial object over Michigan’s Lake Huron in February 2023, as part of the latest batch of previously classified UFO-related files made public by the US government.The infrared footage, included in a second tranche of…
Shreyas Iyer (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer has opened up on how relentless criticism over his struggles against short-pitched deliveries became the driving force behind a dramatic transformation in his batting approach during the IPL 2026 season.Speaking on JioStar, Iyer admitted that doubts about his ability to handle the short ball…
New Delhi: Chairing a Pragati meeting on Wednesday, PM Narendra Modi told housing and urban affairs ministry officials to first identify 50 cities and achieve 100% cleanliness in them in all aspects, from making them garbage free to processing all their solid and liquid waste.TOI has learnt that Modi suggested that ministry and state govts…