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Bhagyaraj’s emotional posthumous handwritten note seeking support for son Shanthanu revealed Quote of the day by John Cockcroft: “Human progress has always depended on the achievements of…” – a Nobel laureate’s tribute to the father of India’s nuclear age Panic in central Delhi as massive fire breaks out at Barakhamba Road restaurant ‘Harsh and toxic’: US citizen shares harrowing experience with international school in Bengaluru, warns parents before moving back to India Accused Roshan Suvarna (right) and victim Mayank Lohar NEW DELHI: The Government Railway Police (GRP) have recovered the knife allegedly used in the murder of a man by a co-passenger on a Mumbai local train, officials said on Tuesday.According to police, a viral video of the incident played a key role in the recovery of the alleged murder weapon.A restaurant manager in Borivali approached the police after watching the clip and informed them that one of his employees had found a knife in an alley near platforms 2 and 3 of Borivali railway station.Unaware of its possible connection to the crime, the employee took the knife to the restaurant’s staff room and kept it in a cardboard box. Officers later recovered it and concluded that it was the weapon used in the stabbing.Earlier, the accused, Roshan Suvarna, reportedly confessed during custodial interrogation that he had been carrying the knife in his bag for the past four to five months. He claimed he had taken the sharp, maroon-handled knife around seven months ago from an Amazon warehouse where a friend worked.Police said Suvarna told investigators that he threw the knife away after getting off at Borivali railway station. However, despite searching the route indicated by the accused, officers were initially unable to recover the weapon.In a related development, a magistrate’s court on Tuesday extended Suvarna’s police custody till July 6 after investigators sought seven more days to continue their probe.Seeking the extension, police told the court they needed more time to determine why Suvarna had been carrying the knife for several months, whether he had used it in any previous offences, and to establish the motive behind the crime.Opposing the plea, advocate Jaywant Patil, appearing for the accused, argued that police had cited the same grounds while seeking the earlier remand and had already been given sufficient time to ascertain the motive.After hearing both sides, the court extended Suvarna’s police custody till July 6.Suvarna was arrested for allegedly stabbing 22-year-old Mayank Lohar to death inside a first-class compartment of a Mumbai local train between Andheri and Borivali last week following an argument over keeping the door shut.Get the latest India news and live updates. 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Whatever direction he gives will be followed,” Akhtar, the MLA from Kanth in Moradabad district, told PTI. Watch ‘Visit Ram Temple, Do Penance’: Yogi Adityanath Attacks Akhilesh Yadav Amid Donation Row | AyodhyaLater, speaking to reporters, he described “organisational changes” as a continuous process in every political party.”No post is permanent. Just as the term of the legislature comes to an end and people are replaced by new faces, the same process applies to organisational positions. My leader, Akhilesh Yadav, directed me that I should no longer work in this post and that the responsibility should be given to new people. As a party worker, it is my duty to abide by his instructions,” he added.Akhtar’s resignation as chief whip comes amid reports of a rift with Ruchi Vira, the SP’s Lok Sabha MP from Moradabad. When asked about the alleged rift, he told reporters they should seek a response from Vira.He also denied being angry or upset.”It would be better if you ask her. As far as I am concerned, I don’t think there has been any issue… Why should I be upset? A person feels upset only when he considers himself a leader. I have always considered myself a party worker. For the last 30 years, I have been with the Samajwadi Party, raising slogans of ‘Akhilesh Yadav Zindabad’ and ‘Mulayam Singh Yadav Zindabad’, and I will continue to do so,” he said.The Kanth MLA further stated that the SP’s national leadership would decide the next chief whip.”I am confident that a capable person will be chosen, and all of us will extend our full support to him,” he remarked.Akhtar was appointed to the post in July 2024 after the party’s then-chief whip, MLA Manoj Pandey, stepped down after voting for the BJP candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh in February that year.Meanwhile, Tuesday’s development also comes days after Uttar Pradesh minister OP Rajbhar, an ally of the ruling BJP, claimed that the SP was on the verge of a “major split.” According to Rajbhar, several of the SP’s “disgruntled MPs and leaders are ready to defect to the BJP or form a separate bloc.”Akhilesh Yadav has dismissed the allegations as “baseless.”Uttar Pradesh is due to hold assembly elections early next year. The SP was last in power from 2012 to 2017, when Akhilesh Yadav served as chief minister.Get the latest India news and live updates. Download the TOI App.About the AuthorTOI News DeskThe TOI News Desk comprises a dedicated and tireless team of journalists who operate around the clock to deliver the most current and comprehensive news and updates to the readers of The Times of India worldwide. With an unwavering commitment to excellence in journalism, our team is at the forefront of gathering, verifying, and presenting breaking news, in-depth analysis, and insightful reports on a wide range of topics. 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The Trust is also likely to discuss restructuring its functioning to improve transparency and appoint a new member following a vacancy. Read full storyMumbai rains: 11-year-old dies after tree falls on school vanAn 11-year-old student died after a roadside tree collapsed onto a school van carrying 15 children in Mumbai’s Chembur during heavy rain on Tuesday afternoon. The incident occurred near Heritage Pride, prompting a rescue operation by the fire brigade, police, ambulance services and BMC staff. Read full story Watch Cabinet Reshuffle Soon? Big Changes Likely Before Monsoon Session; Who May Enter, Who Could Exit?Pune realtor murder: FIR reveals Ketan suspected fiancée’s affair before deathThe FIR in Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal’s alleged murder case reveals he had repeatedly expressed concerns about his fiancée Siya Goyal’s behaviour and suspected she was involved with co-accused Chetan Chaudhary before his death. 