The government on Monday tightened import controls on select categories of platinum jewellery, imposing licensing requirements until April 30, 2026, in an effort to check misuse of free trade agreements (FTAs), particularly with ASEAN nations, PTI reported.The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), in a fresh notification, revised the import policy for these platinum jewellery…
Lucknow: Following the overwhelming response to the Anantnagar Housing Scheme on Mohan Road in the first two rounds, during which nearly 700 plots were allotted, the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) is set to reopen registrations for the scheme this Diwali, offering around 500 residential plots.The housing project is being developed over 785 acres along Mohan…
Lucknow: Five people were killed and 19 injured Thursday evening when an UPSRTC bus collided with a water tanker and plunged nearly 45 feet into a gorge off the Hardoi highway in Kakori’s Tikaitganj area of Lucknow, reports Pathikrit Chakraborty. The accident took place around 8.30 pm when the Hardoi–Lucknow roadways bus (UP-78 LN 1340)…
L-R: India cricketers Deepti Sharma, Smriti Mandhana, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is expected to take up a long-awaited revision of domestic match fees for women cricketers during the Apex Council meeting scheduled for December 22. The meeting, which will be held virtually, comes…
IIT Kanpur director Manindra Agrawal (Image credits: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur) NEW DELHI: Cloud seeding is only a short-term emergency tool to combat severe pollution and poses no threat to humans or the environment, IIT-Kanpur director Manindra Agrawal clarified. He said the process uses only minute quantities of chemicals to induce rain and is…
Mallikarjun Kharge (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday stepped up his attack on the BJP-led Centre and Enforcement Directorate (ED) after Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi once again came under scrutiny in the National Herald case. Posting on X, Kharge accused the Modi government of reopening an old matter solely to…
Donald Trump (File photo) The TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump’s blunt declaration that America “doesn’t have certain talents” detonated an epic meltdown across MAGA circles on Wednesday, with his Fox News interview that touched on the subject of H1-B visas and foreign students exposing a widening chasm between the MAGA boss and…
(Picture Courtesy: Facebook) Director Mari Selvaraj is back with yet another socially charged and emotionally stirring film, ‘Bison Kaalamaadan’. The movie stars Dhruv Vikram in the lead role.Released alongside Pradeep Ranganathan’s ‘Dude’, the sports drama has opened to positive early reviews from audiences. Let’s take a look at what the Twitter users are saying about…
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday asserted that he would choose to resign rather than join hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to hasten statehood for the Union Territory. He said that he is not ready to make any political compromise to get statehood, while speaking at an event…
Amit Thackeray (in black) NAVI MUMBAI: Nerul police have filed an FIR against Amit Thackeray, the son of MNS chief Raj Thackeray and 70 MNS workers including office bearers for defying police prevention and forcibly unveiling the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in a canopy constructed by NMMC at a junction in sector -1, Nerul…
