4th and final phase of Rajasthan’s Panchayati Raj elections Saturday, as polling across 25 districts recorded 71% turnout by 6 pm. Officials said Banswara’s Chhoti Sarwa panchayat samiti logged the highest participation at 89%. Jaipur: One election personnel died of suspected heart attack while on duty during the 4th and final phase of Rajasthan’s Panchayati…
People attend a demontration to denounce violence against women in Bern, Switzerland (Picture credit: AP) Hundreds of men gathered outside parliament in the Swiss capital on Saturday to protest against misogyny and violence against women, calling on men to take a more active and vocal role in challenging both.The demonstration, titled “Men against Violence against…
Vir Hirani is set to explore a new side of his acting career by lending his voice to one of literature’s best-known jungle characters. The actor will reportedly play Mowgli in an upcoming AI-generated Indian feature inspired by ‘The Jungle Book’. Soumitra Ranade is directing the film, and it will have a Hindi voice track.The…
India vs New Zealand Live Score, 5th ODI: India and New Zealand lock horns in the fifth and final ODI of the series at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, on Sunday, November 15. The visitors hold a 2-1 advantage but have plenty to address after their disastrous performance in the fourth ODI, where Matt Henry’s sensational…
It’s Chhath. By late afternoon, the ghats will be full, with women in yellow and orange saris standing knee-deep in water, waiting for the Sun to dip so they can offer arghya. Many haven’t eaten or had a sip of water since last evening. That kind of discipline fits the Moon in Capricorn, a sign…
Amit Khanna at his Defence Colony residence (Photo credit: Tarun Rawat) Amit Khanna, lyricist and well-known Bollywood personality, reveals how he came to write the songs of ‘Chalte Chalte’ and why poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan was disappointed that his son had left a decent jobNEW DELHI: In the late 1960s, New Delhi’s young and restless…
FLOCKING TOGETHER: Young Birders Month gave Birdwatching is more enjoyable when it is shared. For young enthusiasts, being part of a community means identifying birds together, exchanging observations, learning from one another and discovering the natural world in a more engaging way.This spirit of shared learning is at the heart of Young Birders’ Month, a…
Search on for 6th suspect Chennai: The suspected mastermind, Arun Raj, whose gang posed as an income tax department personnel and tried to extort money from a family in Ramapuram by tying up three members, was arrested on Saturday. Police solved the case on Friday and arrested four suspects.On Nov 10, three men in police…
Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao Hyderabad: Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao was placed under house arrest by the police at his residence in Tarnaka on Saturday, preventing him from staging a black flag protest against the Bharat Summit and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the city.Addressing the media at his residence, Rao…
Alternative pipeline at Tala. picture by Sayantan Chakraborty Kolkata: Residents continued to suffer as water pressure remained low in many areas of north Kolkata, owing to the leak in KMC’s water supply line under Tala Bridge.Though engineers of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) have managed to divert supply from the damaged pipe to other distribution lines,…
