Shillong: North Eastern Council (NEC), Shillong, released Rs 42.63 crore in Sept to support development projects across the northeast, an NEC statement said.Of the total, Rs 35.21 crore was allocated to northeast states, while Rs 7.42 crore was released to regional institutions and agencies for capacity building, infrastructure and technology.The regional allocation included Rs 2.88…
ACS tourism and culture Amrit Abhijat visits the exhibition on Tuesday Lucknow: The centuries-old miniature painting tradition of the Banaras Gharana was on display at Kokoro Art gallery on Tuesday with the inauguration of ‘MINIATURES: Banaras Gharana’.Curated by Vandana Sehgal, the exhibition was inaugurated by Amrit Abhijat (IAS), additional chief secretary, department of tourism, culture…
Bhilwara: Chittorgarh police late Monday night arrested six men allegedly planning to kill A-category history-sheeter Chirag Khatik. Cops seized a country-made pistol, a revolver with four live cartridges, sharp-edged weapons and two cars from them.The arrests were made in a joint operation by Rashmi police and District Special Team (DST) after police received information that…
File photo: Captain Smit Machchhar NEW DELHI: Captain Smit Machchhar’s heroic act of saving flydubai FZ1073 has acquired another dimension with the extent of the injuries he was fighting to save the plane from its suicidal Omani co-pilot now coming out.Sources say co-pilot Hammam al-Hammami hitting him with the axe kept in the cockpit had…
Sir David Beckham, Bank of America’s global sports ambassador (Image: Bank of America) David Beckham has helped launch a nationwide effort to bring football, known in America as soccer, into schools. The programme is called Soccer at Schools, it was unveiled in March 2026 in Altadena, California, where Beckham led a clinic for 500 students….
Representative Image of eggshells being processed to extract calcium carbonate for bacterial growth experiments in a laboratory (AI Generated Image) A seventh grader from Palatine, Illinois, has turned eggshells into calcium carbonate crystals and used them to investigate whether the mineral can affect bacterial growth. Shrikari Punjala, a student at Quest Academy, is one of…
General:Today asks for restraint. Not drama, not panic, just restraint. The planets show your outflow running ahead of your inflow, and if you’re not careful, little expenses can stack up like cups in a sink. One online order, one cab, one meal out, one “small” payment, and there goes the balance. A younger sibling or…
New Delhi: Delhi’s history extends far beyond its grand monuments. Some of the city’s most intriguing stories lie hidden in its old alleys, havelis, schools, markets, parks and even everyday buildings that people pass by without realising the history they hold.To bring these lesser-known stories to light, Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s (MCD) heritage cell is…
Mumbai: The Borivli Police have registered an FIR against two sisters for extorting money from the owner of a hotel, where a rat was allegedly found in a masala dosa while they were dining with their family last week. Police said the women, Mansi and Kinjal, threatened to file a complaint against the restaurant if…
KPTCL has commissioned a 12-km-long 220 kV multi-circuit transmission line to strengthen Bengaluru’s power grid and ease overloading and tripping along the high-demand Manyata Tech Park–Hoodi corridor. Bengaluru: North and east Bengaluru — the wide arc which hosts Manyata Tech Park–Hoodi corridor — will soon get relief from frequent power outages with Karnataka Power Transmission…
