Saanika Shah, 22, recently performed Bharatanatyam at Everest Basecamp before summitting the peak A string of prayer flags flutters above a poster of Mount Everest in this Mulund home. Nearby hangs a dreamcatcher and a whiteboard scribbled with the coordinates of the world’s highest peak. “I manifested Everest,” says Saanika Shah who was 17 when…
Police said the body was found in the bushes around 9pm on May 8, as passers-by alerted the police control room after noticing a foul smell emanating from the bushes, and discovered the body lying there Gurgaon: Body of a middle-aged man was found dumped in bushes near Basai village on Thursday night. Investigators suspect…
Mullanpur: Punjab Kings’ captain Shreyas Iyer, left, with headcoach Ricky Ponting (PTI Photo) Punjab Kings head coach Ricky Ponting lavished praise on captain Shreyas Iyer after the PBKS skipper produced a sensational unbeaten century to keep the franchise alive in the IPL 2026 playoff race. Punjab ended their six-match losing streak with a commanding seven-wicket…
Ludhiana: Local real estate developers have formally urged the district administration and relevant authorities to take decisive action against the rapid proliferation of illegal colonies. They contend that these unauthorized developments result in significant financial losses for genuine builders, deplete government revenue, create long-term hardships for occupants, and fuel the haphazard, unplanned growth of the…
CHANDIGARH/PATHANKOT: A resident of Punjab’s Pathankot has been arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan-based handlers, police said on Friday.Preliminary investigation found that Baljit Singh, a resident of Chakk Dhariwal village, had installed a CCTV camera at a shop near a bridge on National Highway-44, allegedly to monitor the movement of Army and paramilitary forces,…
Pune: NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule on Saturday said the home department should take the moral responsibility of spurious liquor deaths in the city and chief minister Devendra Fadnavis should send Pune commissioner of police on compulsory leave for his failure to maintain law and order.The toll went up to 17 on Saturday, while…
Colva/Panaji: Vegetable prices continue to soar, with traders across Goa blaming the intense summer heat, delayed crop cycles, lower arrivals of produce from neighbouring states and rising transportation costs.Prices of several staples have surged in recent weeks. Onions, which were retailing at around Rs 20 per kg a few weeks ago, are now selling at…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab’s governing AAP won over 950 (50%) wards as municipal poll results came in Friday. Of 8 municipal corporations that went to polls, AAP won 5 – Mohali, Bathinda, Barnala, Moga and Batala – BJP won Abohar and Pathankot, Congress won Kapurthala.Congress was a distant second, winning 390 wards, followed by SAD with 191…
Hisar: The 19-day-long agitation in Chanot village near Hansi intensified on Wednesday after 51 women, including an 80-year-old resident, began an indefinite hunger strike over the village’s drinking water and electricity problems.The women protesters said they would continue their fast until the long-pending civic issues were resolved. They alleged that repeated appeals to the authorities…
Shimla: Anmol, a student of AVM Senior Secondary School, Pahra, in Kangra district, topped the Class X examination, the result for which was declared by the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education (HPBOSE) in Dharamshala on Sunday.Anmol scored 699 marks out of 700 (99.86%) to top the merit list. The second position was shared by…
