The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, has invited applications for admission to MBBS, BDS and B.Sc Nursing courses for the academic session 2026-27 under the Ward of Insured Person (Ward of IP) quota.The scheme is meant for children of workers covered under the Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) Scheme…
World Champion D Gukesh faces a crucial final-round clash against Magnus Carlsen at Norway Chess 2026. Currently last with eight points, Gukesh must defeat Carlsen in their classical game to move ahead of the Norwegian and avoid finishing at the bottom. Meanwhile, Wesley So, Praggnanandhaa, and Alireza Firouzja remain locked in a thrilling three-way battle…
New Delhi: For generations of football fans, the Fifa World Cup has been about much more than the matches themselves. It has meant late-night gatherings with friends, packed cafes erupting at every goal, and entire neighbourhoods staying awake together as the world’s biggest sporting spectacle unfolded.This year, however, many fans in Delhi fear that experience…
Mumbai: The state Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has raided a Palghar-based manufacturer for supplying unsterilised surgical gloves falsely labeled as ‘sterile’ to state-run medical colleges, including JJ Hospital and St George. Following the raid, authorities froze Rs 1.26 crore worth of stock pending investigation.The stock was imported from Malaysia by Saachi Medic, which has…
Mainstream Indian cinema applies an unsettling double standard to its women, and lately, Janhvi Kapoor finds herself at its fault line. In Hindi cinema, she has headlined films such as Mili and Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, portraying women with agency, ambition and emotional depth. But step into the world of big-ticket Telugu commercial cinema,…
Chennai: Madras high court on Friday warned that its order permitting Tasmac to collect Rs 10 for returning empty liquor bottles should not be considered as a license for charging extra amount from buyers.“It shall be part of the bill and be given back when empty bottles are returned. The additional Rs 10 was allowed…
Hyderabad: Telangana govt has sharply revised land rates within Hyderabad’s Outer Ring Road, in some cases by as much as 100%, while sparing many rural areas from steep hikes in property registration charges.From Friday, the new rates came into force across the state. The existing minimum rate of ₹1.75 lakh per acre has now been…
A preliminary police assessment has suggested that the gusts may have compromised with the cranes’ interlocking system Gurgaon: Strong winds and sudden rain at an NHAI construction site near Panhera Khurd in Faridabad caused two 100-tonne double girder gantry cranes to lose control of their brakes, roll on tracks on wnhich they were mounted, and…
Kolkata: Actor and former Trinamool MLA Soham Chakraborty was on Friday booked in a fresh fraud case after a complaint was lodged at Charu Market Police Station, alleging he and his production company cheated an investor of Rs 1 crore in connection with a 2023 film that starred him and Jadavpur MP Saayoni Ghosh.The case…
Eligible farmers are supposed to submit a form along with a photocopy of a voter ID card to access the concessional toll passes by June 15 Noida: Jaypee Infratech, the concessionaire of Yamuna Expressway, will issue toll concession passes to farmers whose land was acquired for the project, ending a long-running dispute that had ed…
