Nine people rescued from smoke-filled Shahdara building (Representative image) DELHI: A late-night fire in a four-storey residential building in Delhi’s Shahdara left nine people, including women and a minor girl, hospitalised after they suffered breathing difficulties due to smoke inhalation, officials said on Sunday. According to the Delhi Fire Service (DFS), a call about the…
NEW DELHI: Swinging into action, the government on Tuesday transferred the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) two top officials amid a row over the board’s new On-Screen Marking (OSM) system.CBSE chairman Rahul Singh and secretary Himanshu Gupta have been transferred, while a committee has been constituted to probe the procurement of the OSM facility.(This…
Ajinkya Rahane (AP Photo/Bikas Das) NEW DELHI: Ajinkya Rahane praised his team’s composure and experienced stars after Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Mumbai Indians by four wickets to stay alive in the IPL 2026 playoff race.Rahane was especially delighted with the efforts of veteran spinner Sunil Narine and mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy, whose disciplined bowling helped…
Desire to own an SUV, EV momentum and launch of new models have accelerated ccar sales in Gujarat Ahmedabad: Passenger vehicle retail sales in Gujarat continued to witness strong momentum in May 2026, driven by rising consumer demand, healthy booking pipelines and continued traction for electric vehicles and new launches. According to data released by…
UP cabinet minister Sanjay Nishad Lucknow: UP cabinet minister Sanjay Nishad on Wednesday accused Akhilesh Yadav of pursuing appeasement politics and attempting to dilute the rights of backward classes through religion-based reservation.Addressing reporters in Lucknow, Nishad alleged that the “PDA alliance” agenda of the Samajwadi Party is aimed at diverting OBC reservation benefits towards Muslims….
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police gunned down 289 dreaded criminals in encounters and arrested 34,253 people across the state in the past nine years.According to official figures released on Sunday, UP Police conducted a total of 17,043 encounters since 2017. In these operations, 11,834 criminals suffered injuries, 18 policemen lost their lives in the line…
New Delhi: The three-day Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Maha Prashikshan Abhiyan Ratri Pravas Camp for BJP workers of Delhi concluded in Rishikesh on Thursday, with senior party functionaries stressing ideological training and organisational unity.Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva highlighted the importance of worker development and coordination within the party.Sachdeva said the camps could have been organised…
Image: Peter Kennett/NASA It has long been an exciting area of study for many people to observe comets in the night sky, but according to a recent observation as published in ‘The First Quantitative Study of Cometary Tail Regrowth following a Coronal Mass Ejection-driven Disconnection Event’ of the Comet C/2023 P1, has added a rather…
The success of the blockbuster spy thriller ‘Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge’ has brought a wave of nostalgia for one of television’s most beloved actors. Dilip Joshi, iconic for his portrayal of Jethalal in ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’, recently took a walk down memory lane to celebrate his long-time friend and co-star, Rakesh Bedi. While…
Panaji: The State Road Safety Council, chaired by Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho, on Tuesday deferred the rollout of AI-enabled traffic enforcement cameras across Goa, while confirming that the associated traffic signals will become operational next week.The cameras, installed under the Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) project, were originally scheduled to go live on June 16….
