Month: June 2025

[ad_1] RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav NEW DELHI: Lalu Prasad as the then railway minister exerted excessive pressure on ministry officials to clear the applications of Group-D job applicants who gifted land parcels or sold them at dirt cheap rates to him and his family in exchange for railway jobs, CBI told a Delhi court Monday.CBI has named 102 people as accused in the land-for-railway-jobs scam. Lalu's family acquired over 1 lakh sqft of land for just Rs 26 lakh against Rs 4.39 crore circle rate of the property, it alleged.The agency stressed the fact that multiple applications were cleared the same day while there was no advertisement for the vacancies. "Look at the speed. It is such a tedious process... How can so many applications in bulk be decided instantly? No justification was given to hire substitutes," special public […]

[ad_1] Virat Kohli (BCCI/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: At long last, after 18 years of waiting, it’s celebration time for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). A match-winning spell from Krunal Pandya, combined with a disciplined pace attack by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, and Yash Dayal, sealed RCB’s maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title with a thrilling six-run victory over Punjab Kings (PBKS) at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday.For Punjab Kings, the title drought continues. Despite a remarkable season under the astute leadership of Shreyas Iyer and coach Ricky Ponting, PBKS fell agonisingly short in their first final appearance in 11 years.But on this historic night, it was RCB skipper Rajat Patidar who lifted the trophy—marking a defining moment not just for the franchise but also for Virat Kohli, who finally got his hands on the elusive IPL crown after 18 loyal […]

[ad_1] Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma After 18 long years of near misses and heartbreaks, Virat Kohli finally led Royal Challengers Bengaluru to their first-ever Indian Premier League title, sealing a tense six-run victory over Punjab Kings in a pulsating final at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday night. As the last ball was bowled and victory was confirmed, Kohli’s emotions overflowed. Tears streamed down his face as he embraced his wife Anushka Sharma in the stands — a poignant moment capturing the weight of years of dedication, sacrifice and unwavering loyalty to the Bangalore franchise. “This win is as much for the fans as it is for the team,” Kohli said in a heartfelt post-match interview. “It’s been 18 long years. I’ve given this team my youth, prime and experience. I’ve tried to win it every season, gave it […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: If you have been baffled by how and why railway tickets in certain trains disappear within minutes of the booking window opening even 60 days before the scheduled journey, IRCTC has detected those behind creating this artificial crisis. Only in the past five months, it detected 2.9 lakh suspicious PNRs while analysing ticket purchases done within just five minutes after booking commenced for both general and Tatkal tickets.Top railway officials said between Janand May, they have deactivated 2.5 crore suspected user IDs for booking tickets and put 20 lakh user IDs under revalidation as a part of a special drive. "A total of 134 complaints have been registered with the national cyber crime portal and over 6,800 disposal email domains have been blocked. This drive will be intensified further," said an official.Disposable email addressing refers to an […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The health ministry has issued orders prohibiting medical representatives from entering the premises of Centre-run hospitals. The order, issued by Director General of Health Services (DGHS) Sunita Sharma, calls for strict directions to officials in the matter. "Medical representatives may be requested to share recent advances regarding any treatment, investigation or procedure by email or other digital media," the order states.Vinay Aggarwal, past national president of the Indian Medical Association, said the entry of medical representatives should be regulated and not banned. "If some medical representatives adopted illegal means such as gifting to sell their products they should be acted upon, but I don't think it is wise to ban their entry altogether for simply talking about the products," he said.Pharmaceutical and medical device companies spend a lot of money on marketing their products. It has often […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: AAP on Tuesday disengaged itself from the INDIA bloc, saying the opposition grouping was formed only for the 2024 Lok sabha polls. It also alleged BJP and Congress had entered a “secret, corrupt deal”.The statement came as Congress and 15 other opposition parties wrote to PM Narendra Modi demanding a special session of Parliament on developments following the Pahalgam terror attack. AAP made the same demand separately.AAP national media in-charge Anurag Dhanda said on X , “The real alliance is between BJP and Congress behind the scenes. Rahul Gandhi says only that which benefits Modi politically. In return, Modi saves the Gandhi family from going to jail. Neither of them is interested in providing basic facilities like schools, hospitals, electricity and water to the countrymen.”“To clean Indian politics, we must end this behind-the-scenes collusion. Rahul Gandhi and […]

[ad_1] TOI correspondent from London: After the Pahalgam terror attack perpetrated by Pakistan, “except Türkiye, the entire whole called to convey their solidarity, including China”, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad told a press briefing in London on Tuesday.Prasad is leading the Operation Sindoor parliamentary delegation to Europe to communicate India’s concerns about terrorist infrastructure and activity emanating from Pakistan.“The nuclear bluff of Pakistan has been called out; as far as India's nuclear strategy is concerned, we are very clear: no first use. We are a responsible, democratic country and a responsible nuclear power and we have conveyed that to everyone, but if Pakistan undertook an adventure of nuclear size, we are capable of responding,” said Prasad.In London the delegation met ministers, political party leaders, parliamentarians and think tanks. “We acquainted them with the entire terror infrastructure of Pakistan, where the […]