NAGPUR: In a subtle retort to detractors amidst the ethanol controversy, Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said, “My brain is worth 200 crore a month. I am not at all short of money and I don’t stoop low.”He emphasised that his work and experiments are driven by ideas and purpose for farmers, rather than…
I had barely settled into the chair of the state police chief—it had been just a month since I took over, and the enormity of the task ahead weighed heavily on my shoulders. The state was in transition, aspirations were rising, and expectations from the police force were immense. And then came the announcement of…
When filmmaker Anuparna Roy was a child, she listened wide-eyed as her grandmother spoke dreamily of a river. Her maternal grandmother, married at nine to a man in his 30s in Purulia district of West Bengal, often told her stories about the river’s pure, beautiful water. “I always thought she must have seen this river,…
TimesofIndia.com in Dubai: The India-Pakistan contest is where legends are made and hearts are broken. Beyond sheer skill, it’s the temperament, nerves and the ability to seize defining moments that decide the victor. Every duel on the field is a battle within a battle. The captains, Suryakumar Yadav and Salman Ali Agha, have already hinted…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Saturday filed an affidavit in Supreme Court declaring that it alone has full discretion to conduct a special intensive revision (SIR) or general revision of electoral rolls before a general elections, assembly polls or bye-elections to a constituency.Opposing a PIL by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay requesting SC to direct EC to…
On Feb 15, 1926, the city witnessed the opening of Lucknow Junction, a station that would become the cornerstone of the Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway (RKR).With commodious platforms and electric lighting, it was a symbol of modernity but its significance extended far beyond its architecture. It was the culmination of decades of railway expansion, trade…
IMPHAL: In a significant gesture to the new order in Nepal, PM Modi on Saturday reached out to Gen Z while congratulating interim PM Sushila Karki and signalling India’s continuing support, reports Prabin Kalita.“One special feature of the recent developments visible on social media is the way youth have been cleaning the streets of Nepal…
I had barely settled into the chair of the state police chief—it had been just a month since I took over, and the enormity of the task ahead weighed heavily on my shoulders. The state was in transition, aspirations were rising, and expectations from the police force were immense. And then came the announcement of…
NEW DELHI: Delhi govt is preparing to move National Green Tribunal seeking permission to dredge the Yamuna riverbed in the city. The decision has been taken as Delhi has faced urban flooding repeatedly and the Yamuna’s water-carrying capacity has shrunk here.Minister Parvesh Verma said the proposal was aimed at reviving the river’s natural flow, easing…
Charbagh’s cultural resonance is amplified through literature, though myths have occasionally clouded its history. “A popular notion describes the station’s layout as resembling a chessboard from above — a poetic but factually inaccurate image perpetuated. One must delve into finer aspects of Indo-Saracenic architecture, which gives the Charbagh railway station its grandiose look,” says former…
