NSA Ajit Doval to visit China for boundary talks with Wang Yi ahead of Modi-Xi meetings NEW DELHI: Ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s upcoming engagements with President Xi Jinping, NSA Ajit Doval will travel to China Monday for the 25th round of Special Representatives dialogue on the boundary question. Doval and his counterpart Wang Yi…
Hyderabad: A 23-year-old man was arrested within hours after allegedly attacking a woman shopkeeper and snatching her gold chain in Kompally on Sunday evening. The incident occurred around 6 pm at Jayabheri Park under the limits of Pet Basheerabad police station. According to police, the victim, Bijjam Malleswari (40), who runs an oil store, was…
Sukhada Fadnavis with her parents and then Caltech President Jean-Lou Chameau at graduation in 2007. Sukhada Fadnavis, an Indian-origin mathematician, has decided to start a fellowship at her alma mater Caltech (California Institute of Technology), in the name of her parents — Shubhangi and Sharad Fadnavis Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. The fellowship will support undergraduate…
Shiv Sena corporator (L) was arrested for assaulting two doctors at a civic hospital. Hospital staff protested the unjustified assault and demanded his disqualification (R) MUMBAI: A Shiv Sena corporator, Ramesh Mhatre, arrested for allegedly assaulting two doctors at a civic-run hospital in Maharashtra’s Thane, was admitted to the ICU of the district civil hospital…
Amritsar: Amritsar police have suspended a traffic policeman after allegations of harassment by devotees visiting the Golden Temple went viral on social media.The incident allegedly took place during vehicle checking at a naka at Ram Talai chowk. A family from Thoba village, who had come to offer prayers and celebrate the purchase of a new…
Census 2027 house-listing ends; Telangana household count likely to cross 1 cr, up 38% from 2011 Hyderabad: Telangana’s house-listing and housing census exercise—the first phase of Census 2027—concluded on Tuesday, with the state’s household count expected to exceed about 1.15 crore, marking an increase of nearly 38% from the 83.6 lakh households recorded in Census…
Hyderabad: Vision problems are common among garment industry workers in Hyderabad and are associated with reduced work productivity, according to a study by researchers from the LV Prasad Eye Institute.The study, which examined 1,361 workers across five garment factories in the city, found that 6.9% had distance vision impairment, while 52.4% of workers aged 40…
Kolkata: On World Mosquito Day, observed on Thursday, virologists and infectious diseases experts warned against mosquito-borne diseases. According to them, these diseases have claimed over 400 lives in the state in the last decade. Kolkata accounted for 20%-30% of the casualties. Over a lakh were infected by dengue, malaria and chikungunya during the period in…
Swelling Mutha river under Shivaji Maharaj bridge after water discharge from Khadkwasla dam on Sunday Pune: Heavy rainfall across catchment areas of the district pushed water storage levels in key reservoirs close to maximum capacity, with the collective usable water storage of four dams in Khadakwasla cluster reaching 28.89 TMC (99.1% of total live capacity)…
Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has questioned the way Washington Sundar is being used in India’s T20I side, saying the all-rounder has not been given a clear role despite continuing to get opportunities.Ashwin, speaking on his Hindi YouTube show Ash Ki Baat, said Sundar has the backing of the team management but is often underused…
