Ponda: A Sunday outing turned tragic when a 21-year-old IIT Goa student from Ladakh went missing and is feared to have drowned in the Okamb rivulet at Dharbandora. Imtiyaz Hussain, part of a group of around eight youths on a picnic, had ventured into the rivulet behind the Sanjivani sugar factory for a swim, but…
Varanasi: In the early hours of Sunday, two armed men aboard the DDU-Tarighat passenger train gunned down a youth before flinging his body onto the tracks between Alinagar and Sakaldiha in Chandauli district. Panic erupted in the coach as the train slowed, giving the assailants their chance to leap off and vanish into the morning…
Ahmedabad: Monday, May 11 will mark 75 years of the consecration of the reconstructed and restored Somnath Temple at Prabhas Patan. The ceremony was held in 1951 in the presence of India’s first President Dr Rajendra Prasad. A commemorative Rs 75 coin will be released by PM Narendra Modi to mark the occassion, said numismatists….
Hisar: A 46-year-old mason who had been missing for several days was allegedly murdered by his son and buried in a vacant plot in Barwala to conceal the crime, police said on Sunday.The body of Kulwant, a resident of Ravidas Nagar, was recovered from a plot near a colony behind a gas agency on Daulatpur…
Pune: The DY Patil International University (DYPIU) has established an advanced Digital Engineering and Digital Manufacturing Experience Centre on its campus, aimed at preparing students for the rapidly evolving world of Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing.The initiative aims to provide students with hands-on exposure to next-generation engineering technologies, bridging the gap between classroom learning and…
Shillong: The National Lok Adalat held at the Meghalaya high court in Shillong and all districts of the state settled 183 cases, for a total amount of Rs 1, 34, 86,214, on Saturday.Organised by the Meghalaya State Legal Services Authority (MSLSA), the hearings were presided over by high court CJ Revati Mohite Dere, who is…
A scene from the play Mahamaya Lucknow: A vibrant display of Bengali culture and tradition was witnessed during Rabindra Sandhya organised to mark the 165th birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore at Vishveshwarya Hall on Sunday.The hall resonated with the timeless literary and musical legacy of Tagore as art lovers, theatre enthusiasts and members…
Fear in walled city after pillar shifts during illegal construction Jaipur: Fear gripped Walled City Saturday after a pillar of a multistorey building reportedly shifted during illegal construction work in Jagannath Shah Ka Rasta area of Handipura. Following the incident, Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) teams reached the spot and evacuated the building as a precautionary…
SIRONJ: “Bhuri” for fair-skinned foreigners. “Tori” for restless bustle. British surveyors mapped a continent from this ridge. From here came numbers that measured the world’s tallest mountain. Mount Everest entered history but Bhuri Tori slipped out of it. Name lingered and science faded. Today, thieves measure stones here.Perched on a wind-lashed hill at Kalyanpur village…
Indian-origin scientist Jay Bhattacharya has urged Americans not to panic over the hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship near Spain’s Canary Islands, insisting the situation is “not Covid” and is unlikely to spiral into a large-scale public health crisis.Speaking on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’ on Sunday, the acting Director of the US Centers…
