NEW DELHI: India will have its own design standards for all civil structures — bridges, elevated sections, tunnels and stations — for the next phase of Bullet train projects with a design speed of 350 kmph rather than following foreign standards.Stepping up preparation for the planning and execution of seven corridors with cumulative length of…
The bag in which Gopal allegedly transported and disposed of his father’s body at a location around 3.5 km from their Milan Pally home Kolkata: An engineering graduate allegedly murdered his father after being denied money for a vacation. The accused, Rajoshree Roychowdhury alias Gopal (30), has been arrested and has reportedly confessed to the…
Guwahati: Four minor girls have gone missing in the city after leaving home for school, police said. Police have launched an investigation and are reviewing the CCTV footage from key transit points across the city.Kapil Pathak, OC of Basistha Police Station, said the girls left their homes on Monday morning for school but did not…
Chandigarh: Experts at the PGI human brain bank have started extracting DNA from preserved brain tissue. The purpose is to figure out why our brains age and how we can stop them from “breaking down” as we get older. Sample collection is not limited to the elderly. Over the last five years, the bank has…
Bengaluru-based EV maker Ultraviolette Automotive is gearing up to expand beyond premium motorcycles with the debut of its first electric scooter, the Ultraviolette Tesseract. First unveiled in 2025, the Tesseract is now edging closer to its market debut, with the production version expected to hit the market in Q2 2026. With the deliveries expected to…
FBI director Kash Patel is under fire again after reports surfaced about two past arrests for public intoxication and public urination, detailed in a previously disclosed legal filing.According to a report published by The Intercept, Patel acknowledged the incidents in a 2005 Florida Bar Disclosure Statement submitted during his early legal career. The document has…
Residents welcomed the extension and have urged the authorities to organise camps for SIR form filling Gurgaon: Booth-level officers (BLOs) have got 10 additional days to complete the door-to-door voter verification exercise under the special intensive revision (SIR)-2026 of electoral rolls. Amid verification challenges in the city and other districts, Election Commission of India (ECI)…
Prasad Sawkar, acclaimed Marathi stage and music personality, dies on June 17Padmashree awardee, thespian and classical artist, Prasad Sawkar (97) passed away on Wednesday, marking the end of a long and distinguished career in performing arts. He was widely regarded for his contributions to natya sangeet and Marathi musical theatre, and was honoured with the…
A father in Pune brutally murdered his nine-year-old daughter with a chainsaw after she altered her exam marks to prank her brother. (Representative AI image) PUNE: A nine-year-old girl stood second in Std III and her elder brother first in Std IV. She altered her rank with that of the latter, after he teased her.Little…
Chief minister Vijay had defeated Irudhayaraj with a margin of 27,416 votes Chennai: With the limitation period of 45 days to file an election petition nearing, many DMK and AIADMK candidates, who lost in the Tamil Nadu assembly election, have approached the Madras high court.DMK candidate for Trichy East constituency, Inigo S Irudayaraj, has challenged…
