The Kerala police in defiance of the Supreme Court order stopped women pilgrims at Pamba, 5km from the hill-top temple of Lord Ayyappa, checked their documents for proof of age and allowed only those above 50 to proceed further. A senior police officer told TOI that they have been instructed ...
Wrong side driving claimed at least 24 lives daily on Indian roads during 2018 and another 4,800 persons died in accidents caused due to collision with other parked vehicles. While the number of people killed in accidents caused due to driving against the flow of traffic reduced by nearly 9% ...
The government is looking to wrap up the sale of state-run airline Air India and oil refiner and marketer Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) by March, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday. Sitharaman said there is a “lot of interest” among investors as evident in international road shows ahead of ...
Of the recent crop of Supreme Court verdicts, the one that got the least media attention, striking down the merger and reconfiguration of assorted tribunals, was the most consequential for India's democracy. The Ayodhya verdict got the most attention, naturally.While the Supreme Court managed to salvage a judicial verdict, albeit ...
In uncertain times, sharing rather than owning makes for a compelling proposition. Why buy a house or a car, or furniture or home appliances, or even classy clothes when you can rent them?The idea also fits into a millennial's way of life — spend more on experiences, like travel, rather ...
In the 1990s, Ajay Bijli, chairman of PVR Ltd, kicked off India's multiplex revolution with PVR Anupam in Delhi. Many setbacks and three big acquisitions later, PVR Cinemas is now India's largest movie exhibitor, selling 112 million tickets annually. In an interview with Malini Goyal, Bijli talks about his journey, ...
In what can only be called a requiem to the suit, journalist Richard Godwin laments the death of smart dressing in an article in The Guardian, “The new workwear: has the Suit Finally Died?” Now a freelancer, Godwin admits he was once a proud wearer of suits and hoarder of ...
Driving on Indian highways means encountering many kinds of speed-breakers- intended and unintended. The latter category includes fellow drivers who are blase about lanes, cattle that have decided to cross the road and the toll collection plaza, where you stop every 45 minutes or so, idle behind a queue of ...