Tamil Nadu CM C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday reviewed 436 projects and schemes, including key poll promises made by the TVK ahead of the assembly elections, during his govt’s first cabinet meeting held at secretariat.The hour-long meeting, which began at 10 am, also focused on the Governor’s forthcoming Assembly…
File photo: Former PM Manmohan Singh NEW DELHI: More than 11 years after a Delhi court sensationally summoned former PM Manmohan Singh as an accused in a coal block allotment scam case, the Supreme Court Wednesday gave him a clean chit, closing the case nearly two years after his demise.Special judge Bharat Parashar, presiding over…
A throwback clip featuring Salman Khan and his father Salim Khan has resurfaced online and is winning hearts across social media. The video, captured during the trailer launch event of ‘Sikandar’ in 2025, offers a glimpse into the actor’s relationship with his father and the respect he continues to show him despite being one of…
NEW DELHI: NEET-UG 2026 saw a sharp rise in top scores after the paper-leak controversy and nationwide retest, with Punjab’s Aryan Gupta topping the exam with a 715 score. Haryana’s Panshul Bansal who also scored 715 out of 720 is the second topper based on a tie-breaker rule. Their score was 29 marks higher than…
The modern reader is no longer fiercely loyal to just one medium. The contemporary reading habit is inherently fluid. (Representative Image) For decades, purists have warned of the impending “death of the book,” predicting that screens would inevitably swallow the written word whole. Yet, as India celebrates National Reading Day on June 19—matching concurrent celebrations…
Garbage dumped at service road green belt along with NH8 at Atlas chowk Gurgaon: Only around 15% of the city’s daily waste ultimately requires landfill disposal, while the rest can instead be composted, recycled or converted into fuel and energy, according to an MCG study.Gurgaon generates around 1,100 metric tonnes of municipal waste every day….
Kolkata: While Kolkata and several south Bengal districts received light to moderate rain on Sunday, the intensity of the showers could increase over the next two days, said the Regional Meteorological Centre, Alipore. While the western districts of the state are likely to receive thunderstorms and rain on Monday, South and North 24 Parganas, East…
Jaipur: An Air India Express flight from Jaipur to Pune was grounded Sunday after maintenance teams discovered a technical issue during routine pre-flight checks. Departure was delayed by 40 minutes as passengers were shifted to another aircraft.Sources in the airline said flight IX-2712 arrived in Jaipur from Bengaluru Saturday night for a scheduled night halt.When…
Bengaluru: Director-general of prisons and correctional services Alok Kumar Monday dismissed as “completely baseless” rumours claiming that actor Darshan Thoogudeepa had tried to kill himself in Bengaluru Central Prison.Alok Kumar clarified there was no such incident and appealed to the actor’s fans not to believe in such false information. “The rumours (of Darshan trying to…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Pic credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has raised serious concerns over the Impact Player rule in the IPL, warning that it could negatively affect the long-term development of young talents like Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.The 15-year-old Rajasthan Royals sensation has been one of the biggest stories of IPL 2026, scoring 583…
