Dibrugarh: What initially sent shockwaves through Chabua in the early hours of Monday — reports of firing at the ancestral home of Ulfa (I) commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah — turned out to be a false alarm.Dibrugarh police clarified that the loud bangs which startled the Baruah household were not gunshots but firecrackers burst by a group…
Javokhir Sindarov vs Anish Giri (Photo by Niki Riga/FIDE) NEW DELHI: Javokhir Sindarov delivered a flawless campaign to clinch the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 title on Tuesday, sealing the crown with a round to spare and setting up a blockbuster World Championship clash with D Gukesh later this year.The Uzbek Grandmaster remained unbeaten throughout the…
Shah Rukh Khan‘s ‘King’ is easily one of the most anticipated Indian films in recent times. Mounted on a massive budget of Rs 400 crores, the action spectacle boasts a star-studded cast including Deepika Padukone, Rani Mukerji, Abhishek Bachchan, Suhana Khan, Abhay Verma and Arshad Warsi, among others. The film is slated for a grand…
One in three Britons raised Christian no longer follow the faith, study reveals Nearly a third of people in Britain who were raised as Christians no longer identify with the religion in adulthood, according to a major international study, highlighting a steady decline in traditional faith adherence across the country. The analysis by the Pew…
JAISALMER: A video circulating on social media has led police to detain two men accused of assaulting and humiliating a young man from Barmer, including forcing him to drink urine and eat dog waste.Police said the incident took place on March 26 around 1 pm in Logon Ki Dhani village under the Sheo police station…
Bengaluru: After completing a 10-day intensive surveillance and containment operation following the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) at the state poultry rearing training centre in Mathkuru village, Hesaraghatta, Karnataka health department Saturday confirmed that no human cases of the infection have been detected so far.The outbreak, first identified on April 14, prompted…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu polls may be billed as a three-cornered contest, but the city’s constituencies are crowded with nearly 30 micro parties; not because they expect to win, but because they are chasing visibility, bargaining power and future relevance.From Perambur to Kolathur and Velachery, ballot lists are long with names that exist more on affidavit…
SRINAGAR: J&K authorities announced Friday detentions of six people under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) for allegedly inciting “law and order disturbances” and “acts of vandalism” during a recent students’ protest in Kashmir’s Sopore.The students were protesting against a schoolteacher accused of molestation and later taken into custody.Police said Umar Akbar Hajam, Salman Ahmed…
Buddha’s Piprahwa relics (X/@narendramodi) NEW DELHI: For the first time, sacred relics of Lord Buddha — preserved at the National Museum in Delhi — will be brought out for a public exposition in the country from May 1-15. The government sees this ‘Sacred Exposition of the Holy Relics of Tathagata’, to be held in Ladakh,…
Lucknow: A 50-year-old private sector employee in Lucknow thwarted a Rs 60 lakh “digital arrest” scam targeting her 86-year-old father by spotting early warning signs and triggering swift police intervention.Huma Mustafa, who had previously undergone cyber awareness training as part of ongoing outreach by the city’s cyber crime unit, noticed subtle but telling changes in…
