Ahmedabad: A husband’s loan repayments cannot dilute his primary legal duty to support his family, the Gujarat high court has ruled while enhancing maintenance for a woman and her daughter. The court increased the monthly amount significantly after reviewing the man’s income and obligations. The case stems from a May 2025 order of a family…
Ludhiana: A day after rain lashed the city, temperatures in Ludhiana remained below normal on Monday. The met department has predicted chances of rainfall activity in the coming days.It was windy in the city on Monday morning even as it remained sunny throughout the day.The sunny weather failed to push the maximum (day) temperature much…
Chandigarh: Accusing the BJP of meting out step-motherly treatment to the state, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday asserted that the saffron party can win from any state in the country, but it should never dream of winning in Punjab.Interacting with media persons in Mohali, Mann said, “In the assembly election results announced Monday,…
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday directed the PMRDA to prepare the pending structural development plan for villages within its jurisdiction in six months and called for setting up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for the Katraj–Yerawada twin tunnel project.The chief minister issued these directives while chairing the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA)…
Guwahati: Post delimitation, the number of assembly seats in Guwahati rose from four to five, yet the outcome remained unchanged, with the NDA once again sweeping the city.In the 2021 assembly election, all four Guwahati seats had gone to the NDA, underlining its continued dominance in the urban capital.In this election, attention was centred sharply…
Main gate of Haridev Joshi University damaged Jaipur: The main gate of Haridev Joshi University’s new campus at Dehmi Kala was damaged during a dust storm and rain Saturday, raising concerns over construction quality and campus safety.The campus, operational since July last year and built at a cost of about Rs 110 crore, includes digital…
Delimited seats give saffron party a multiplier effectDelimitation proved the wild card in Assam’s first assembly poll since the boundaries of constituencies were redrawn in 2023, cutting the number of Muslim-majority seats from 35 to 22 to leave BJP’s two main rivals — Congress and AIUDF — fighting an existential battle against each other. Although…
In 1859, Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was postulated in “On the Origin of Species.” In this theory, Darwin suggested that evolution occurred gradually, although there were no complete fossils. In contemporary times, scientists have found evidence of evolution from a 150-million-year-old fossil that shows soft tissue, which was predicted by Darwin in his theory…
The period drama ‘Kara’, starring Dhanush continues its stable run at the box office. The film released on April 30 and has shown good growth over the first week. The overall trend remains positive despite weekday drops.Directed by Vignesh Raja, the film has also gained traction in the Telugu market. It has earned over Rs…
This discovery, spearheaded by George McJunkin, dramatically reshaped our understanding of the continent’s first inhabitants. Image Credits: Via Wikimedia Commons The past is not necessarily unearthed in dusty libraries by academics; sometimes, it comes to light through those who know how to interpret the landscape. On a sweltering August afternoon in 1908, a massive flash…
