PANAJI: FIFA, the governing body for world football, and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), has reiterated that the “current elected executive committee of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) is entitled to complete its full term from 2022 to 2026.”The letter signed by Elkhan Mammadov, FIFA’s chief member associations officer and Vahid Kardany, deputy general…
Lokesh Kanagaraj’s ‘Coolie’ featuring superstar Rajinikanth was released on 14 August. The film clashed with Ayan Mukerji’s ‘War 2’ starring Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR, yet managed to stay strong at the box office. Over two weeks, it kept drawing crowds and raced towards the Rs 500 crore worldwide mark. But on its fifteenth day,…
The US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has found that Denver Public Schools violated Title IX by converting sex-segregated restrooms into all-gender facilities and allowing students to use bathrooms based on gender identity rather than biological sex. The ruling, which comes after a months-long investigation, marks the first Title IX enforcement action…
US denies increase in Chinese student visas: White House clarifies 600,000 figure The White House has confirmed there is no change in the current US visa policy for Chinese students, clarifying that President Donald Trump is not increasing the number of student visas being issued to nationals from China.The clarification follows speculation and public backlash…
Lucknow: To take the govt’s vision for Viksit Uttar Pradesh-2047 to the people and get their suggestions on the action plan, the state govt has generated a QR code through which the public will be able to learn about the govt’s proposals and give their own feedback.The govt is also in the process of putting…
. The TOI correspondent from Washington: The friendship between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi – dubbed a bromance by the media – began to come unstuck late in Trump’s first term, and continued to fray despite efforts to rekindle it in the US president’s second term, according to multiple accounts from…
Lucknow’s multicultural fabric owes much to communities like Kashmiris, Parsis, Maharashtrians, Gujaratis, Kanyakubj Brahmins and Kayasthas, who settled here after it became a capital city in 1775 and became a part of the cultural voyage of the city.Drawn by opportunities in administration, trade, scholarship and culture, these groups became integral to the identity of Lucknow.From…
Elon Musk, the world’s richest entrepreneur and owner of SpaceX, has unveiled a vision for ultra-fast global travel that could dramatically reduce intercontinental flight times. Speaking during a discussion on SpaceX’s Starship, Musk claimed that trips from Los Angeles to Sydney or Tokyo could take less than 30 minutes, while journeys across the Atlantic could…
NEW DELHI: A man in Noida says he found a plastic glove inside a sandwich he ordered through food delivery platform Zomato. The customer, Satish Sarawagi, shared images on X (formerly Twitter) showing what appeared to be a yellow disposable glove lodged between the sandwich fillings.Sarawagi had ordered two sandwiches – a broccoli, corn and…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday directed the immediate commencement of recruitment to fill vacant posts of home guards in Uttar Pradesh. Emphasising the changing needs and expanding responsibilities of the force, he called for amendments to the existing recruitment rules.Adityanath also instructed the formation of a new board, supported by the Police Recruitment…
