Aizawl: Mizoram minister for social welfare and women & child development (WCD) Lalrinpuii on Friday launched a promotional video on the emergency panic button at her office in the Mizoram Secretariat, Aizawl.The video, produced by the Mizoram state commission for protection of child rights (MSCPCR) in collaboration with the WCD department, aims to raise public…
Artistes from Teatro Tascabile di Bergamo, an internationally acclaimed theatre and dance company, performed at the event Toffee diplomacy was at its sweetest when the Italian Embassy celebrated the 80th anniversary of the Italian Republic. With Suresh Gopi, Minister of State for Tourism and Petroleum and Natural Gas, as the chief guest, culture, partnership, and…
Ludhiana: A flying rock forced its entry through a citizen service centre’s front window when the crashed server of Punjab’s e-Sewa govt portal kept stalling thousands of urgent university applications for a week.The server crash has crippled the processing of essential documents, including birth, caste, and income certificates, as well as land records and licences….
Lucknow: An internal inquiry at KGMU on Tuesday found that a faculty member in the ophthalmology department was allegedly involved in malpractice, directing patients to a private shop to buy medicines and lenses even though these were available at subsidised rates in the hospital.The matter came to light last month after a patient from Gorakhpur…
Hyderabad: Zen Technologies has unveiled a new indigenous platform that it describes as the country’s first fully integrated, AI-powered anti-drone system aimed at countering evolving aerial threats. The Hyderabad-based company said the new modular platform, which can operate on vehicle-mounted, man-portable and fixed configurations, combines both soft-kill and hard-kill options to tackle hostile drones, including…
DGP CV Anand administers an oath to the NCC students on the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2026 at TG ICCC on Monday. Various awareness events were organised for the students. pic: Venkat Rao M Hyderabad: Children are being lured into drug use through chocolates and spiked drinks, Telangana officials warned at…
Mumbai: French beauty giant L’Oreal is buying a majority stake in homegrown personal care firm Innovist which owns digital first brands such as Bare Anatomy and Chemist at Play, the company said on Thursday.This will be L’Oreal’s first acquisition in India in nearly 13 years since its purchase of Mumbai-based Cheryl’s Cosmeceuticals in Sept 2013…
Hisar: Six individuals arrested in connection with the violent INSO protest at Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology were granted bail by a Hisar court on Saturday. According to police, eight persons were named in the case registered at City Police Station, including JJP youth leader Digvijay Singh Chautala and INSO state president Deepak…
NEW DELHI: After a 12-year-old girl lost her mother, her US-based maternal aunt and her husband adopted her by performing ‘Datta Homam’ rituals under Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act (HAMA). That was two years ago. They have since struggled to take their adopted daughter to the US because of conflict between inter-country adoption frameworks of…
AIADMK‘s Jayasudha L emerges victorious, securing 76735 votes, against DMK‘s Mahalakshmi Govarthanan, by a margin of 5631 votes.The Arani constituency witnessed a fierce and closely watched contest in the 2026 Assembly elections. The DMK fielded Mahalakshmi Govarthanan, aiming to flip the seat after a narrow miss in the previous cycle. She faced L. Jayasudha of…
