On a rainy May day in 1950, Danish peat cutters Viggo and Emil Hojgaard unearthed a remarkably preserved Iron Age man in Bjældskovdal Bog. (Image Credits: Sven Rosborn, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) It was a rainy day on May 6, 1950, for Viggo and Emil Hojgaard. They were deep inside the Danish Bjældskovdal Bog,…
New Delhi: Dr BR Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) is set to roll out a major academic expansion in the 2026-27 session, with new courses across undergraduate and postgraduate levels in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.The university will introduce one-year postgraduate programmes in core humanities and social sciences, open to graduates of four-year…
Navi Mumbai: The state Director General of Police (DGP) Sadanand Date has directed the police commissioner of Navi Mumbai Milind Bharambe to submit a report on a complaint against pastor Vishal Moreshwar for making misleading statements in a video.The March 8 complaint by BJP activist and advocate Sanjay Singh stated that in the video Moreshwar…
Bengaluru: The state govt has intensified its crackdown on illegal homestays and tightened monitoring of foreign tourists staying in private accommodations, following the alleged rape of a US tourist in Kodagu district, in which two people including a cook and owner were arrested. Acting on directives from Karnataka’s director general and inspector general of police…
The court passed the order on a plea moved by Shayee Nisha, challenging rejection of her application for maternity leave by the principal district judge, Villupuram. CHENNAI: A govt order (GO) issued by the Tamil Nadu restricting maternity leave for third pregnancy to 12 weeks is unjustifiable and against the law settled by the Supreme…
Hyderabad: Ten days after Hyderabad’s cybercrime sleuths arrested 32 bank officials during ‘Operation Octopus’, a crackdown taken up across nine states against mule account facilitators, the Union ministry of finance has called for a high-level meeting on Thursday in New Delhi.Officials from the finance ministry wrote to the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI),…
Noida: The district administration has issued notices to 45 schools following complaints of alleged non-compliance with fee hike limits fixed by the District Fee Regulatory Committee for the 2026-27 academic session.Officials said the action follows directions issued after the regulatory committee’s meeting held on April 7 under the chairmanship of the district magistrate Medha Roopam….
Margao: On the day state govt celebrated National Panchayat Raj Day with a function at Kala Academy in Panaji, the Goa Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) Union was in no mood to celebrate.The union demanded that the order passed by the high court, securing panch members’ right to inspect panchayat files be implemented across all 191…
Varanasi: Kashi’s looms and hands found a national stage on Tuesday as PM Narendra Modi was presented six GI-tagged treasures of the holy city during his Nari Vandan address — a moment that wove women’s empowerment with the timeless pride of local artisans.Uttar Pradesh leads India’s GI map with 79 registered handicrafts, and Kashi’s deft…
