Strange scattered pink boulders led researchers to a massive secret beneath Antarctic ice. Image credit – Gemini Underneath the West Antarctic ice sheets lies an enormous buried structure of granite that has been discovered by scientists through the link between peculiar pink boulders on the surface and unseen rock below the ice cover. Geologists claim…
Bengaluru: With little over a month left in the kharif window, Karnataka has managed to sow just 36.5 lakh hectares against a targeted 84.1 lakh hectares — a coverage of only 43% — agriculture department data for up to July 3 shows.The season’s uneven start, widely attributed to patchy and delayed monsoon across the state’s…
CHENNAI: People returning home from work were stranded at suburban railway stations as a signal failure at Chennai Beach station disrupted EMU services during the evening peak hour on Tuesday. The signal failure, which was reported around 5.30pm, delayed at least 17 EMU services on the Chennai Beach–Tambaram line. Trains bound for Tambaram were detained…
Chandigarh: Punjab BJP president Kewal Singh Dhillon has urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to order an inquiry into alleged “unauthorised activities” during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, claiming some officials were collecting data unrelated to the exercise and promoting Punjab govt schemes.In a representation to the ECI and Punjab…
Times News NetworkRajkot: A tuition teacher has been booked for allegedly branding a four-year-old boy with a hot taveta (roti flipper), for not writing during lessons. Pradhyumnanagar police registered a case against the tuition teacher, Nirali Ashwin, based on a complaint by the child’s uncle, Vishal Yadav, 36, a rickshaw driver.The case was registered on…
Congressman Riley Moore urges DHS to end OPT, STEM OPT extension and CPT programs. GOP Congressman Riley M Moore has written to new DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin to end OPT, STEM-OPT and CPT programs to save jobs for American graduates. He is not the first one to raise the demand amid the ongoing H-1B controversy…
Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has decided to build six new night shelters across the city at a cost of 9 crore. Designed with modern amenities, the facility will offer secure overnight accommodation for people living on the streets, particularly during extreme weather conditions. Each shelter will be a ground-plus-first floor facility. Civic officials said…
Stock market crash today (AI image) Stock market crash today: Indian equity benchmarks, Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, plunged in morning trade on Thursday as global cues turned negative due to a host of factors. While Nifty50 went below 23,800, BSE Sensex plunged around 1,200 points. At 11:18 AM, Nifty50 was trading at 23,810.30, down 367…
Karnataka PGCET 2026 hall ticket out The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has released the hall ticket for the Karnataka Post Graduate Common Entrance Test (PGCET) 2026 for admission to Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Computer Applications (MCA) programmes.Candidates who have registered for the entrance examination can now download their admit cards through…
NEW DELHI: Enumeration for Phase 3 of special intensive revision (SIR) – which shall cover over 37.7 crore electors across 16 states and UTs in all under different schedules – has started in Odisha, Mizoram, Sikkim and Manipur. The exercise will verify the eligibility of around 3.7 crore electors across the four states, based on…
