NEW DELHI: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Friday said no decision has been taken yet on whether he will contest a byelection to return to the assembly.His remarks came amid speculation that he may contest the Trichy East constituency, vacated by his successor and incumbent chief minister, C Joseph Vijay.Vijay, an actor-turned-politician,…
A single cup of coffee is remembered for forty years A simple cup of coffee is often forgotten before the last sip cools. Yet, in Turkish culture, there is a saying that refuses to let such a moment disappear so easily: “Bir fincan kahvenin kırk yıl hatırı vardır.” Literally, “A single cup of coffee is…
Farah Khan recalls being ‘devastated’ after Akshay Kumar-Katrina Kaif starrer Tees Maar Khan failed (Image credits: Instagram) Farah Khan is no stranger to delivering blockbuster entertainers. From Main Hoon Na and Om Shanti Om to Happy New Year, the filmmaker has enjoyed a successful directorial career. But Tees Maar Khan remains the one film that…
Norway vs France Live Score: Team news: Haaland and Odegaard benched! Both playing elevens announced We have a massive twist from the Foxborough dugout! Following his “pressure cooker” comments yesterday, Norway head coach Stale Solbakken has thrown a tactical curveball by heavily rotating his squad. Generational superstar Erling Haaland and captain Martin Odegaard both start…
New Delhi: As part of its plan to establish dog shelters across all its zones, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has identified a 6-acre plot in Mukundpur, a portion of which will be developed into a shelter for stray dogs.MCD plans to use nearly half of the land to house aggressive stray dogs picked up…
File pic of security at Aksa beach Mumbai: A 17-year-old collegian, Mazid Khan, was feared drowned off Aksa beach on Friday afternoon.The search-and-rescue operation, which continued for several hours, was suspended around 8pm; it will resume on Saturday. A fire brigade team, led by station officer Ashish Kesarkar, was involved in the search operation.Khan, a…
Cauvery wildlife sanctuary split for Kanakapura Bengaluru: The battle for Kanakapura, the home turf of chief minister DK Shivakumar, is no longer confined to politics. It is unfolding across the taluk’s farms and plantations, where frequent elephant incursions have intensified human-wildlife conflict. Struggling to contain the crisis through conventional measures, the forest department has turned…
V Srimalini at the rock shelter at Ayilam village in Ranipet district Chennai: A student from the University of Madras has found a new prehistoric site with rock shelter, rock art, stone tools and pottery fragments at Ayilam village in Ranipet district, some 127 km from Chennai.The rock shelter was situated on the elevated hillock…
U.Sudhakarreddy@timesofindia.comHyderabad: Skeletal remains recovered from a cave in Ladakh have yielded the first ancient DNA evidence of the varied populations that moved through the high-altitude region during the Middle Ages, revealing maternal genetic links to East Asia, Central Asia and South Asia.Scientists from city-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Birbal Sahni Institute of…
Kolkata: The El Nino effect has started showing in Kolkata this monsoon, with heavy rain happening in clusters interspersed with dry and warm periods. Severe disruptions like the ones triggered by Thursday’s deluge could continue as the monsoon progresses, warned meteorologists.While Kolkata was lashed by a severe thunderstorm and 59 mm of rainfall on Tuesday,…
