Flood situation deteriorates in Assam GUWAHATI: With the flood situation deteriorating in Upper Assam, the Assam government on Monday placed the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force on standby to assist in evacuation and rescue operations, if required.Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the state has requested the armed forces to remain prepared as…
Statue of Gautam Buddha at Kushinagar International Airport (Photo: PTI) Kushinagar, located in the easternmost part of Uttar Pradesh, covers an area of 2,873.5 square kilometres. Situated along the Bihar border, it lies roughly 50-53 kilometres east of Gorakhpur on National Highway 28. It is a predominantly rural, agrarian district headquarters with fertile alluvial soil.Over…
PDP leader Iltija Mufti (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: As the ruling National Conference (NC) staged a protest in Delhi demanding the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Iltija Mufti on Monday dismissed the demonstration as a “lacklustre and deliberately understated one-day event.“She argued that had the protest been held…
Nico Williams (Image: Wikipedia) A winner’s medal usually gets read as proof of what an athlete just achieved on the pitch. Nico Williams, the Spanish footballer, read his differently. “I run very fast, but I can’t run as fast as my mother,” he said. “Because she once escaped death and crossed the Sahara Desert from…
To begin with, bullet trains will be capable of operating at speeds exceeding 250 kmph and will have a design speed of 280 kmph. India’s first bullet train project is likely to see the launch of its first high-speed train in 2027. India and Japan have jointly decided to operate indigenous bullet trains equipped with…
Dhamaal 4 Day 11 box office collection (Image Credits IMDb) Ajay Devgn led ‘Dhamaal 4’ continues its steady theatrical run at the Indian box office. After entering the Rs. 100 crore India net club on Day 8 and comfortably crossing the Rs 120 crore India net milestone, the film is moving steadily towards Rs 125…
Kanika Siwach (left) and Udita Kolkata: Even as the Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams prepare for the upcoming World Cup and the Asian Games, a group of players outside the current national set-up has signed up to play in Australia’s Hockey One league, scheduled to be held in Oct and Nov.So far, four Indian…
More than 2,200 years before satellites, GPS and space missions revealed the Earth’s true size, an ancient Greek scholar calculated the planet’s circumference using nothing more than a stick, sunlight and basic geometry. Around 240 BCE, Eratosthenes, the chief librarian of the Library of Alexandria, carried out one of history’s most brilliant scientific experiments. By…
Today is a special day, and it is important to make family harmony, comfort and support a priority. In Chinese astrology, July 20, 2026, is Yi Wei Day (Yin Wood Goat Day). It requires the effort of gentle advancement, emotional nurturing and thoughtful preparation. This daily Chinese horoscope says growth will come through patience, not…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) proposed ‘Chalo Sansad’ march on Monday, AAP leaders Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh and Atishi scaled police barricades to join protesters at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, where security forces were deployed in large numbers.A day earlier, Sisodia had appealed to people across political affiliations to join the march…
