With no background in hospitality, Taran Howard is happily ready to oblige any odd or unusual request from patrons who drop into his “vampire, cowboy-style saloon” in Sydney’s inner west. “We opened the doors, and it just went insane; we were just inundated with people, which was amazing,” Mr Howard, an electrician by trade, said…
SRINAGAR: J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah and NC president Farooq Abdullah, along with party MLAs, left for New Delhi Saturday to hold a protest at Jantar Mantar on July 20 for restoration of statehood, even though police permission for the sit-in was yet to come.Omar told TOI that his party was talking to Delhi Police…
Rory McIlroy saved one of his best shots at The Open on Saturday for Bryson DeChambeau. The world number two did not hold back when asked for his thoughts on DeChambeau’s conduct on the second round of play, when the American was involved in a lengthy, heated post-round exchange with rules officials as they reviewed…
SRIHARIKOTA: A sudden hold in the final five minutes of the countdown briefly froze the celebration waiting to erupt at Sriharikota. Then, after a tense 35-minute delay and a restart of the launch sequence, Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 roared off the first launchpad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here at 12.05 pm Saturday, becoming India’s…
Australia’s largest river red gum forest along the mighty Murray is enjoying the spoils of winter floods, attracting more than 50 waterbird species in their thousands come spring. It is a natural flood plain at the right time of year, but too much water out of season causes environmental havoc. A massive accumulation of sand…
Move Seen As Part Of Govt’s Outreach To Oppn For Delimit Bill Support NEW DELHI: A day after a parliamentary committee abruptly deferred the adoption of its report on a contentious anti-graft bill, another parliamentary panel, which is examining govt’s proposed law to replace multiple higher education regulators with one umbrella body, has called off…
Lucas Herbert has pulled off a late-evening wonder shot at Royal Birkdale to keep his British Open hopes flickering as American Sam Burns swept into pole position to lift the Claret Jug. Australian Herbert, who had held an overnight two-shot lead after he had equalled the lowest round ever recorded at a men’s major championship…
India was among the 67 countries that participated in a ministerial meeting hosted by the US against far-left extremism and political terrorism. Indian ambassador Vinay Kwatra joined the meeting that saw US secretary of state Marco Rubio calling upon participating countries to unite against left-wing terrorism while claiming that the threat from jihadist terrorism has…
New payday superannuation laws have struck a sour note with one of Australia’s leading jazz musicians. From July 1, anyone who hires a musician must pay them 12 per cent superannuation within seven days. Musicians have been entitled to superannuation since 1992, but super contributions could be made every three months if the performer had…
NEW DELHI: Medical colleges across the country will now decide faculty appointments and promotions on their own, with the National Medical Commission (NMC) ending routine eligibility clearances. Only exceptional cases involving regulatory ambiguity will be taken up by the regulator for a fee of Rs 25,000 plus GST.The decision comes after it was observed that…