Lucknow: Amending the outdoor hoarding policy, the state cabinet on Thursday extended the lease time period being offered to private vendors and agencies that take up outdoor space on rent.While the contract and lease between urban local bodies and private agencies was allowed to be renewed for two years, making such commercial operations lucrative the…
Before Jai and Veeru became legends, before Basanti danced with Dhanno and Gabbar Singh ruled the ravines, Sholay started with a much simpler setup, two former army men dismissed for indiscipline. That’s how the seed of the iconic film was first sown in the minds of Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar.Looking back at 50 years…
Lucknow: The state cabinet on Thursday approved the Uttar Pradesh Rural Population Records Bill 2025, which aims to simplify and make transparent the process of updating documents for the rural population. This bill will ease the process of transferring, amending, and updating ownership documents called gharauani, prepared under the Swamitva scheme. The new bill will…
TOI correspondent from London : Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a close friend of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, has described US president Donald Trump’s 50% tariff on India as “brave, principled and logical”.He wrote on X: “After three years it is Donald J Trump who has finally made India pay a price for enabling…
Shabana Azmi recounted her experiences with Rajesh Khanna in 1980s commercial cinema, highlighting chaotic shoots and incomplete scripts, contrasting sharply with the structured parallel cinema. She recalled a challenging trek for the song “Chalo, Bulaawa Aaya Hai” from Avtaar, enduring harsh conditions with the entire crew, including Khanna, showcasing their resilience. Shabana Azmi recently reflected…
In 2025, a surprising trend is unfolding across US higher education: some of the country’s wealthiest and most prestigious universities are laying off staff in large numbers. With endowments in the tens of billions, institutions like Harvard, Stanford, and Johns Hopkins might seem financially bulletproof. But this year’s sweeping federal funding cuts have revealed just…
GURGAON: A woman has lodged a police complaint alleging she was sexually harassed by a passerby while she was waiting for a cab near Rajiv Chowk last week.While there was no response from the women’s helpline number, police also refused to lodge her complaint online, she alleged. The incident occurred around 11am on Aug 2….
The 50% tariffs on Indian products exported to the US makes them steeply expensive in the US market. US President Donald Trump’s escalation of trade tussle with India – doubling tariff rate on India from 25% to 50% in just a week – has left Indian exporters hunting for alternatives to deal with the blow.Indian…
Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani has once again chosen to draw no salary from Reliance Industries, the oil-to-telecom-to-retail giant he heads, for the fifth consecutive year. Instead, dividend payouts remain his primary source of income, according to a PTI report.According to the latest annual report of Reliance Industries, Ambani, 68, received ‘nil’ salary, allowances, perquisites,…
NEW DELHI: In a first for India, a refinery here has been certified to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Cotecna Inspection India Pvt Ltd has certified Indian Oil’s Panipat refinery to convert used cooking oil to “co-processed oil to be used for replacement” of aviation turbine fuel (ATF).“The Union petroleum and aviation ministries worked together…