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Read full storyGet the latest India news and live updates. Download the TOI App.About the AuthorTOI News DeskThe TOI News Desk comprises a dedicated and tireless team of journalists who operate around the clock to deliver the most current and comprehensive news and updates to the readers of The Times of India worldwide. With an unwavering commitment to excellence in journalism, our team is at the forefront of gathering, verifying, and presenting breaking news, in-depth analysis, and insightful reports on a wide range of topics. 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He submitted that the 20 per cent ethanol blending programme remained an ongoing experiment and that its impact would become clearer by next year, reported news agency PTI.The Supreme Court, meanwhile, directed the parties to maintain status quo on the Karnataka high court’s order while issuing notice on BPCL’s appeal.A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Sheel Nagu was hearing BPCL’s challenge to the high court’s direction asking Oil Marketing Companies to consider a representation filed by VINP Distilleries and Sugars seeking enhanced ethanol allocation for the 2025-26 supply year.The Karnataka high court had held that dedicated ethanol plants established under the government’s policy and bound by Long-Term Offtake Agreements (LTOAs) to supply ethanol exclusively to Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) could not be denied the benefit of preferential allocation envisaged under those agreements.It had directed Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Indian Oil Corporation Limited and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited to consider and decide the company’s request for enhanced allocation.Opposing the order, Venkataramani submitted that the ethanol allocation process had already concluded in October 2025, when supply contracts were finalised.He informed the court that ethanol allocations had been communicated to 378 suppliers for a total of 1,050 crore litres, of which around 680 crore litres had already been supplied by June 18.The attorney general further argued that increasing the allocation of one supplier would encourage similarly placed companies to seek the same relief, potentially opening the floodgates to litigation and affecting implementation of the national policy.In its petition before the apex court, BPCL contended that VINP Distilleries could not claim an absolute right to supply ethanol merely on the basis of its production capacity, particularly after allocations had already been made to suppliers under the existing framework.The company maintained that altering the allocation process after its conclusion could disrupt the government’s ethanol blending programme.Get the latest India news and live updates. Download the TOI App.About the AuthorTOI News DeskThe TOI News Desk comprises a dedicated and tireless team of journalists who operate around the clock to deliver the most current and comprehensive news and updates to the readers of The Times of India worldwide. With an unwavering commitment to excellence in journalism, our team is at the forefront of gathering, verifying, and presenting breaking news, in-depth analysis, and insightful reports on a wide range of topics. The TOI News Desk is your trusted source for staying informed and connected to the ever-evolving global landscape, ensuring that our readers are equipped with the latest developments that matter most.”Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosAbhijit Dipke Opens Up About CJP’s Next Move, Funding Model & Post-Protest Strategy | WatchCabinet Reshuffle Soon? 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A few years later, Mosaic made the web more visual by bringing graphics into browsing. Microsoft launched Internet Explorer, Mozilla introduced Firefox, and Google later released Chrome.As browsers evolved, so did the culture around them.The internet became a place not just to search, but to wander. Blogs flourished. Forums grew. Platforms such as Quora and Reddit began offering peer-to-peer knowledge, turning the web into a digital version of the ancient Greek agora, a public square where people gathered to ask questions, exchange ideas and debate answers.Over time, this space became the internet’s Mr Fix-it.From solving complex mathematical problems to figuring out how to heal after a breakup, browsing became an everyday habit. People searched, clicked, compared, skimmed, bookmarked and fell into rabbit holes.Now, artificial intelligence is changing that habit.Instead of moving across multiple webpages, users are increasingly turning to AI tools for direct, customised answers. The promise is simple: convenience, speed and efficiency. But the shift also raises a larger question — what happens to the experience of the internet when the answer arrives before the search really begins?From rabbit holes to ready answersNeha, a 42-year-old working professional, remembers a time when the internet was not easily accessible and even a small research project required a trip to a nearby cyber cafe.”When I started using the internet on my personal computer, I used to spend hours reading Wikipedia pages. Easy access to abundant information fuelled my curiosity, and I would go down a rabbit hole on the internet, often losing track of time. It was intellectually stimulating to go down a wiki-rabbit hole and learn obscure facts,” she said.For her, browsing was not just about finding information. It was about the process.She also remembers the sense of achievement that came after a long browsing session led to a successful discovery.”It was like a reward for hours of labour,” she added.That older version of the internet rewarded patience. Users opened multiple tabs, followed links, compared sources and slowly built their understanding of a topic.AI has compressed that process.Internet Browsing vs AI BrowsingThe changing internet userSameer Sheikh, an Instagram influencer with 1.6 million followers, says he once relied almost entirely on Google Search to craft scripts for his videos, which decode Bollywood lyrics.His research process involved reading multiple research papers, blogs and articles, comparing