Panaji: Goa’s total fertility rate has fallen to 1.6 children per woman, the second lowest in the country after Sikkim (1), according to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 6. Goa is tied at 1.6 with Punjab, West Bengal and Mizoram, while the national average stands at 2.With 1.6, Goa is already below the replacement…
Bagnan: Two people were arrested on Saturday after a group of miscreants burnt down a local BJP worker’s cyber cafe in the Nuntia Crossing area under the Bagnan police station. Following the arson, locals, including Howrah BJP secretary and advocate Omprakash Singh, staged a protest demanding the arrest of the culprits. A Trinamool party office…
Navi Mumbai: NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule, who was travelling in her car along the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Saturday while returning to Mumbai, escaped unhurt after an SUV grazed her car before the Madap tunnel in the jurisdiction of Khalapur police in Raigad district.MP Sule posted about the mishap on her X handle, mentioning that,…
Suryakumar Yadav (BCCI Photo) CHENNAI : May seems to be the month of inconsequential Clasicos. While the protagonists of the original — Barcelona and Real Madrid – play next Sunday at Nou Camp with the Catalan giants having all but wrapped up La Liga, the Indian version at the MAC this Saturday, too, is probably…
Farah Khan who has been in the industry for more than three decades and worked as a choreographer on some of the biggest films, apart from directing ‘Om Shanti Om’, ‘Main Hoon Na’, recently revisited memories from the making of the 1998 blockbuster ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’, sharing an amusing behind-the-scenes story from the film’s…
Varun Dhawan has secured interim relief from the Delhi High Court in a case related to the unauthorised use of his identity online. The actor recently approached the court seeking protection of his personality rights amid the growing circulation of deepfake content and objectionable material on digital platforms.According to India Today, the Delhi High Court…
Bricks were pelted during a riot in Ludhiana over a road rage incident. This is a representational image of that incident Ludhiana: A parking dispute on Mayapuri Road escalated into a violent clash on Saturday night, leaving at least four people injured after rival groups pelted each other with bricks and stones.The confrontation began when…
Sprinklers water the field at Mansfield Stadium chosen as a team base camp training site for the 2026 FIFA World Cup football teams, in Mansfield, Texas, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo) FIFA has changed its rules for fans attending the 2026 World Cup and will no longer allow reusable water bottles inside stadiums, citing…
Bengaluru: The SSLC exam-2 for academic year 2025–26 will start Monday at 358 centres across the state. According to the Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB), a total of 1,15,112 students — 76,673 boys and 38,439 girls — have registered for the exam, which will continue until May 25.According to KSEAB, the registered students…
A groundbreaking study in Science Advances reveals that Earth’s tectonic plates are breaking apart under the Cascadia subduction zone. Geologists from Louisiana State University and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory used high-resolution seismic imaging, similar to an ‘ultrasound’ of the Earth. They noticed the Juan de Fuca plate is fracturing into smaller pieces as it sinks…
