Chandigarh: The Centre has notified key amendments to the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) Rules, 1974, revising the eligibility criteria for two senior technical positions — member (irrigation) and member (power) — within the board, which earlier were reserved for officers from Punjab and Haryana.Political parties have dubbed the ministry of power’s formal notification on…
Bengaluru: A clandestine relationship between a divorced man and a college professor met a gruesome end last week, with bodies of both found a day apart by police — the woman’s inside a car, completely charred, and the man’s on railway tracks, severed into pieces.C Ramanjinappa, 45, a resident of Marasandra near Rajanakunte, worked at…
Argentina’s Lionel Messi (AP Photo) Lionel Messi endured a rare off day in Argentina’s FIFA World Cup 2026 final defeat to Spain, with the legendary forward failing to create a single chance for a teammate for the first time in his World Cup career. The statistic underlined Spain’s disciplined defensive display as Luis de la…
NEW DELHI: With a fresh round of trade negotiations between India and the US beginning in Washington, the Coalition for a GM-Free India — a network of farmers and civil society organisations — on Monday wrote to the central govt, urging it not to allow imports of genetically modified (GM) cotton seed oil, animal feed…
Illicit liquor den in Pandharemala, Hadapsar Pune: The state CID on Sunday said that its investigators are probing how the illicit liquor racket functions in the city and how methanol, which is a regulated substance under the Maharashtra Poisons Rules of 1972, reached the hands of the suspects in the case that emerged last week.The…
Chennai: A 34-year-old software engineer has been arrested for creating and sharing AI-generated intimate images of a colleague on social media platforms. He also tagged these images with the location of her house.The 24-year-old married woman, who is also a software engineer, is employed at a private IT firm in Perungalathur. According to police, the…
A viral video shows Preity Zinta being asked to remove her sunglasses during a routine security check at Mumbai airport, drawing praise online for “no VIP treatment.” Dressed in a red tracksuit, Preity is set to return to cinema with Batwara 1947 (August 14) and Vibe (September 18, 2026). Preity Zinta made her way through…
MUMBAI: A special court has on Tuesday granted permission to money laundering accused and businessman Raj Kundra, to travel abroad to multiple countries between June and July for business purposes. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had strongly opposed the travel plea, arguing that allowing the travel created a possibility of Kundra absconding and jumping bail conditions….
Hezbollah warns of ‘civil war’ over ‘disarmament of non-state armed groups’ (AP) The US-Israel-Lebanon trilateral framework unveiled on Saturday (local time) calls for the complete and verified disarmament of all “non-state armed groups” across Lebanon as part of a roadmap towards ending decades of conflict, but Hezbollah swiftly rejected the agreement, warning that attempts to…
Volunteers are stepping in to support affected families Lucknow: In the aftermath of the devastating Vikas Nagar fire, urban planners and architects have called for a fundamental rethink of how informal settlements and temporary housing clusters are developed and rehabilitated in the city.Pointing out that such shanty clusters often emerge around large construction projects and…
