California court orders UC to review hiring ban on undocumented US students. (AP Photo) The California Supreme Court has upheld a lower-court ruling requiring the University of California (UC) to reconsider its policy that bars students without legal status in the US from working in campus jobs. The court declined to review the university’s appeal,…
Bollywood icon and Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan celebrated his 60th birthday on November 2 (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: Bollywood icon and Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan celebrated his 60th birthday on November 2, receiving warm wishes from across the sporting world, including Indian cricket team coach Gautam Gambhir, IPL…
MUMBAI: The Indian Aeromodellers Association (IAMA) has urged the ministry of civil aviation to reconsider certain provisions of the draft civil drone (promotion and regulation) bill, 2025, stating that the legislation, in its current form, could make it nearly impossible for enthusiasts, schools, and clubs to continue the century-old tradition of aeromodelling in India.In a…
Lucknow: As of Tuesday, the state govt had received 72,99,281 suggestions and pointers for the Viksit Uttar Pradesh-2047 Vision Document.The programme, which allows citizens to participate in the drafting of the Vision Document, is open till Nov 15, with govt targeting one crore inputs from citizens by then.Of the over 72 lakh suggestions, 57,93,313 have…
MUMBAI: The civic polls in Maharashtra will finally begin with state election commissioner Vijay Waghmare on Tuesday announcing polls to 246 municipal councils and 42 nagar parishads on December 2. Two subsequent phases will cover 32 zilla parishads and 336 panchayat samitis and 29 municipal corporations, including BMC.The nagar parishads and panchayats in and around…
BHOPAL/JABALPUR: A bureaucratic bungle passed off as a “typing error” led a young man named in a private dispute to be charged under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) and jailed for over a year before MP high court stepped in to have him released this Sept.Shahdol district collector Kedar Singh, the official responsible for…
New Delhi: India and Israel Tuesday inked a pact to expand their already extensive defence cooperation, especially in strategic dialogues of mutual interest, military training and defence-industrial cooperation as well as capabilities like science and tech, R&D, innovation, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.The MoU, which “underscores the growing strategic partnership” with both countries seeking to deepen…
BHOPAL: Toxic fume from celphos tablets meant to protect 250 quintals of wheat from pests spread through a house in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior district, leading to deaths of two children aged 4 and 13 and leaving their parents fighting for their lives in hospital.Murar subdivisional police officer Amit Kumar Soni told TOI a cooler kept…
MUMBAI: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi has retained its position as India’s top university for the fifth consecutive year, ranking 59 in the QS World University Rankings: Asia 2026, slightly lower than last year’s 44. It is followed by the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (64), and IIT Madras (70). India’s showing this year is…
Shillong: Meghalaya CM and National People’s Party (NPP) president Conrad K Sangma Tuesday led a coalition of northeastern politicians in announcing the formation of a united political platform to represent the region’s interests at the national level.Joined by Tipra Motha founder Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma, former BJP national spokesperson and Nagaland ex-minister Mmhonlumo Kikon…
