Devotees walk on a road carrying Kanwars weighing 101 and 151 kg during the commencement of the annual ‘Kanwar Yatra’, in Haridwar on Saturday. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Kanwar Yatra, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has directed all its zones to shut down illegal or unlicensed meat shops operating along Kanwar…
MUMBAI: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Worli unit, has registered a case against two private individuals for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe to facilitate the release of a car towed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).The accused have been identified as Santosh Sonu Patade (51) and Devendra Chandrakant Bandwadkar (52). A case has been registered…
CHANDIGARH: A 28-year-old PhD scholar of the Department of Microbiology at Panjab University (PU) died after allegedly suffering an electric shock near Girls’ Hostel No. 10 on Tuesday, triggering massive protests on the campus, with agitating students breaking through barricades outside the Vice-Chancellor’s office and demanding accountability from the university administration.The deceased, identified as Jyoti…
Senior BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: BJP MP Sambit Patra on Tuesday dismissed reports claiming that the Centre had proposed a new ministerial portfolio for Dharmendra Pradhan after his resignation as Union education minister during talks with the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP).The Puri MP and BJP leader said the reports had…
Dreams often fade with age, but Elena Erkhova, better known as Baba Lena, refused to let hers disappear. At 83, the Siberian grandmother left behind the familiarity of her home in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, and embarked on the adventure she had imagined for decades. Living on a modest pension, she funded her travels by selling flowers,…
So far this month, the KOSPI has fallen 29%, surpassing its previous record monthly decline of 27% recorded in October 1997. South Korean equities suffered their steepest one-day decline in nearly five months on Tuesday, with the benchmark KOSPI sliding almost 11% as a global rout in semiconductor stocks battered SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics….
Actor Dhanush marked his 43rd birthday with a special celebration alongside his fans, as a large-scale blood donation camp brought together hundreds of supporters. While the charitable event reflected the bond he shares with his fan clubs, his emotional speech quickly became the biggest talking point online. A full video of his address has now…
The Rajasthan government’s Department of Local Self Government has released the official notification for the Rajasthan Safai Karamchari Recruitment 2026. The recruitment drive will fill more than 24,000 contractual Safai Karamchari (sanitation worker) posts across 183 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in the state.One of the major highlights of this recruitment is that no educational qualification…
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 6 Live Updates: A day after enjoying its most successful outing of this Commonwealth Games, India returns to action with renewed confidence and several medal opportunities across multiple disciplines. Monday belonged to the Indian contingent, which collected six medals, highlighted by Sharmila Dhankar’s historic gold in the women’s F57 shot put…
A team of scientists has uncovered a naturally occurring microbial process that could change how uranium-contaminated water is cleaned up. Studying bacteria living in the flooded Königstein uranium mine in Germany, the researchers discovered that certain microorganisms can transform highly soluble uranium into a rare, stable mineral that remains locked in place instead of spreading…
