Suruchi Singh, right, and Kamaljeet celebrate after winning Gold medal. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India enjoyed a six-medal haul on a packed Friday at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, highlighted by a historic bronze for Baranica Elangovan in women’s pole vault and a shooting gold from Suruchi Singh and Kamaljeet. The day also brought…
A three-day National CRE Workshop on ‘Healing Childhood Trauma: Strength-Based Approaches and Rehabilitation Practices concluded on September 18 at Jamia Millia Islamia. The workshop was organised by the Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, JMI, in collaboration with Institute of Advanced Studies in Education (IASE), Department of Teacher Training & Non-Formal Education (TT&NFE), Faculty of Education,…
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation (TNPDCL) will engage manpower of a third party through contracts to read meters and overcome the erratic assessment of power consumption — which leads to wrong and inflated power bills — and to address the shortage of assessors. Outsourcing of the task will come into effect in October.There…
Nine passengers were killed after the bus, travelling from Delhi to Mahoba in Uttar Pradesh, caught fire late Wednesday night NOIDA: For families of the nine people killed when a sleeper bus caught fire on the Yamuna Expressway, the tragedy deepened at a Sector 94 post-mortem house on Friday, where relatives struggled to identify their…
UKNA commander-in-chief Thangkhomang Haokip Aizawl: United Kuki National Army (UKNA) commander-in-chief Thangkhomang Haokip, arrested in a joint operation by Assam Rifles and Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau (SIB) in Aizawl on Thursday, will be sent to Manipur as no criminal case has been registered against him in Mizoram, a senior police officer said on Friday.Haokip was arrested…
The flag-in ceremony was held at Kartavya Bhavan-2 in New Delhi, in the presence of the defence minister and other senior officials. NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Friday welcomed the first ascent mountaineering expedition team, which successfully summited 20 previously unclimbed peaks above 6,000 meters in Ladakh in just 23 days.The flag-in ceremony…
In 1921, Texas oil geologist Wallace Pratt travelled into a remote, wind-swept oasis in West Texas and fell in love with its tall limestone walls and bright autumn colours. Thirty-eight years later, his long love for McKittrick Canyon helped change the future of Texas conservation. Pratt gave his home and thousands of acres to the…
Abhijeet Sawant says Arijit Singh’s rise to fame was pure destiny: ‘If you compare him and me at that time, I was very popular, but he wasn’t’ Abhijeet Sawant continues to hold a special place, as he had won the first season of ‘Indian Idol’. He clinched the title in the show’s debut season back…
Baranica Elangovan in action during the Women’s Pole Vault Final Indian athlete Baranica Elangovan won the bronze medal in the women’s pole vault at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Friday, giving India its first-ever medal in the event at the Asian Games.The 29-year-old secured the bronze with a best clearance of 4.15m….
In just 17 days, MCD demolished 543 properties and sealed 178 more for violations NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) demolished 543 properties and sealed 178 others for unauthorised construction in the 17-day period following the collapse of a paying guest (PG) building in Satya Niketan.It also issued 354 show-cause notices during the…
