CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday delivered a sharp rebuke to the seven Rajya Sabha MPs who recently defected from AAP to the BJP. In his trademark blend of satire and storytelling, Mann compared the political “betrayal” to a domestic farce, suggesting that the constant proximity between the defectors and the BJP at…
Pune: PMPML buses are potentially exposed to vandalism and theft as nearly 125 buses from the overall fleet are consistently scrambling for parking across the city. This is despite the authorities setting up 17 bus depots, and with the Charholi depot established just last year.On Saturday, a visibly ‘disturbed’ youth, as per the police, hailing…
NEW DELHI: In a fresh development in the estate dispute involving late businessman Sunjay Kapur, the Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a plea filed by Rani Kapur, seeking responses from Priya Sachdev Kapur and 22 others.A Bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Vijay Bishnoi also indicated that mediation could be explored to…
King Charles III and Queen Camilla are set to arrive in the United States on Monday for a four-day state visit that comes at a crucial moment in UK-US relations.The trip, the most significant foreign tour of Charles’s reign, coincides with the 250th anniversary of American independence and marks the first such visit by a…
As the United States continues to tighten its blockade on Iranian oil flows, Tehran is repeatedly scrambling to manage excess crude, with its key export hub Kharg Island rapidly approaching storage limits.Tehran is now reportedly moving to expand crude storage at Kharg Island by reactivating the 30-year-old crude carrier M/T Nasha, signalling mounting pressure on…
After Sunjay Kapur’s demise, there’s a legal dispute regarding his inheritence between his widowed wife Priya Kapur and mother Rani Kapur. As per the latest update on Monday, the Supreme Court of India has made a clear preference for reconciliation in the ongoing dispute over the Sona Group family trust. The court said that a…
New Delhi: Nagaland University has opened admissions for its newly introduced four-year undergraduate science programmes at the Multi-Disciplinary Research Centre (MDRC), with applications beginning April 27 and the last date set for May 18.The programmes, aligned with the National Education Policy 2020, are designed around a flexible academic structure with multiple entry and exit options,…
Shashank Singh and Karun Nair (BCCI/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: Catches win matches, is an old adage in cricket , and rightly so. One moment of brilliance in the field can change the course of a game. But equally, one dropped catch can prove costly – sometimes even haunting captains and teams for a long time.The…
The BSA Scrambler 650 was launched recently in India. This motorcycle goes up against the Royal Enfield Bear 650. Both motorcycles feature retro styling and dual-purpose ability. Here, let’s take a quick look at how these two motorcycles stack up against each other. BSA Scrambler 650 vs Royal Enfield Bear 650: Engine The biggest difference…
When James Watson and Francis Crick described the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953, the moment appeared decisive and complete. Yet that breakthrough rested on work carried out decades earlier by a scientist who rarely receives the same recognition. Friedrich Miescher had already identified a substance inside human cells that did not match any known…
