Jaipur: For hundreds of BJP and Congress aspirants, Monday, the last day of filing nominations for the upcoming urban local body elections, began after a sleepless night of waiting for the phone call that could decide their political future. With both parties withholding candidate lists in several of Rajasthan’s 309 urban local bodies, ticket hopefuls…
“In constant discussions with Russian side…”: MEA says 239 Indian nationals discharged from Russian Army NEW DELHI: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Monday that 139 of the 227 Indian nationals recruited into the Russian armed forces had been discharged, while 51 had died. India continues to have talks with Moscow to secure the release…
Specialist arborists have begun careful restoration work in South Carolina to save a 300-year-old southern live oak that stood near one of the final major battles of the American Revolutionary War. The huge tree stands at the historic Eutaw Springs battlefield in Orangeburg County. It survived musket fire, artillery attacks and centuries of harsh weather….
Toxic Day 6 box office collection LIVE (Image Credits IMDb) Yash-starrer ‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups’ enters its first Monday with its sights firmly set on the next major domestic milestones. The Geetu Mohandas directorial opened with a staggering Rs. 101.10 crore net in India and has maintained a strong pace through its first…
Prakhar Purohit. Image Credit: Young Scientists Lab Prakhar Purohit, a student from North Carolina, has earned recognition for a science project with a unique yet simple-sounding idea of ‘making tiny batteries from dirty water.’ His project, titled ‘Tiny Batteries from Dirty Water,’ was selected as the 2026 North Carolina State Merit Winner in the 3M…
New Delhi: CBI has filed an FIR against certain former officials of the Food Corporation of India (FCI), North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation (NERAMAC), and some private entities in connection with allegations of irregularities in the allotment of rice.FCI, Delhi Region, officials are accused of bypassing rules to allocate 62,000 MT of rice to…
Mumbai: BMC received recommendation letters for the transfer or promotion of as many as 225 officials and employees over the past year. The recommendations were made by Union ministers, state cabinet ministers, MPs, MLAs, MLCs and corporators cutting across party lines, as mentioned against respective names on the list. This information was obtained by activist…
Representational picture for Gruha Lakshmi Scheme Bengaluru: Facing fire over crores being credited to the bank accounts of deceased Gruha Lakshmi beneficiaries, the state govt Monday said it had recovered around 36% of the wrongly paid Rs 117.5 crore and was working to recover the rest.Chief minister D K Shivakumar Monday reviewed the implementation of…
Chennai: A man who opened actor Varun’s car using a duplicate key and stole diamond and gold jewellery, a laptop and a wristwatch last month, was arrested by Mylapore police on Sunday.Police said Varun visited Mylapore last month to attend a wedding and parked his car on the roadside. After the event, he found his…
Hyderabad: An AIMIM functionary was stabbed to death by a group of assailants near his home in Vattepally in Falaknuma area on Sunday night, with police probing whether the killing was linked to a long-standing family grudge stemming from suspicions of black magic.Mohammed Mahboob Ali, 53, a resident of Fatima Nagar in Vattepally, was an…
