Chandigarh: Reinforcing its academic prowess, the Tricity has produced multiple national toppers in the CBSE Class X examinations, results of which were declared on Wednesday, with several students securing a perfect 100% score.Rather than a single standout, this year’s results reveal a cluster of perfect scorers from the region, highlighting how closely packed the top…
Surat: The gem and jewellery (GJ) sector showed signs of stabilization in the 2025-26 financial year, with annual exports falling by only 3% compared to sharper declines seen over the past two years.Total GJ exports stood at $27.7 billion during the year. However, the sector witnessed a steep 35% drop in exports in March compared…
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday ramped up its response to the defection of seven Rajya Sabha MPs, with Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann seeking a meeting with President Droupadi Murmu for their recall. CHANDIGARH: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday ramped up its response to the defection of seven Rajya Sabha MPs, with Punjab…
Agartala: Prashanta Banik’s day begins in a govt-run school in Champamura village in Tripura’s Sepahijala district. But beyond the classroom, he has built a second identity — a successful young entrepreneur into lemon cultivation — drawning attention from the state’s agriculture minister Ratan Lal Nath.For Nath, Banik’s rise is more than a personal milestone. The…
Hyderabad: Child marriage in Telangana is not confined to communities it is usually associated with. A careful reading of the Independent Expert Working Group (IEWG) report and related Telangana Socio-Economic, Educational, Employment, Political and Caste (SEEEPC) survey shows that while the overall burden remains spread across all social groups, some of the most unexpected spikes…
Mumbai: State government on Thursday told Bombay high court it has no scheme for subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), a rare neurodegenerative disease that is caused by mutated measles virus.Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Shyam Chandak were hearing a PIL filed in September 2025 by Panvel resident Mahadu Belkar whose son was suffering from SSPE…
Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil (File pic) A Lebanese journalist was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon on Wednesday. Rescue teams recovered her body hours after the attack amid continued hostilities linked to the ongoing Israel–Hezbollah conflict.The reporter, Amal Khalil of Al-Akhbar, had taken shelter in a house in the village of al-Tiri while…
Rs 299 dress deal costs Mumbai nurse Rs 1 lakh in online scam (Representative image) MUMBAI: Lured by a heavily discounted online offer, a nurse at a private hospital in Mumbai ended up losing Rs 1 lakh in a fraud linked to a fake dress sale, police said. As per preliminary investigation, the fraud was…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress on Monday raised fresh objections against alleged mass enrolment of new voters in Bengal, forcing an already exasperated Supreme Court bench led by CJI Surya Kant to sarcastically observe that he would have to create a dedicated special bench to deal with the volume of pleas relating to SIR and elections.TMC…
At first glance, the continued absence of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, looks like a sign of deep instability. In most political systems—especially one as centralized as Iran’s—the disappearance of the top authority would trigger chaos. But in Iran’s current moment of crisis, that very absence may be doing the opposite – helping the regime…
