PAHALGAM: “Scan me” is the new trust phrase in this region, which still bears the scars of a terrorist massacre a year ago.In a sweeping move, local police have introduced QR-code-based identification for the thousands who work in this scenic hill town. Pony handlers, taxi drivers, and nomadic communities moving through the surrounding hills are…
Alia Bhatt’s sister Shaheen Bhatt announced her engagement to fitness coach Ishaan Mehra on Instagram with romantic proposal pics and a quirky caption: “We may have overdone this whole liking each other thing.” Celebs like Ananya Panday, Rohan Joshi, and fans showered love. They went official in 2025. Shaheen Bhatt, Alia Bhatt’s sister, went Instagram…
Activists hope that the state govt will take necessary steps to implement the RTE in private CBSE and ICSE schools this year. COIMBATORE: Activists have urged the Tamil Nadu govt to extend the Right to Education (RTE) provisions to private CBSE and ICSE institutions in the state. Activists, led by Marumalarchi Makkal Iyakkam president V…
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court has upheld the ownership of nearly 600 acres in survey no. 81 of Kalavala Nagaram village in Karakagudem mandal of Bhadradri Kothagudem district as reserve forest land belonging to the Telangana forest department.The dispute dates back to a gazette notification issued on Feb 6, 1950, under the Hyderabad Forest Act, proposing…
Chethan Kumar is a Senior Assistant Editor with the Times of India. Aside from specialising in Space & Science, he has reported extensively on varied topics, with special focus on defence, policy and data stories. He has covered multiple elections, too. As a young democracy grows out of adolescence, Chethan feels, there are reels of…
NEW DELHI: Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday took oath as Assam chief minister for a second consecutive term, strengthening the BJP-led NDA’s hold over the northeastern state after its sweeping victory in the assembly elections.At 57, Sarma became the first non-Congress leader in Assam to return as chief minister for a second straight term. Lakshman…
Ahmedabad: For thousands of candidates preparing for the preliminary exam of the Teacher Aptitude Test for Secondary (TAT-S) exam, the countdown to May 3 has begun. But for some, a mistake on their hall ticket has added unexpected stress. Nearly 25 candidates say the medium of exam has been wrongly printed. With no provision for…
Rajkot: Two women, aged 47 and 50, have been booked for allegedly sexually exploiting their 13-year-old nephew, the son of their sister, repeatedly over a period spanning from June 8, 2025, to March 26, 2026.The complaint was registered by the victim’s father, a businessman who lives in Nashik, initially as a Zero FIR complaint in…
Kurukshetra: The Haryana State Commission for Women has taken serious note of recent suicides at National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, with chairperson Renu Bhatia confirming that the panel has received ‘confidential inputs’ from students and initiated a review of the campus environment and safety conditions. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday in Kurukshetra, Bhatia said the…
Arvind Kejriwal (File photo) NEW DELHI: A day after Delhi HC judge Swarana Kanta Sharma reserved orders on his recusal plea, former CM Arvind Kejriwal filed additional grounds to back his claim, arguing that the judge’s children are empanelled as lawyers with the Centre, and receive work through solicitor general Tushar Mehta, who appears for…
