Guru Pushya Yoga oor Guru Pushyamrit Yoga is taking pace today, June 18, 2026. This is one of the most auspicious yoga that falls in the month of Jyeshtha. According to astrology, Guru Pushya Yoga is a unique yoga that occurs when Pushya Nakshatra coincides with Thursday. This is believed to bring prosperity, wisdom, knowledge…
Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday reaffirmed the Tamil Nadu government’s commitment to facilitating the early establishment of HD Hyundai’s mega shipbuilding cluster in Thoothukudi, a project involving an investment of about $4 billion (Rs 38,000 crore) and expected to create around 15,000 direct jobs.A high-level…
Kolkata: Former Kolkata Municipal Corporation councillor Susanta Ghosh, who had fled the city soon after resigning as chairman of Borough XII on May 27, was arrested in Puri on Wednesday on extortion charges.Ghosh, who represented ward 108 (in Kasba) in the civic board dissolved on June 8, was the eighth accused to be arrested in…
Panaji: The cybercrime cell of Goa police has arrested a 33-year-old Bengaluru-based businessman for allegedly cheating a 45-year-old housewife from Margao of over Rs 33 lakh by luring her with promises of high returns through a fake share trading investment scheme.The cybercrime police station registered an FIR based on a complaint filed by the victim,…
Ahmedabad: Shell bangles with gold foil, pearl and gold ear ornaments, and several game pieces, bestow the gleam of a treasury on the camp of archaeologists at Valabhipur, a town about 40km northwest of Bhavnagar.The camp belongs to the Excavation Branch V of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and State Archaeology, Gujarat.Another precious item…
Chandigarh: Punjab excise and taxation minister Harpal Singh Cheema has urged the Centre to enact a law regulating methyl alcohol (methanol), saying tighter controls are needed to prevent its diversion for liquor adulteration and avert hooch tragedies.Chairing a review meeting with additional chief secretary (excise) D K Tiwari and excise and taxation commissioner Jitendra Jorwal,…
The new rules, notified on June 12, replaces the previous framework governing RTI applications in Maharashtra Pune: Right to Information (RTI) activists and regular users have raised an alarm over the state govt’s newly notified RTI Rules, 2026. Critics alleged that several provisions will create significant barriers for citizens, effectively diluting the spirit of the…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai will be visiting Ayodhya on Thursday amid a political storm over alleged irregularities in the handling of donations and assets linked to the Ram temple trust.State govt has already constituted a Special Investigation Team to look into the matter.The visit was announced a day after Rai, along with…
Residents queue up to collect water from a tanker in Sikar Road area amid water supply disruptions Wednesday Jaipur: PHED contractors have deferred their agitation for seven days but warned they will withdraw manpower if the state govt fails to release Rs 1,000 crore by June 25.“We have only deferred the protest, not withdrawn,” said…
Polling for two Rajya Sabha seats from Jharkhand RANCHI: Voting began for the election to two Rajya Sabha seats in Jharkhand on Thursday, amid adequate security arrangements on the assembly premises, an official said.Three candidates – BJP-backed Independent nominee Parimal Nathwani, JMM’s Baidyanath Ram and Pranav Jha of the Congress – are in the fray…
