NEW DELHI: The government on Friday highlighted what it described as a major milestone in India’s fight against Left-Wing Extremism (LWE), stating that the country became effectively free from Naxalism on March 31, 2026 after decades of insurgency-related violence.The outcome, the government claimed, was the result of sustained efforts over the past 12 years that…
NEW DELHI: India’s entry-level smartphone market suffered a collapse in the first quarter of 2026. Rising component costs and weakening consumer demand reshaped the country’s handset landscape, according to new data from IDC.India’s overall smartphone shipments declined 4.1% year-on-year to 31 million units in Q1 2026, but the steepest pressure was concentrated in devices priced…
TENDING TO THE EARTH: HSR Citizen Forum collects unused blouse pieces and turns them into cloth bags In Bengaluru’s apartment communities, environmental change rarely arrives in form of grandiose plans and sweeping declarations – it begins quietly, with a handful of residents working hard to find green solutions to practical irritations of community living. In…
Lucknow: Lucknow University announced admission process for MBA and MBA (tourism & travel management) programmes under the centralized admission system for academic session 2026–27.Admission coordinator Anitya Gaurav said, “Candidates who have appeared in CAT 2025 will be given preference in admission, first phase of which, will be conducted on the basis of CAT 2025 percentile….
England head coach Thomas Tuchel (AP Photo) England manager Thomas Tuchel believes destiny could finally swing in his side’s favour when they return to the iconic Azteca Stadium, insisting “it’s karma” as the Three Lions prepare to face co-hosts Mexico in a high-stakes FIFA World Cup Round of 16 clash.Forty years after Diego Maradona‘s infamous…
Ahmedabad: As the city voted to elect 190 councillors to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Sunday, several voters reached polling booths only to discover that their names were missing from the electoral rolls. In Ramol-Hathijan ward, around 1,000 residents from 303 households of Pushpak City found themselves in a bind after their names did…
Lucknow: Expanding its footprint in Lucknow, Max Healthcare Institute Ltd has decided to set up a 712-bed super-speciality hospital with an investment of Rs 1,400 crore.The company’s board approved the plan, marking one of the largest private healthcare investments proposed in the city in recent years.The new facility, planned on a five-acre site along Shaheed…
The Pune-Nashik highway falls under the Rural police jurisdiction Pune: The govt usually sets a target to reduce accidents by at least 10% for every police unit in the state, but has pegged it at 15% for the Pune Rural police that records almost 1,000 road fatalities annually — the highest among various jurisdictions in…
Times News NetworkGuwahati: The two-day Young Indians Parliament (YiP) 2026 concluded here on Saturday, with more than 160 students taking part in a simulation of parliamentary proceedings and democratic governance.The programme was organised jointly by Young Indians (Yi), Guwahati chapter, and the Assam State School Education Board (ASSEB). Assam assembly speaker Ranjeet Kumar Dass attended…
GMR Aero Technic and Boeing India officials signing an agreement for conducting Phase 56 heavy maintenance checks for P-8I maritime patrol aircraft fleet in Hyderabad on Thursday Hyderabad: Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services provider GMR Aero Technic (GAT) has inked an agreement with Boeing Defence India Private Limited (BDIPL) to conduct Phase 56 heavy…
