A steady day, Scorpio, with fewer surprises than usual. Income will balance your expenditures, and that alone gives you a calmer head while you commute, work, and handle home responsibilities.Long journey shall get cancelled, and it may actually be a blessing. The planets suggest delays and wasted time if you push travel today. Stay at…
Mangrove forests rank among the world’s most valuable coastal ecosystems, shielding communities from storms, storing vast amounts of carbon and providing nurseries for countless marine species. For decades, scientists warned that these unique forests were disappearing faster than many tropical rainforests because of coastal development, aquaculture and pollution. Now, new satellite observations from Nasa present…
Pune: The Central Railway (CR) has restored the second rail line between Karjat and Lonavla in the South East ghat section, paving the way for resumption of Deccan Queen and the Intercity Express services from Thursday.The services of both the trains were suspended following landslides on July 6 that struck multiple locations between Thakurwadi and…
Aizawl: Renowned Mizo songwriter, translator, and ex-civil servant V Thangzama passed away late on Thursday night at Aizawl Hospital, marking the end of a remarkable life devoted to music, literature, public service, and the church. He was 91.Family sources said Thangzama breathed his last at around 11:30pm following age-related health complications. His funeral was held…
Navi Mumbai: A 37-year-old man from Yadav Nagar, Digha, arrested by Rabale MIDC police for murdering his 24-year-old pregnant wife in Dec 2017, was convicted and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life by the district and additional sessions court at Belapur on Wednesday.The accused, Akhilesh Gupta, then 28, worked as a machine operator in a…
Bengaluru: Barely a few days away from its silver jubilee, JD(S) finds itself at a crossroads, facing questions over its identity, shrinking social base and organisational future amid shifting political equations. Formed in 1999 after a split from Janata Dal, the party was led by former PM HD Deve Gowda, who built it as a…
‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ which released in cinemas on March 19 created box office history as the film collected more than Rs 1300 crore at the domestic box office and Rs 1800 crore worldwide. While the film continues to remain a talking point on social media, fans are waiting for its OTT release. There’s been a…
“A Thief Who Robs a Thief Has a Hundred Years of Pardon”: Imagine a scammer being conned out of his own money. Or a thief discovering that someone has stolen from him. For many people, the immediate reaction is not sympathy but satisfaction. There is even a proverb for that feeling: “Ladrão que rouba ladrão…
Bengaluru’s Outer Ring Road will undergo white-topping work starting in October (AI image used for representational purpose only) BENGALURU: Bengaluru’s civic agenda is dominated today by a major road infrastructure plan and a controversial Karnataka cabinet decision concerning public gatherings. The government is preparing to begin white-topping work on the Outer Ring Road from October,…
NEW DELHI: Put on the back foot by a Supreme Court intervention, NCERT on Tuesday has released the revised Part 2 of its Class 8 Social Science textbook with the controversial chapter on judiciary stripped of its earlier critical framing and recast as a more conventional civics lesson on justice, constitutional remedies, courts, tribunals and…
