Hyderabad: Digital addiction is not just about being hooked to screen, but a gradual loss of control over attention, where minutes slip into hours without awareness, said Dr Jawaharlal Nehru, psychologist at Tele Manas, at ‘The Times of India’s Let’s D-Stress: Campus Conversations’ held at Kaveri University on Friday.“We open apps such as Instagram without…
Photo for representation: A primary school in Gurgaon Gurgaon: The assessment system in primary schools across the district is set for a major shift from the academic session of 2025-26, with the introduction of a holistic progress card for students from Classes I to V, moving beyond marks-based evaluation to a more comprehensive review of…
Kolkata: The intense heat notwithstanding, thousands of people across the city queued up outside liquor outlets right from Friday morning as off-shops reopened after a four-day shutdown.By 8.30 am, 40-50 people could be seen standing outside multiple stores, waiting for their two-bottle-per-purchase quota, ordered by the excise department. While areas with several outlets saw relatively…
The thief was trying to force his way into a house in Shalimar Garden Ghaziabad: A teenaged boy allegedly slipped into a locked house, only to find himself wedged in the very iron grille meant to keep intruders out. By the time he managed to free himself, residents were waiting.The incident took place around 2pm…
Margao: Maina-Curtorim police on Thursday arrested the main accused in an abduction and robbery case. He was nabbed through technical surveillance in Davangere, Karnataka, nearly a month after the crime was registered.The arrested accused, Nilesh Bhimrao Jadhav, 53, a resident of Akola, Maharashtra, allegedly posed as an Enforcement Directorate officer to lure the complainant.According to…
Ahmedabad: A sudden gunshot during a conversation at a convenience store in the US state of Louisiana has changed a 30-year-old woman’s life. The victim, originally from Gujarat, is now battling for survival after a bullet ripped through her jaw. Her husband has been arrested in connection with the case.Doctors say her recovery will require…
Ludhiana: Canadian authorities are investigating the death of a 24-year-old Punjabi-origin childcare educator found in a park at Barrie, Ontario, just 300 m from her house.Anmoldeep Kaur, from Akalgarh village of Ludhiana district originally, was discovered dead on Monday morning. Her father, retired Subedar Parminder Singh, has claimed that the family was notified at 6.15…
Ambala: Haryana cabinet minister Anil Vij and Delhi cabinet minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Thursday accompanied candidate Akshita Saini to file her nomination papers for the Ambala municipal corporation elections and expressed confidence of a decisive victory. Akshita filed her nomination at the Ambala City ADC office. Earlier, a rally was organised in which the…
Surat: The Varachha police booked a 20-year-old man for abetment of suicide after a woman with whom he was in a live-in relationship allegedly died by suicide on Wednesday.According to police, the victim, Vaishali, had entered into a live-in relationship with the Dongar Patil, and the two had been living together for the past year.Police…
Guwahati: The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Assam govt and a former district superintendent of police in an appeal challenging the Gauhati high court’s refusal to order a CBI probe into allegations of custodial torture of a youth in 2023, who later died by suicide allegedly due to “mental pressure”.Advocate Arif Jwadder said,…
