NEW DELHI (TIP): The Centre on June 23 launched a pilot programme to run scooters on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in the national capital. The project aims to find out if large-scale conversion of two-wheelers […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The one-man panel probing the missing papers pertaining to Ishrat Jahan case affidavits has concluded that the five documents mentioned in the note sheet but not part of the home ministry file […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Activist Teesta Setalvad’s NGO will not be able to collect foreign funds from now, with the Centre on June 16 cancelling its licence on violation of various rules. The move comes nine […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): CBI has formed a Special Investigation Team under Gujarat-cadre 1984-batch IPS officer Rakesh Asthana – presently posted as additional director in the agency – to further probe the Rs 3,546-crore VIP chopper […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Capping of airfares in the backdrop of passenger complaints of arbitrary tariff hikes was ruled out by the government on Thursday, which said that competition among the airlines will take care of […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian-American author Akhil Sharma has won the prestigious 100,000-euro International Dublin Literary Award, the world’s richest award for a single novel, for his second novel ‘Family Life’. The Delhi-born New Yorker has […]
NEW DELHI (TIP) : Tasked by markets regulator Sebi to sell land parcels of Sahara, HDFC Realty will e-auction on July 4 five properties owned by the beleaguered group at a reserve price of Rs […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Indian tennis stars Leander Paes and Sania Mirza set up mixed doubles final at the French Open after winning their respective semi-final matches in Paris on June 2. Paes and Sania also […]
NEW DELHI May 31 (TIP): A fire at a massive military ammunition depot in Pulgaon in Maharashtra has killed two Army officers, a jawan and 13 civilian fire fighters. 17 people were injured and reported to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Sanjay Bangar, former India all-rounder, has been appointed as India’s head coach for the Zimbabwe series, the Board of Cricket for Cricket in India announced on Thursday (May 26). Bangar has previously […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government is looking at concluding the much-hyped multi billion Euro Rafale deal next month, more than a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the purchase of 36 fighter jets […]
New Delhi: Interpol has said Enforcement Directorate’s request to issue a red corner notice (RCN) against businessman Vijay Mallya is under review. In response to TOI’s query on the RCN request against Mallya, made last […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Newly-designed currency notes are likely to circulate in the country soon with the Reserve Bank of India board on Thursday recommending a new set of designs for the banknotes. “The Central Board […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): About a couple of months ago, when India’s ICC World Twenty20 campaign ended in the semifinal stage, Mahendra Singh Dhoni reacted to retirement with a rhetoric, asking the scribes present in the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Debut author Punam Chadha-Joseph launched her maiden book of poems titled ‘The Soulful Seeker’ published by Om Books International. The book was unveiled in the presence of celebrated personalities from various walks […]
NEW DELHI: Five-year plans, one of the last links to Nehru’s economic policies, will soon be history. The Narendra Modi government has decided to discontinue the plans after the current one, which ends in March […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Kerala Police to form a special investigation team (SIT) headed by a deputy inspector general rank officer to probe into allegations of wife-swapping among a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court ordered low-cost SpiceJet airline on Thursday to pay a Rs10-lakh compensation to rights activist Jeeja Ghosh, a cerebral palsy patient, for offloading her from a flight. A bench headed […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): After the setback over Vijay Mallya’s deportation from the UK, Indian investigative agencies have now renewed their efforts to get the liquor baron back through Interpol. The CBI has forwarded the request […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): To honor India’s oldest serving soldier, Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh – who turned 97 on Thursday, April 14, – the crucial Air Force base at Panagarh in West Bengal […]
NEW DELHI: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau notched up another signal honour as a liberal humanist by pledging to make a full apology in the House of Commons for a century-old slight against Indians, mainly […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are set to double their tuition fee from the academic session beginning this summer after HRD Minister Smriti Irani approved an increase of 122 per cent […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Five companies of central paramilitary forces numbering 600 soldiers guarding about 1,500 students. That’s almost one soldier for every two students. Welcome to Srinagar’s National Institute of Technology (NIT), which has become […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Reddit has taken a stand against online harassment with the new block tool. To curb harassment on the “web’s front page”, Reddit’s “block user” option hopes to change Reddit’s reputation as a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The cut in repo rate, measures to enhance liquidity in the banking system and the new methodology to calculate lending rates will give banks a freer hand in transmitting the reduction in […]
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