Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil (File pic) A Lebanese journalist was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon on Wednesday. Rescue teams recovered her body hours after the attack amid continued hostilities linked to the ongoing Israel–Hezbollah conflict.The reporter, Amal Khalil of Al-Akhbar, had taken shelter in a house in the village of al-Tiri while…
LUDHIANA: Days after the house of singer Diljit Dosanjh’s manager, Gurpartap Singh Kang, was allegedly attacked with gunshots in Gonder village in Haryana’s Karnal district, a threat has been received to blow up the singer’s house in Ludhiana.However, the singer does not live at the house. The threat email was received on the official email…
Chandigarh: The Sarvajatiya Phogat khap, a caste congregation of Bhiwani district in Haryana, on Sunday announced to launch a movement in favour of Olympian and Congress MLA Vinesh Phogat.Khap chief Suresh Phogat said that injustice was done to Vinesh, and the community will not accept this action at any cost. He said that a meeting…
Panaji: The department of urban development has announced a scheme to provide an annual grant of Rs 70 lakh for Class C municipalities to meet their operational and administrative expenses, including salaries and pension benefits.Grants will be equivalent to actual staff salaries and pension, but not more than Rs 50 lakh per annum for salaries…
These decisions were taken in a Cabinet meeting held here under the chairmanship of Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann. CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Cabinet on Saturday gave the nod to a roadmap for dismantling the decades-old contractual employment system and also pave the way for the regularisation of more than 65,000 workers across 51 government departments.In…
Amritsar: Punjab’s newly enacted Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Bill, 2026 has triggered sharp debate within the Sikh community, with scholars, lawyers, and Panthic leaders warning that the legislation meant to curb sacrilege could also criminalise granthis, sevadars, gurdwara committees, and even families for inadvertent negligence involving sacred saroops. Critics fear misuse…
Nashik: Heatwave claimed the life of a daily wage worker in Jalgaon district on Friday, while Nashik recorded a maximum temperature of 39.6°C on Friday.The 35-year-old construction worker collapsed and died in the early hours in Raver town. Doctors suspected heat stroke as the cause of his death.The mercury climbed up to 42.8°C on Thursday…
Pune: The Nigdi police on Saturday arrested a 36-year-old private security agency owner on the charge of duping the wife of a central govt official of Rs22.5 lakh by promising double returns on her investments.The fraud happened in March this year. The accused has been charged under Sections 316 (criminal breach of trust), 318 (cheating),…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has held that the disabled sister of the deceased victim of a May 1991 road accident is also entitled to receive compensation along with his widow and children.It recognised Sridhar Shetty’s sister as a ‘legal representative’, citing Supreme Court’s Oct 2021 judgment that the term under the Motor Vehicles Act…
As part of the collaboration, TCS will use Mistral Forge to build custom AI models for enterprises, enabling customers to combine their enterprise data and context to improve business decision-making Bengaluru: TCS has entered a strategic partnership with French AI company Mistral AI, becoming the first global systems integrator partner for Mistral Forge, the company’s…
