When reports emerged that Hardik Pandya had shifted his training base from Mumbai to Bengaluru, it felt like a significant move for one of India’s biggest cricket stars. But in reality, it reflects a trend that has been gathering momentum for years. The Indian all-rounder is believed to use the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (COE)…
Chennai: For 49-year-old housewife E Devi, caring for her ailing mother-in-law at home lasted less than two days.When Bhagya Ammal, 84, had slipped and fallen in her bathroom more than a month ago, she was taken to a private hospital, where doctors found nine cancerous tumors in her body.When doctors told her she was too…
Hyderabad: With the Telangana govt looking to boost its fiscal resources without burdening citizens with fresh taxes, chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday directed officials to establish a dedicated monitoring cell to track revenue-related issues, plug leakages and closely monitor collections across departments.Reviewing the performance of revenue-generating departments at the MCR HRD Institute, the…
Trial, now in its third day, has ntroduced a new U-turn near DLF Cyber Park Gurgaon: A traffic police trial at Shankar Chowk led to long snarls, with congestion spilling over to multiple stretches around the junction on Wednesday morning.The trial, which began on Sunday, introduced a new U-turn near DLF Cyber Park to decongest…
Kolkata: Kolkata Police has directed all city police stations to begin advance security and crowd management planning for Durga Puja, with a focus on identifying potentially controversial pandal themes and preparing crowd circulation plans well before the festival.The instruction followed a virtual review meeting chaired by police commissioner Ajay Kumar Nand with officers-in charge and…
Noida: Night after night, the four friends would drive through the streets in a borrowed car, scanning isolated stretches for someone standing alone, phone in hand, waiting for a cab or autorickshaw. Once they found a target, he would be forced into the car, assaulted and threatened, and stripped of his phone, cash and cards…
Greater Flamingo photographed by Ankush Sahani Panaji: A flock of 15 greater flamingos has turned the Santa Cruz wetlands into an unexpected birdwatching hotspot, drawing photographers and nature enthusiasts from across Goa.The flock comprising three adults and 12 juveniles were first spotted on Sunday in the wetlands near the bridge connecting Santa Cruz and Taleigao….
Chandigarh: Ending weeks of speculation over a leadership overhaul, the Congress on Wednesday retained Amrinder Singh Raja Warring as Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president and Partap Singh Bajwa as leader of the Opposition, opting for continuity as it prepares for the 2027 assembly elections.At the same time, the party announced a new organisational team,…
Dibrugarh: Border area development minister Atul Bora on Tuesday visited the Dissoi Valley Reserve Forest along the Assam -Nagaland border in Mariani constituency of Jorhat district to review a situation that turned tense following allegations of land encroachment. The visit, undertaken on the direction of Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, comes as the state govt…
Lucknow: The BJP has not only betrayed Lord Ram but also the Constitution of India, said Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday attacking the UP and Central govts over donation fraud at Ram temple in Ayodhya on one hand and poaching of opposition MPs on another.“Lord Ram is the very embodiment of ‘maryada’ (propriety)…
