Shajeer Venga wins Rs 5 crore in Sharjah Islamic Bank’s millionaire campaign. Just weeks after opening a savings account with Sharjah Islamic Bank, an Abu Dhabi-based Indian expatriate has won the Dh2 million grand prize in the bank’s Millionaire campaign. The winner,Shajeer Venga, 34, opened his account through the SIB Digital App and was selected…
Ludhiana: An election roadshow dissolved into a violent street clash between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress party loyalists in Jagraon, leaving an AAP municipal candidate and two others hospitalised.The confrontation erupted in Ward 13 on the final day of local govt campaigning when rival processions for Congress candidate Anita Rani and AAP candidate Sunaina…
State Bank of India (SBI) reported a 6% rise in standalone net profit at Rs 19,684 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2026, lifted by improving asset quality and lower bad loans.The country’s largest lender had posted a net profit of Rs 18,643 crore in the January–March quarter of the 2024–25 financial year.Despite the…
Image: Left/Canva/Right/Wikipedia Mosquito-borne infections, including dengue, Zika, and chikungunya, continue to pose risks for millions around the world. With the rise in global warming and mosquito numbers, scientists are finding new ways to limit the spread of diseases. The most viable approach appears to be the use of Wolbachia. Wolbachia is a natural bacterium found…
Hyderabad: After the rollout of free bus travel for women across the state, Telangana govt has now decided to extend a similar benefit to the city’s MMTS train services. If this plan goes through, Hyderabad will become the first city in the country to provide free travel on local train services. However, unlike the RTC…
The high number of abortions conducted at home has also emerged as a concern for authorities Gurgaon: Haryana has reverse-tracked nearly 4,000 medical termination of pregnancy (MTP)/abortion cases over the past 18 months even as private hospitals have emerged as the biggest focus area.The high number of abortions conducted at home has also emerged as…
Ludhiana: Despite receiving the lion’s share of state funding, Ludhiana’s prestigious “Schools of Eminence” are struggling to live up to their name as critical staff shortages and stalled infrastructure projects leave the flagship educational programme in limbo.New government data reveals that while the district hosts 16 of the 118 elite schools and has secured the…
Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Friday said he was on his way to India ahead of his proposed protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.He plans to demand the resignation of union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in several national-level examinations, including NEET, CUET, CBSE…
Tom Hanks, beyond being one of the most well-respected actors in the entertainment industry, is also known to be a huge sports fanatic. The star has time and time again attended major sports events from all over, with his heart mainly set on football. Ahead of Aston Villa’s Europa League final, the actor made sure…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Monday directed the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) to conduct a site inspection at Murda in Tiswadi in connection with a large scale land filling.The HC on Monday morning directed the inspection to be conducted at 3pm the same day and that the report be placed before it…