information from different sources and then piecing it together into a compelling narrative.AI has changed that workflow.”Since the rise of AI, I now use tools like ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity to quickly get a concise summary of information gathered from multiple sources across the internet. This saves me a significant amount of time compared to reading every article individually,” he said.For creators, students and working professionals, this is the biggest draw of AI-assisted browsing. It reduces the time spent moving across webpages and gives users a structured answer almost instantly.But it also changes the relationship between the user and the information.Earlier, users discovered information by navigating the web themselves. Now, many are receiving information filtered, arranged and summarised by AI systems.Is SEO dead in the age of AI browsing?For years, search engine optimisation, or SEO, has been the backbone of digital visibility. The goal was straightforward: optimise webpages so they rank higher on search results and attract more clicks.That model is now under pressure.As AI Overviews and generative search tools answer user queries directly on the results page, the traditional click-through model is being disrupted. Users may get the answer they need without visiting the website that originally produced the information.This has triggered anxiety across the digital publishing and marketing world. If AI can answer questions directly, what happens to websites that depend on search traffic?But digital marketing experts argue that SEO is not dying. It is changing.Chandrakant Agrawal, co-founder and CEO of AppSquadz, said AI Overviews are reshaping how search engines surface and deliver content.”AI Overviews are reshaping how search engines surface and deliver content, answering queries directly on the results page, which can reduce traffic for some websites while, in some cases, driving more qualified and intent-rich visitors than traditional organic clicks ever did,” he said.According to him, the metric of success is no longer just the click.”The marketers and businesses adapting well are those who have accepted that the KPI is no longer the click alone. It now also includes citation, reference and brand recall within the AI responses itself. The businesses which built shallow, keyword-dense content for ranking are losing relevance fast. The ones investing in context-rich, credible, expert-led content are finding that AI systems surface them more consistently,” he said.In other words, AI may not kill SEO, but it is forcing it to evolve.Agrawal said marketers are increasingly turning to Answer Engine Optimisation, or AEO, as a separate discipline from traditional SEO.“The toolkit for AI-era visibility looks meaningfully different from what dominated SEO conversations five years ago. Marketers are increasingly turning to Answer Engine Optimisation as a discipline in its own right, distinct from traditional SEO. The underlying principle, however, is unchanged: AI systems cite sources they assess as credible, consistent and contextually authoritative,” he said.Internet browsing vs AI browsingConvenience, but at a costAI-powered browsers and agentic browsing tools are designed to make the internet more interactive and task-oriented.They can summarise webpages, compare information, help plan trips, assist with bookings, fill forms and, in some cases, complete tasks across websites. Instead of simply displaying information, they can interact with it.For users, this can feel like a major upgrade. A browser is no longer just a window to the web. It can become an assistant that reads, explains, compares and acts.But the same capability also brings risks.Agentic browsers may need access to sensitive user data, including cloud storage, email, banking sessions, shopping accounts and social media platforms. They may be able to click buttons, submit forms and make changes through authenticated sessions.That level of access creates concerns around privacy, security and user control.An article by the University of Tennessee’s Office of Innovative Technologies noted that AI agents may not always be able to distinguish between safe websites and scam sites. A malicious website could embed hidden instructions in its HTML, text or metadata. An agent might misread those instructions as legitimate commands and perform unauthorised actions, such as submitting forms, changing account settings or extracting sensitive information.This is the central trade-off of AI browsing.The more useful an AI agent becomes, the more access it may need. And the more access it has, the higher the risk if something goes wrong.Convenience comes with risksWhat changes when AI becomes the browser?The internet was once built around exploration.Users searched, clicked, wandered, compared and discovered. The journey was part of the experience. A simple question could lead to a Wikipedia page, then a blog, then a forum thread, then a research paper, and finally to an answer that felt earned.AI is turning that journey into a shortcut.That shortcut is powerful. It saves time, reduces information overload and helps users make sense of complex topics quickly. For people who work with large volumes of information, it can be transformative.But it also changes how people learn, verify and trust information.When users browse less and ask more, discovery becomes narrower. The web becomes less of a landscape to explore and more of a system that delivers answers on demand.That does not mean the old internet is disappearing. People will still search, read, watch, compare and debate. But the first instinct is changing. Increasingly, the question is not “What should I search?” but “What should I ask AI?”The browser once taught users how to navigate the internet.AI is now teaching them how to skip parts of it.Get the latest India news and live updates. Download the TOI App.About the AuthorHarshita BansalHarshita Bansal is an intern at the Times of India. She has done a PG Diploma in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosAbhijit Dipke Opens Up About CJP’s Next Move, Funding Model & Post-Protest Strategy | WatchCabinet Reshuffle Soon? Big Changes Likely Before Monsoon Session; Who May Enter, Who Could Exit?India’s Oil Import Price Fell Below $70— Why Petrol & Diesel Prices Won’t Drop Yet |West Asia CrisisDelhi’s Biggest EV Policy Yet! 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