Surat: A 39-year-old man was murdered by five members of a family after he confronted them over their teenage son for allegedly making sexually suggestive gestures his daughter in the Limbayat area late on Sunday night.The Limbayat Police Station have arrested four adults and detained a minor in connection with the case.Police said the incident…
By Shloka A JatkarAs conversations about the portrayal of women in entertainment once again make headlines, a recently held seminar in Bengaluru focused on a larger question: Have we really moved beyond viewing women only through the lens of their bodies? Titled Gender, Gaze, and Authority: Challenges of Writing the Body and Gender Politics, the…
CALIFORNIA: Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate Monday as a wind-driven wildfire threatened suburban homes in Southern California.The Sandy Fire was reported around 10 am in hills above Simi Valley, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles.By mid-afternoon it had consumed more than 500 acres (200 hectares) of dry brush and damaged…
LDA to conduct inspection of buildings on SC’s direction Lucknow: The Lucknow Development Authority has proposed a 1,035-acre Vashishthnagar scheme along the Agra expressway as part of the UP State Capital Region (UPSCR), with a focus on industrial growth, logistics and employment generation.The scheme is planned across about 1,035 acre in Revari, Bhaliya, Gahalwara, Adampur…
Mumbai: The DRI on Monday arrested Khalil Surve, kingpin of the gold smuggling racket who was operating from Saudi Arabia using Umrah pilgrims as unwitting carriers. His name had cropped up in February, when the DRI busted a gold smuggling syndicate and seized 4kgs of gold worth Rs 3.47 crore.Surve was arrested on Monday, and…
The former CM alleged that on counting day she was attacked and the CCTVs at the counting centre switched off. She claimed her party’s agents were not allowed to enter the counting station. KOLKATA: Former chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday moved Calcutta High Court challenging CM Suvendu Adhikari’s win from Bhowanipore in the 2026…
Guwahati: The long-delayed south-east Guwahati water supply project (SEGWSP) will provide piped drinking water to 66,000 households, covering around 3.5 lakh people, by 2029, public health engineering minister Krishnendu Paul said on Tuesday while responding to a query from Dispur MLA Pradyut Bordoloi during the Question Hour in the assembly.The Citizens United Forum for Water…
Japan is an island nation with plenty of wind and a whole lot of ocean, but building wind turbines out at sea has never been simple for the country. Most coastal waters around Japan drop off steeply into deep water within just a few kilometres of shore, which rules out the fixed, seabed-mounted turbines used…
NEW DELHI: Following the launch of the Quad Critical Minerals Initiative last year, the foreign ministers’ meeting on Tuesday is likely to announce key measures for collaboration to strengthen economic security through diversification of supply chains in a separate joint statement.The likely key takeaway from the meeting will be an important step towards countering China’s…
India continue to hold the No. 1 position in the latest ICC Men’s ODI Team Rankings following the annual rankings update, although their advantage over second-placed New Zealand has narrowed.The update sees India drop by one rating point, moving from 119 to 118, while New Zealand have gained two points to reach 113. As a…
