Bengaluru: As Karnataka’s special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls gets underway, the battle is no longer just about voters. Political parties are racing to appoint Booth Level Agents (BLAs), the volunteers who help voters with the verification process and flag any discrepancies, but none of the three major parties has been able to cover…
Image: Space for Humanity History was made when Amanda Nguyen crossed the Kármán line aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-31 mission, becoming the first Vietnamese woman to travel into space. Yet the milestone was about much more than a few minutes above Earth. Long before she made headlines as an astronaut, Nguyen had already transformed…
Punjab Kings’ skipper Shreyas Iyer (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer struck a defiant and philosophical tone after another painful defeat, insisting that belief and attitude remain unchanged even as Punjab Kings’s playoff hopes slipped further away following a 23-run loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Dharamsala.Reflecting on where the match unravelled,…
Ahmedabad: In 2007, Shalby Hospital came up in Prahladnagar as a major privately run centre on SG Highway. At the time, the only important hospital on the vital stretch connecting Sarkhej and the state capital Gandhinagar was the Sola Civil Hospital with 200 beds.In a matter of two decades, the 14km length from Prahladnagar to…
Kota/Jaipur: A Dinoprostone Gel sample seized from Kota’s New Medical College Hospital (NMCH) has failed quality testing, intensifying scrutiny of medicines administered around the time five new mothers died after post-caesarean complications in May.Dinoprostone Gel is used in pregnant women at or near term to ripen the cervix and induce labour. The sample was among…
Dinanath Mangeshkar Kalamandir (DMK) auditorium at Kala Academy Panaji: More than a month after a govt-appointed task force recommended shutting the 900-seat Dinanath Mangeshkar Kalamandir (DMK) auditorium at Kala Academy, Panaji, for corrective repairs, state govt has yet to act.The task force had recommended closing the auditorium from Aug 1 for an estimated two to…
Felix Lengyel, also known as xQc, has made a bold claim about the Overwatch League. While watching an old 2019 clip, he reacted strongly to reported high viewership numbers. He said the league may have used bots to inflate its audience figures. This surprised many fans, as the Overwatch League was once seen as one…
Guwahati: Raijor Dal chief and Sivasagar MLA Akhil Gogoi slammed BJP-led govt for removing a mural of climate and social activist Sonam Wangchuk on Sunday and a mural of singer Zubeen Garg in June. He asked why the govt was “scared of murals, artists and peaceful protests”.The Wangchuk mural, painted on the Basistha flyover, was…
Trust displays ornaments of Ram temple, says costly donations ‘safe’ NEW DELHI: The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on Monday displayed ornaments and other valuables donated by devotees, asserting that all offerings were safe and properly accounted for as it sought to address allegations of missing “high-quality” temple donations. The gold-plated Ramcharitmanas worth Rs…
A devotee dances while balancing decorated pots filled with cooked rice as an offering to Goddess Sri Mahankali Temple during Bonalu at Akkanna Madanna Temple, Old City in Hyderabad on Sunday. Hyderabad: A sea of devotees, many dressed in traditional attire and carrying decorated bonam pots, filled the streets around Lal Darwaza on Sunday as…
