Kalyan: RTO fined Congress functionary Surendra Adhav for using an illegal MLA sticker on his private car, keeping a red-and-blue beacon inside, and not having a pollution under control certificate. Adhav visited the KDMC office, where an RTO team learnt the car was not assigned to any MLA. This prompted assistant RTO inspector Prashant Suryavanshi…
Vikram Misri (File photo) New Delhi: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri is likely to travel to Nepal next month for what will be the first high-level bilateral visit since the new govt led by PM Balendra Shah assumed office. While Nepalese media reported that the visit could take place on May 11-12, official sources said the…
Clash of titans as leaders mix attacks, emotion and symbolism For more than a month, TN witnessed a multi-pronged campaign war. Here are the warriors. Now, you choose the winnersM K StalinKing and general rolled into one, CM M K Stalin looks more like an attacker than a defender. For the DMK chief, the battle…
This week begins with relief. The kind that arrives quietly, like cool wind after a hot afternoon. Monday helps you drop some tension you’ve been carrying for too long. Family and friends feel supportive, and you may actually enjoy being among people instead of just tolerating it. A social gathering, a family function, or even…
Ernst Öpik’s journey from Estonia to Northern Ireland is a story shaped by war, forced migration and scientific achievement. A respected astronomer and astrophysicist, he left his homeland during the Second World War as Soviet forces advanced across Eastern Europe. Like thousands of Estonians in 1944, he fled the Red Army and began a long…
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has written to the state’s directorate of security, seeking information on Santanu Sinha Biswas, Kolkata Police DCP, special branch (II). An ED officer said they were trying to track Biswas in Jharkhand.On April 28, the day before the second phase of the assembly polls, ED had summoned Biswas to the…
Gold guilded iron head of buddha, from Azamgarh 6th Century Standing Buddha, Mathura, 5th Century Mankunwar (Prayagraj) Buddha, 5th Century Gold guilded iron head of buddha, from Azamgarh 6th Century Standing Buddha, Mathura, 5th Century Mankunwar (Prayagraj) Buddha, 5th Century Gold guilded iron head of buddha, from Azamgarh 6th Century Lucknow: On full moon day…
VATICAN CITY: The Vatican is sending new signals about how it intends to minister to LGBTQ+ Catholics in the Pope Leo XIV era, with signs of openness and limitations after Pope Francis ushered in a notable welcome during his 12-year pontificate.Catholic LGBTQ+ advocates cheered this week when a Vatican working group released a report featuring…
Surat: Chief minister Bhupendra Patel on Friday announced eight new Smart GIDC estates across five South Gujarat districts as the headline takeaway from the inaugural day of the two-day Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference (VGRC) in Surat, underlining the state’s push to strengthen industrial infrastructure.The eight Smart GIDCs, to be developed across Bharuch, Navsari, Surat, Tapi…
Pune: Commissioner of Pune police Amitesh Kumar on Friday highlighted the need for a societal cleansing and announced that the department would soon launch an initiative named Drug Mukt Prabhag wherein local corporators would help enforcement agencies tackle the issue in their areas.Kumar mentioned the Porsche crash case where two young people had died in…
