A sealed vial of sediment pulled from Yukon permafrost does not look like a breakthrough. It looks like dirt until the sequencing results arrive. Inside it, scientists from institutions including McMaster University and the University of Alberta found genetic traces of mammoths, horses, and predators that have not roamed the Arctic for tens of thousands…
Kolkata: Cops from the Jorasanko Police Station have launched a crackdown on a local gang, operating an illegal hub inside an under-construction, abandoned portion of the College Street Market or Barnaparichay.The action follows a formal complaint by the KMC on rising lawlessness and threats issued to civic officials on the premises. The civic body also…
Govt Railway Police arrested Kumaresan of Villivakkam on Wednesday Chennai: A 32-year-old man covered a railway signal with clothes to force a train to slow down so that he could board it and snatch a passenger’s chain on Tuesday.Govt Railway Police, who arrested Kumaresan of Villivakkam on Wednesday, said the incident happened around 6.30am on…
Gaurav alias Kabir (22), a resident of Teela Mor, was arrested and sent for treatment while a hunt is on for his associate Papu (23), a resident of Shalimar Garden Ghaziabad: Two snatchers were arrested in the city in two separate gunfights on Friday. Both the accused had several robbery and snatching cases against them.In…
State-run Union Bank of India on Tuesday approved plans to raise up to Rs 8,000 crore through a mix of debt and equity instruments, PTI reported.In a regulatory filing to the BSE, the bank said its board had approved raising debt capital of up to Rs 5,000 crore through Basel III-compliant Additional Tier-1 bonds and/or…
Uttar Pradesh Police are investigating a viral video showing an officer watching social media reels. AZAMGARH: Uttar Pradesh Police has launched an inquiry after a viral video purportedly showed a police cop watching social media reels during a Sampoorna Samadhan Diwas public grievance meeting at the Sadar tehsil in Azamgarh.The video purportedly shows the policeman…
Chandigarh: A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Punjab and Haryana high court, challenging the constitutional validity of the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act, 2026.The petition, filed by Jalandhar-based RTI activist Simranjeet Singh, contended the law introduced criminal penalties that overlapped with a central legislation like the Bharatiya…
On Tuesday, when the plea came up for hearing, counsel for the petitioner requested the court to permit him to withdraw the plea Chennai: Madras high court on Tuesday dismissed as withdrawn a plea seeking registration of cheating and money-laundering cases against chief minister C Joseph Vijay for his alleged suppression of financial transactions and…
Bengaluru: As the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls commenced in Karnataka Tuesday, the Congress accused the Election Commission of acting under pressure from the Centre, with home minister Priyank Kharge describing the poll body as “puppets” of the govt.Priyank said the state had raised 12 objections to the SIR process and was expecting…
After the back-to-back successes of ‘Dhurandhar’ and ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ at the box office, much has been speculated about director Aditya Dhar‘s next. Rumours have been rife that the director, who is currently on a break, will pick up where he left off and resume work on some of his passion projects, including a rumoured…
