Wars have been fought over land, over succession, over a woman said to have launched a thousand ships toward Troy. Opium got its own war twice, in 1839 and again in 1856, but not the kind that name suggests. Britain went to war for the right to keep selling opium into China, after the Qing…
Indian cricket team leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi joins hands with the world’s largest healthcare cricket league IHL as brand ambassador as Season 2 announces major national expansion Jaipur: The Indian Healthcare League (IHL), recognised as the world’s largest healthcare cricket league and India’s leading cricket-led healthcare awareness platform, has announced a major expansion for Season 2…
Panaji: Even as the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) (UG) stands cancelled, the directorate of technical education (DTE) has started the process of accepting applications for all professional degree programmes in the state, including NEET-based courses. Officials said that the DTE will continue the process of accepting applications from students who wish to join…
Chandigarh: An unidentified person fled after snatching gold earrings from an elderly woman who was on her way home from a shop in Sector 37 on Friday morning. The incident was captured in a CCTV camera installed at the spot.Sector 39 police reached the spot, recorded the elderly woman’s statement and began to search for…
Mumbai: Bandra-Worli Sea Link silhouetted against the sunset sky, in Mumbai, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil)(PTI05_06_2026_000311A) Mumbai: Even as Mumbai recorded a satisfactory average AQI of 52 on Sunday and remained below the 100 mark throughout May, the AQI monitoring station at BKC stood out sharply with a reading of 162 — the…
Two others in the car escaped with minor injuries Gurgaon: Two men were killed and another was critically injured after an unidentified vehicle rammed into the SUV they were travelling in at the Bamdoli traffic signal on the Dwarka Expressway stretch late Friday night. Two other occupants of the car escaped with minor injuries.Police registered…
Patiala: The AAP MLA from Sanour, Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, was remanded in four-day police custody on Thursday in connection with an illegal mining case registered against him at Julkan police station in Patiala district. Police had arrested Pathanmajra in March after him being on the run for seven months in a rape case registered on…
AMC’s teams checking a food establishment in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: The civic body’s health wing tested 709 food samples from various establishments between June 1 and June 30 and found two to be unsafe and 44 substandard. The sample of kala khatta ice gola syrup from Veer Azad Cold Drinks & Fresh Juice Parlour in Vatva,…
Pune: Khadak police have arrested a resident (26) of Meenatai Thackeray Vasahat at Gultekdi, for abusing and pushing its personnel on the police station premises around 2.20am on Friday. Police registered a case of assault or using criminal force against a public servant to deter them from performing their official duties.Senior inspector Shashikant Chavan of…
The accused allegedly operated through Facebook advertisement pages, impersonating retail brands including Big Basket and D-Mart and luring customers with discounted offers Gurgaon: A cyber fraud racket, allegedly operating through Facebook advertisements impersonating well-known retail brands, was busted by Cyber Crime police station, Manesar. Five people have been arrested from Delhi’s New Ashok Nagar, police…
