Hero MotoCorp has officially entered India’s flex-fuel motorcycle segment with the launch of the new Splendor+ Flex Fuel and HF Deluxe Flex Fuel motorcycles. While Hero’s new ethanol-powered commuter bikes do not directly compete with Suzuki’s larger Gixxer SF 250 FFV in terms of engine size or performance, these are currently among the very few…
B K Hariprasad (File photo) BENGALURU: The Congress appointed senior leader BK Hariprasad as the president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on Wednesday, succeeding DK Shivakumar.The appointment came hours after Shivakumar was sworn in as Karnataka chief minister along with 13 ministers, marking a smooth leadership transition in the state. Siddaramaiah had resigned…
NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli is likely to miss India’s upcoming three-match ODI series against Afghanistan due to a hamstring injury. While the exact recovery timeline remains unclear, the former India captain is expected to be unavailable for the series. It is reliably learnt that Kohli is holidaying in Europe after winning the IPL with Royal…
Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Thursday reacted to the suicide of a NEET aspirant and launched a fresh attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government over the NEET-UG paper leak blunder.Taking to social media, the senior Congress leader referred to…
Ashlee Holmes and Tarsem Singh (Source: ICE) The mother of a pregnant teenager who died in a devastating car crash in Ohio has said she wants ICE to deport the Indian national charged over the incident, adding that she does not want him to remain in the US.Tarsem Singh, 33, faces multiple felony charges, including…
NEW DELHI: Several Union ministers on Wednesday carpooled to attend the cabinet meeting held at Seva Teerth as they chose to forgo separate vehicles and convoy to reach the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).This came a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked why ministers can’t opt for carpooling while going for common meetings while…
Bengaluru: A food delivery agent was allegedly assaulted while trying to stop an intruder, who entered his rented house and fled with cash and a mobile phone in the wee hours of Sunday.Shyamal, a resident of 5th Cross, Anepalya, and a native of West Bengal, said in his complaint that he and his roommate Nitai…
PC: YouTube (SLAC from the Sky – Extended Version) On a patch of California land that looks, at first glance, like a low industrial sprawl, a single straight building runs for miles without changing direction. It doesn’t rise into the sky, it doesn’t curve into architectural showmanship, and it doesn’t really behave like a place…
NEW DELHI: More than seven years after the Centre informed Parliament that it was consulting states on the creation of an All India Medical Service, a proposed national cadre of doctors on the lines of the IAS and IPS, the plan remains under consideration with the Union health ministry still awaiting responses from states and…
A deep internal rift has surfaced within Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with a group of lawmakers expressing dissatisfaction over what they described as a ‘lack of effort’ by the party leadership to secure the release of jailed founder and former prime minister Imran Khan.The disgruntled members of the Provincial Assembly (MPAs), many of…
