French woman, children held captive by husband for 12 years rescued in Pakistan A French woman and her five children have been rescued in Pakistan after police said they had been confined and abused by the family’s father, a Pakistani national, for more than a decade.The rescue took place in Bara, a remote town in…
NEW DELHI: NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has pulled off a dramatic flyby of Mars, capturing striking close-up views of the Red Planet, including the massive Huygens Crater, as it slingshots deeper into the solar system on its billion-mile journey to a mysterious metal-rich asteroid.The spacecraft swept just 4,609 kilometres above Mars on May 15, using the…
National Green Tribunal is hearing various pleas, including one by the Nizamuddin West RWA, demanding remedial measures to treat Barapullah and its subsidiary drains. New Delhi: After the National Green Tribunal imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on DUSIB for failing to create single discharge points from slum clusters to trap sewage and for not…
The rupee surged 56 paise to 95.18 against the US dollar following RBI’s measures to attract foreign capital and boost forex liquidity. These policy announcements, including expanding the Fully Accessible Route and removing taxes on foreign investment in G-Secs, improved investor sentiment. Analysts expect further appreciation if oil prices remain below $100 a barrel. The…
The day is moderate, neither too generous nor too difficult, Aquarius. Earnings are likely to balance out your spending, which means you can manage routine needs without feeling either flush or pinched. The Moon keeps things moving, but not in dramatic leaps. A plain day, and plain can be peaceful.Some travel plans, especially for a…
CHENNAI: Polling in seven of Chennai’s 16 assembly constituencies crossed the 70% mark by 3 pm on Thursday, with several segments in the city recording voter turnout comparable to high-polling districts in the rest of Tamil Nadu. At least 19 lakh people out of the 28.3 lakh voters have cast their votes in the city….
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh education minister Rohit Thakur and technical education minister Rajesh Dharmani on Saturday rebutted remarks made by Union health minister J P Nadda, asserting that the people of the state need tangible support and results rather than political claims.Addressing mediapersons, the ministers said that as one of Himachal Pradesh’s most senior leaders in…
Mumbai: Elections to the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC), a statutory body responsible for regulating the practice of modern medicine in Maharashtra, will be held on Sunday.The last MMC elections were held in 2016, with the council elected at that time dissolved in 2022. The state has since appointed various administrators to manage the MMC till…
A notice on water usage and timings put at a housing society in NIBM Road Annexe area. Pune: The civic body’s alternate-day water supply schedule, introduced due to depleting water reserves and delayed rainfall, has forced residents to alter their routines and adopt strict conservation measures.From collecting wastewater from RO (reverse osmosis) filters for cleaning…
Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot Jaipur: Former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Friday criticised the BJP-led central govt over rising petrol and diesel prices, calling its policies “anti-poor and anti-middle class.” He claimed that, despite lower international crude oil prices, the govt failed to alleviate the financial burden on citizens.Gehlot noted that while the BJP…
