Varanasi: Taking a jibe at Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav‘s remarks in the House, in which he had said that the “saas-bahu wali” has lost, former Union minister Smriti Irani hit back, saying that if Akhilesh has the courage, he should win an election from somewhere other than his ancestral seat and stronghold. Talking to…
Hyderabad: Irrigation and civil supplies minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Friday accused the previous BRS govt of wasting public money while failing to create meaningful irrigation benefits for the farmers. Addressing a press conference along with chief minister A Revanth Reddy at the conclusion of a two-day inspection tour of irrigation projects in Mahabubnagar…
Visvesaraya Technological University Bengaluru: Henceforth, Saturday classes at engineering colleges under the umbrella of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) will be held online.The colleges usually hold classes on the second, fourth, and fifth Saturdays, while the first and third are holidays. With the new decision, which comes into effect immediately, students will no longer need to…
Jaisalmer: A man who was missing since June 2 was found dead in a tank near Malpura under Sadar police station area in Barmer district Thursday. His family alleged that his wife had murdered and dumped his body in the water.The deceased was identified as Tejaram (42), a resident of Garal village.According to police, Tejaram…
Chandigarh: In a major push for clean mobility and pollution control in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Haryana cabinet, led by chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, approved a stringent new regulatory framework on Monday for aggregators and delivery service providers.Effective retrospectively from Jan 1, 2026, the new rules mandate that only CNG, electric vehicles…
One had to rub the eyes when Gurnoor Brar effortlessly clocked 148 kmph with his fourth delivery of his international career in the first ODI against Afghanistan on Saturday. The languid runup, the effortless delivery stride and the pronounced floaty outswingers coming down from six and a half feet can be lethally deceptive for a…
Karnataka’s latest push to curb underage drinking has become the latest talking point across Bengaluru’s pub circuit. Following the State’s Minister of Home Affairs, Priyank Kharge’s announcement that pubs, bars and breweries will have to strictly enforce a “No ID, no entry” policy, reactions have ranged from support for stricter checks to questions about whether…
Dinhata: Munawwara Bibi runs her finger slowly down a voter list taped to the wall of her local panchayat office. “My name was here during the Lok Sabha polls… how can it disappear,” the 65-year-old homemaker murmurs. It’s her fourth visit to the office since SIR led to the deletion of her name from the…
SRINAGAR: BJP leader Sushil Sharma’s jibe at Omar Abdullah, calling him a “shehzaada” (prince) and saying the Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood can’t be restored just because he is demanding it, evoked a scathing response from the chief minister, who Friday said denial of statehood would be betrayal of promises made to the people of J&K.Sharma,…
Gurgaon: What initially appeared to be a mysterious death with no visible signs of an accident has now been traced to a suspected hit-and-run inside the Rajiv Chowk underpass, police said after analysing CCTV footage.Lovely Kakkar (42), an e-rickshaw driver and resident of Bhim Nagar, was carrying toy goods from Sadar Bazaar when he entered…
