October 2026 is not necessarily a month to keep adding more.It may actually be a better month to look at what has already accumulated. Money spent without thinking. Things lying unused around the house. Hundreds of screenshots on the phone. A work desk where yesterday’s papers are still competing with today’s priorities.Even our morning routine…
Neerja Bhanot (L), a flight attendant, showed immense courage during the 1986 hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Karachi. In 2026, Captain Smit Machchhar (R) was attacked by his co-pilot during a flight and successfully regained control of the aircraft. NEW DELHI: Four decades apart, two aviation professionals found themselves at the centre of…
The department purchased 60,000 units of rub and oil in 2013-14 at a cost of Rs 195 per 100ml. The actual cost was Rs 64. (Representative Image) CHENNAI: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) has registered a case against four former officials of the Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services (ESI) for irregularities…
Punjab language department director Jaswant Singh Zafar Patiala: Weeks after Punjab higher education and languages secretary Sonali Giri served a show-cause notice to Punjab language department director Jaswant Singh Zafar over alleged irregularities in recruiting research assistants, the director has shot off a letter to chief minister Bhagwant Mann, seeking his intervention in the issue.Giri…
A water tanker in Beedsangavi village in Marathwada’s Ashti taluka ASHTI: When the monsoon drenched parts of Maharashtra, and several areas saw waterlogging in July, villages in Marathwada were already waiting for drinking water tankers. For them, drought began well before govt declared one.In Beedsangavi village of Ashti taluka, 61-year-old Popat Berad was stunned to…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh received the first prize for its performance in mandatory biometric updates for children’s Aadhaar cards at the 17th Aadhaar Day event in Kolkata on Wednesday.The state completed around 71 lakh updates over the past 10 months for children who turned five or 15, the two ages at which biometric details must be…
Yasin Malik allegedly received foreign funds totalling Rs. 30,75,595 as alleged proceeds of crime (File photo) NEW DELHI: A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court has directed that charges be framed against separatist Yasin Malik and six other accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for allegedly receiving foreign funding from the Pakistani…
The Christmas season is around the corner, and the must-have Christmas tree often ends up on the curb once the holidays are over, needles trailing down the driveway. They rarely get a second act. In 2024, more than 160 of them got a second act. None of them were headed for a living room, but…
Jim Carrey has reportedly tied the knot with his girlfriend, Min Ah, in an intimate ceremony in Los Angeles.According to reports on TMZ, the 64-year-old actor and his 32-year-old girlfriend, exchanged vows in a small, private ceremony attended by close friends and family.News of the wedding comes just months after Carrey and Min Ah made…
India’s Anahat Singh (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: India added another squash medal to their impressive Asian Games 2026 haul as the women’s team settled for bronze after a hard-fought 1-2 semifinal defeat to Hong Kong on Thursday.The result took India’s squash medal tally at the Aichi-Nagoya Games to four, with Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh…
