Footprints frozen in time: Human tracks preserved in ancient mud at White Sands National Park, New Mexic. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons There is a part of the desert in New Mexico that, at first glance, looks like nothing. White dunes, dry air, the kind of landscape that makes a man squint. Buried beneath the sands…
New Delhi: Three days after CCTV footage of alleged ‘Kaccha Baniyan’ gang members inside a south Delhi home went viral, police on Monday said they have arrested three men following an encounter, in which all suspects were shot in the leg.According to police, the accused were apprehended by the Anti-Auto Theft Squad (AATS) of the…
Actor-turned-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has emerged as the single largest party in Tamil Nadu but fallen short of the majority mark. CHENNAI: Actor-turned-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has emerged as the single largest party in Tamil Nadu but fallen short of the majority mark.With 107 seats, TVK is 11 short of the…
Hyderabad: Agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao has stated that revolutionary changes occurred in the agricultural sector under the Congress rule.On Monday, he inaugurated the Farmers’ Week celebrations (May 4-9), part of the public administration and progress plan, held in Tandur, Vikarabad district. He launched a special mobile app ‘TG Organics’ and inaugurated an organic products…
KOLKATA: Bengal’s voters have decided to hand over the reins of governance to BJP, effecting a seismic change in state politics whose aftershocks will be felt way beyond the state’s borders.The Trinamool Congress fortress in Bengal crumbled under the twin onslaught of a strong anti-incumbency sentiment and a voter roll reduced by nearly 12% by…
Panaji: Goa State Information Commission (SIC) on Monday directed the managing director of Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) to conduct a thorough inquiry against staff and officers for failing to maintain records and fix responsibility. The direction came after information sought under RTI was denied as the file was reported missing.SIC imposed a penalty of…
Ahmedabad: A detailed analysis of the Class 12 board examination results has revealed that students across both science and general streams struggled the most in core academic subjects, with physics and statistics emerging as the most challenging.In the science stream, physics recorded the highest number of failures. Of the 1,10,990 students who appeared for the…
Ludhiana: In yet another security lapse, an undertrial, accused in a murder case, escaped from police custody while undergoing treatment at Ludhiana civil hospital. The incident, which took place on Feb 6, is part of a pattern of several accused fleeing police custody in the city over the past few months.The Samrala police had brought…
Sonipat: As the Sonipat municipal corporation elections are approaching, the ruling BJP has launched an all-out campaign, projecting governance on the ground, to woo the electorate.On Monday, Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini began an extensive outreach drive from the Rai Assembly segment, rolling out a packed schedule of 20 programmes across all 22 wards…
Pune: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued closure notices to 84 of 350 ready mix concrete (RMC) units in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad between Jan and Sept 2025.During this period, the regulator initiated action against a total of 199 units. This included 103 “proposed directions” to rectify shortcomings regarding pollution norms, 84 formal…
