Sunil Chhetri tested Ryan Williams in a playful quiz before handing him the Indian passport. (Instagram) Former Australian winger Ryan Williams has become an Indian citizen in what marks a significant development for Indian football, with the ceremonial handover of his passport conducted by Indian football star Sunil Chhetri at Bengaluru FC. This milestone represents…
NEW DELHI: Unsuccessful in stalling the SIR of Bihar electoral roll, the counsel for petitioners on Friday chose to argue the constitutional validity of Election Commission’s decision to conduct a pan-India SIR and told SC that the challenge to the validity of CEC and other ECs (Appointment, Conditions of Officer and Terms of Office) Act,…
Lucknow: The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, through its department of empowerment of persons with disabilities (DEPwD), on Friday issued a standard operating procedure (SOP) to streamline Aadhaar enrollment for destitute persons with disabilities aged 18 and above.This initiative, approved by UIDAI, aims to ensure inclusion and access to essential services for one of…
NEW DELHI: The net deletion of around 47 lakh electors from Bihar’s rolls during the special intensive revision (SIR) and the consequent shrinking of the state’s voter base to 7.4 crore is among factors that may have pushed up Phase 1 polling percentage to record levels, EC officials said.Officers attribute the rise partly to better…
RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra addresses the 12th SBI Banking Economics Conclave, in Mumbai on Friday. (ANI) MUMBAI: Indian banks are now much bigger and stronger than they were a decade ago and the economy more resilient, which has emboldened the RBI to remove various restrictions, allowing banks greater exposure to capital market risks and to…
Lucknow: State-run schools with student enrolment of 500 or more will now have better infrastructural facilities to enrich the academic environment.DG of school education Monika Rani has asked DMs to help education officials identify such schools with sufficient land where a separate library, staff room, cultural, science and arts club, multipurpose hall, MDM shed, ICT…
NEW DELHI: As smog thickens in Delhi and people complain of burning eyes, scratchy throats and breathing problems, are the official air quality monitors accurately reflecting the capital’s air quality? A ground check by TOI at several stations found glaring inconsistencies and questionable practices that may be influencing readings. At Anand Vihar – a pollution…
MUMBAI: RBI deputy governor T Rabi Sankar said the fight against digital fraud is far from over, noting that the decline seen earlier this year reversed in July, with cases rising again.He said fraud levels had been falling since the start of the year before showing an uptick mid-year, suggesting that such trends may be…
Lucknow: A wanted criminal, Shivam Gupta of Lakhimpur Kheri, was injured in an encounter with police in Gomtinagar on Friday night. The encounter took place near Dayal Crossing. Shivam, wanted in multiple cases of snatching and robbery, opened fire on a police team during a routine vehicle checking drive before being shot in retaliatory firing….
NEW DELHI: A biker died and another was injured when a rashly driven crane towing a portable toilet hit their vehicles in southeast Delhi’s New Friends Colony. The crane driver, Sachin Kumar (22), has been arrested.An eyewitness reported that the recovery crane was speeding and swerving dangerously. It collided with the two motorcycles and then…
