Jarange said it was not possible to continue a rally tour while observing an indefinite hunger strike. NEW DELHI: Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Thursday called off his 20-day-old hunger strike and gave the Maharashtra government three months to consider his demands, news agency PTI reported.The decision came after Jarange addressed a large...
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Good El Nino? How a bad monsoon left city drenched
Delhi had a season’s rainfall surplus of 8% in a meteorological subdivision (Haryana) NEW DELHI: The capital defied the odds this monsoon. As of Sept 16, Delhi had a season’s rainfall surplus of 8% in a meteorological subdivision (Haryana) that’s reeling under a 23% deficit and a region (northwest India) that has logged a 10%...
Football on table, wrestling without groundwork: Unusual sports India will play at Asiad
Teqball, Kurash, Soft Tennis, Sepak Takraw and Sport Climbing. The Asian Games have always been more than a showcase of the sports that dominate television screens.From cricket and hockey to athletics, shooting, badminton and wrestling, some disciplines have a deep following in India. But Aichi-Nagoya 2026 will also put the spotlight on sports that remain...
‘God-gifted talent’: Rashid Khan on Sooryavanshi’s skill rarely seen at 15 | Exclusive
Rashid Khan on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Rashid Khan has been around the India-Afghanistan rivalry long enough to have seen the balance shift. Afghanistan are no longer the side simply hoping to push the bigger teams; there is now a belief within the group that they can beat them.That belief, though, comes with some unfinished work. Ahead...
Hospitals could be charging you 2,841% higher on commonly used consumables
The issue has been flagged multiple times over last 15 years but a fresh push by Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revived a question that has remained unresolved for years: who ultimately sets price of a medical device – the manufacturer, the hospital or the regulator? NEW DELHI: An IV infusion set priced...
SC pulls up govt for ‘denying’ disabled soldiers their benefits
SC junked over 270 appeals filed by govt against such soldiers NEW DELHI: Quoting Raksha Mantri 2015 Report, which admitted that “many disabled soldiers in India are still denied disability benefits on hyper-technical reasons”, Supreme Court has pulled up Centre and the defence ministry for litigating against them in all forums of the judiciary –...
Aggrieved party can seek deletion of court clips on socials: SC
NEW DELHI: In an important clarification on the ban on use of video clips of court proceedings, Supreme Court on Wednesday said if such footage was uploaded on social media, an aggrieved person could approach the authorities under the Information and Technology Act to seek a “takedown” order of the content.This clarification came from a...
US House passes Russia sanctions bill; path cleared further for 100% tariffs on India
The bill when signed by Trump will give him the authority to levy duties of up to 100 per cent on major buyers of Russian energy The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a sweeping Russia sanctions bill that targets Russian officials, banks and the country’s energy trade, while giving President Donald Trump the...
‘No rethink’: Govt firm on UPI merchant fee amid rollback demands
‘Only 4% Of Transactions To Be Covered’ NEW DELHI: Govt on Wednesday said there would be no rethink on the 0.4% merchant discount rate (MDR) on person-to-merchant UPI transactions, amid demands to withdraw the fee from small retailers, petroleum dealers and brokers, who argued that their margins would be affected.A senior govt official said MDR...
At board meet, Noel Tata to push to keep Tata Sons private
Noel plans to argue that RBI’s Sept 11 letter requires Tata Sons to comply with rules governing upper-layer non-banking financial companies but does not explicitly direct it to list its shares MUMBAI: Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata intends to tell the Tata Sons board on Thursday that the company should remain private and unlisted, pushing...
