SILCHAR: BSF personnel deployed vehicles and opened border gates early on Thursday to help at least 70 families living beyond the barbed-wire fence along the India-Bangladesh border in Assam’s Sribhumi district reach polling stations and cast their votes, turning the exercise into a strong assertion of identity for residents of Karimganj South assembly constituency. The…
The insolvency appellate tribunal NCLAT has ruled that the Committee of Creditors (CoC) cannot modify an approved resolution plan to reallocate funds meant for dissenting financial creditors, reaffirming limits on the exercise of commercial wisdom after a plan has been cleared, PTI reported.Dismissing an appeal filed by Bank of Baroda in the insolvency proceedings of…
VADODARA: Cricket seems set to bear the full impact of the escalating tensions between India and Bangladesh. TOI has learnt that India’s leading cricket equipment manufacturer SG, which currently sponsors some of Bangladesh’s top cricketers, including captain Litton Das and Mominul Haque, has put its contracts with the duo in a limbo.“Their sponsorship contracts were…
Representative image (AI) Asian share markets rose on Tuesday, led by a strong rally in Japanese stocks as investors bet on technology and AI-led growth. At the same time, uncertainty over the independence of the US Federal Reserve lifted gold prices and pressured the dollar.Japan’s Nikkei index surged after reopening from a holiday, jumping 3.4%…
MUMBAI: The Haryana govt has tightened rules governing the handling of public funds and banking relationships, issuing revised instructions to departments on Feb 18, 2026.In an order issued by the additional chief secretary, the finance department laid down fresh conditions for opening bank accounts, managing deposits and ensuring stricter oversight.Under the new norms, administrative secretaries…
Every few years, a familiar story resurfaces and sparks debate: a young entrepreneur drops out of college and goes on to build a billion-dollar company. From Bill Gates leaving Harvard to start Microsoft, to Mark Zuckerberg quitting campus life as Facebook took off, these stories have become part of modern business folklore.Now, Alexandr Wang has…
The Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) has released the draft answer key for multiple recruitment exams conducted on February 16 and 17, 2026. Candidates who appeared for the posts of Despatch Rider/Process Server, Chauffeur, Senior Scientific Assistant (Microbiology), and Conservation Assistant can now check the answer keys online. The board has also opened the…
NEW DELHI: BJP Minority Morcha National President Jamal Siddiqui on Sunday condemned the lynching of a Hindu youth in Bangladesh, alleging growing radicalisation in the country. He also claimed that under Mamata Banerjee’s leadership, West Bengal could head down a similar path.Dipu Chandra Das was killed in a mob lynching in Mymensingh district on December…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday hit out at Congress for “endorsing” the USCIRF report recommending sanctions on RSS and RAW and said in their antagonism to govt and PM Narendra Modi, the opposition party and Rahul Gandhi are standing against India.BJP dismissed the report as ‘baseless’ and said it is based on non-credible sources, as…
Amid the recurring debate over whether northern states could gain at the expense of the South in any future Lok Sabha expansion, the historical record tells a more complicated story. Between 1951 and 1977, when parliamentary seats were periodically reallocated after Census exercises, both the Hindi belt and the southern states saw their share of…
