NEW DELHI: Indian shooting lost one of its most respected figures on Thursday as renowned coach and former Asian Games gold medallist Jaspal Rana passed away at the age of 49.According to National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) president Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, Rana breathed his last at a Delhi hospital on Thursday night.Rana, who…
A watch tells the time. But sometimes, it tells a story.The recently discussed Titan web series beautifully reminds us that a watch is rarely just a machine strapped around the wrist. It carries memories, milestones, aspirations and identity. A graduation gift, a father’s old timepiece, the first luxury watch bought after success people often remember…
AI-generated image used for representational purpose. NEW DELHI: In a movie-style ambush, gun-wielding men pulled off a brazen Rs 1.5-crore heist in north Delhi late Wednesday afternoon, intercepting two cashiers on a scooter and fleeing with the cash-filled bag within moments.The cashiers work for a real estate company based in west Delhi’s Paschim Vihar. Police…
Woman and cab driver found dead in car BADLAPUR: A woman and a cab driver were found dead inside a parked car in Badlapur (East) on Thursday afternoon, with police suspecting that the woman was murdered before the driver allegedly died by suicide. The case came to light after the woman’s four-year-old son reportedly alerted…
Coimbatore: CPI has announced that the party was walking out of the DMK-led alliance on Thursday.After a meeting with party functionaries in Coimbatore, CPI state secretary M Veerapandian told reporters that given the current political situation in Tamil Nadu, there was no scope for CPI to be part of alliance. “It is impossible for us…
Gurgaon: With an investment plan of over Rs 1,300 crore, Haryana govt has approved the allotment of industrial land to seven companies. The allotment — across Sohna, Bawal, Barhi and Dharuhera — marks one of the first major steps towards implementing investment commitments made under the Make in Haryana initiative launched earlier this month in…
Kolkata: The state govt has issued fresh guidelines to facilitate the transition of all state govt offices to prepaid smart electricity meters, allowing departments, autonomous bodies and govt-controlled entities to clear outstanding power dues either in a lump sum or over a period of 300 days.The move comes in the wake of a directive from…
Ahmedabad: For Rafiq Mohammad, a 45-year-old taxi driver from union territory Diu, the clock stopped on June 12 last year when he lost his 25-year-old son Faizan in the devastating plane crash. But the months that followed brought not just the pain of bereavement, but a revelation that shattered the family’s understanding of the son…
Chandigarh: The Congress high command has appointed a three-member team of All India Congress Committee (AICC) observers to assess the political situation in Punjab and submit a report on the state unit, which has long been grappling with factionalism.According to an order issued by AICC general secretary K C Venugopal on Thursday, the observers are…
Man arrested for murdering moneylender Pune: Three days after a 43-year-old farmer from Varude village near Shikrapur, about 35km from Pune, was found dead, the Pune Rural police on Wednesday detained a minor youth on the charge of murder.Police said the accused murdered the farmer, Balasaheb Tambe, by slitting his throat following an old dispute.Inspector…
