Climate activist and educator Sonam Wangchuk at CJP protest (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has rejected being labelled a “modern Gandhi” or a hero, saying he is “just an ordinary citizen” and urging people to take responsibility for their own lives instead of looking for someone else to lead.Wangchuk made…
Karnataka has so far generated work for only 3.8 lakh individuals this fiscal, compared with an average of nearly 50 lakh people during the same period over the previous five years Bengaluru: Uncertainty surrounding the Centre’s new Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgaar and Ajeevika Mission-Gramin (VB-G Ram G) Act and Karnataka govt’s decision to explore legal…
Water tanker filling point Pune: The civic administration is yet to operationalise the additional water tanker filling points announced a week ago, although officials insisted that preparations are under way to launch these at the earliest.During the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) general body (GB) meeting held last week, three new tanker filling points were announced…
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday likened people participating in the CJP protests to an “avatar of Lord Vishnu”, saying citizens from Mumbai to Delhi had overcome fear and taken to the streets to save the country and democracy.In an interview with Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut in the party mouthpiece Saamna,…
Bharathiraja’s association with Ilaiyaraaja is not confined to cinema; their relationship dates back several years. They were best friends, innovators, and partners, and their journey from obscurity paved the way for their legend in Tamil cinema. However, their brilliant history came to an end following the death of Bharathiraja on June 10, 2026. The multi-talented…
Every host city builds an Olympic village, and almost every host city then spends years deciding what to do with the empty buildings once the athletes leave. Milan skipped that problem. Architects at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, working with Italian developer COIMA, designed the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Village on a 19th-century railway yard in…
Bengaluru: A wedding shopping trip turned into a heartbreaking loss after a woman lost gold jewellery worth nearly Rs 9 lakh to pickpockets in the bustling Nagarathpet Main Road area recently.Shruthi S, 52, told police the incident happened Sunday between 1.30pm and 3.30pm. The Kodigehalli resident had travelled to her village in Doddaballapur a day…
Panchkula: Panchkula police impounded an Innova and issued a Rs 33,000 challan after finding it fitted with an illegal siren and red-blue beacon lights. The driver, a builder, allegedly told police he had installed the devices to project influence and status.Police said a traffic patrol team was on duty in Sector 9 when officers heard…
– 26-06-2026 Volunteers from CJP protest distributing food and other supplies at Jantar Mantar ______________ TOI PHOTO New Delhi: An electrician from Lucknow, a thelawala from Delhi, a doctor from Mumbai, nursing professionals, UPSC aspirants and PhD scholars are among the many volunteers working behind the scenes to keep the Cockroach Janata Party protest going…
The bigger idea of the fourth undergraduate year being a direct route to a PhD programme is yet to take root. NEW DELHI: At the Jantar Mantar protest in July, closely competing with anger on paper leaks was frustration about the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP).The country’s first and predominantly Delhi University batch to graduate this…
