Spread the love Senior IAS officer Mandeep K Bhandari has been appointed chairperson of the Central Board of Secondary Education (Image via Social media) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has appointed 2001-batch IAS officer Mandeep K Bhandari as its new chairperson, with the government upgrading the post temporarily to the rank and pay of an Additional Secretary. His...
Tea output slips, exports drop in January-July 2026
Spread the love India’s tea production declined 1.7% year-on-year (YoY) to 658.3 million kg during January-July this year, according to data shared by the United Planters’ Association of Southern India (UPASI). While the country’s tea output in 2025 had grown 7.1% YoY, production during the first seven months of this year sw pressure across major tea-growing regions. Output in South India...
America laughs as Trump pivots from ‘Kung Flu’ to hug Xi’s panda diplomacy
Spread the love President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping walk along the Colonnade of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) TOI correspondent from Washington: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington DC to negotiate trade, technology, tariffs and the future of the global economy. Instead, he got the most elaborate housewarming party...
NDA unease over EC-SIR row? 3 BJP allies seek answers as oppn turns up heat
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Unease within the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over a media report concerning Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar surfaced on Friday, with three BJP allies urging the Election Commission of India (ECI) to issue a clearer response.Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Chirag Paswan was the first NDA ally to urge the...
Cristiano Ronaldo’s wife Georgina Rodríguez builds Mimoa activewear brand
Spread the love Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez (Credit: Getty Images) Georgina Rodríguez has spent years living under one of the biggest spotlights in sport, but her latest move puts the attention somewhere else. The model, entrepreneur and longtime partner of Cristiano Ronaldo has launched Mimoa, an activewear and lifestyle label built around comfort, movement and everyday life. Rather than...
UP polls: Why Akhilesh’s ‘rath’ show in Raebareli is message for Rahul
Spread the love Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav during a visit to Raebareli. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Is Uttar Pradesh all set to go the Bihar way for the opposition’s INDIA bloc? Wait, we are not talking about the results yet. This is about the all-too-familiar alliance strains between INDIA bloc allies – the Samajwadi Party and the Congress...
‘A terrorist country is asking me’: Jaishankar’s sharp reply to Pak journalist
Spread the love Jaishankar’s pointed response to Pak journalist at UN NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday hit back at a Pakistani journalist who questioned him over terrorism, delivering a pointed response at the UN headquarters in New York.“A terrorist country is asking me that question. Come on,” Jaishankar said in response to the Pakistani journalist’s question.Jaishankar...
‘Compromised PM does it again’: Cong after bail to US national held in terror case
Spread the love US national VanDyke was arrested by the NIA in a case involving an alleged terror conspiracy linked to Myanmar-based ethnic armed groups. NEW DELHI: The release of US national Matthew Aaron VanDyke, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in March in a case involving an alleged terror conspiracy linked to Myanmar-based ethnic armed groups,...
Jailer 2 song ‘One Sun, One Moon’: Anirudh Ravichander track celebrates Rajinikanth’s stardom
Spread the love 3 min readNew DelhiSep 25, 2026 08:35 PM IST Rajinikanth’s highly anticipated film Jailer 2 is set to hit theatres on October 15. Ahead of its release, the makers have been unveiling songs from the film. Following the high-energy track “Ala Bolelo”, the lyrical video of the second song, “One Sun, One Moon”, has now been released...
Watch: PM Modi grooves at a ‘bhajan clubbing’ event in Delhi
Spread the love The Prime Minister has supported the concept in various statements over the year NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended on Friday attended a ‘Bhajan Clubbing’ at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Park in Delhi, on the occasion of Bharatiya Jana Sangh leader Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya’s 110th birth anniversary.The Prime Minister can be seen listening to the Bhajans while...
