NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday said pendency of thousands of bail petitions for years in high courts violated the “precious” right to liberty and ordered that issuance of notice on bail pleas could be dispensed with by serving a petition copy in advance on prosecution to enable them to respond on the very first…
THE HAGUE: Nations around the world on Monday repatriated passengers from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak and quarantined or isolated them, including a French woman and an American who tested positive.Passengers from the ship began flying home aboard military and govt planes Sunday after the MV Hondius anchored in the Canary…
After months of waiting, the Dark Lord is all set to make his return!‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 3, finally has its release date. Prime Video has officially announced that the next chapter in the hit saga, will premiere on November 11.‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’…
Hard work is written all over the day. Saturn, your ruler, pushes duty, and Mars adds heat, so you may feel tense and restless even before the first cup of tea.Still, support comes from your younger brother or sister, or someone like a sibling. A quick call, a helpful errand, or even their confidence in…
New Delhi: An IAS officer who recently attempted self-enumeration for Census 2027 was unable to pinpoint the exact location of his house on the portal, https://se.census.gov.in, because the location pin drifted each time he tried to place it accurately, despite fully zooming in on his location in North Delhi.“I eventually had to select a tentative…
Mumbai: In Maharashtra, 611 people living with HIV (PLHIV) were “lost to follow-up and treatment” in 2025-26, according to data available through RTI from National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO).This marks a 57% drop as compared to 2024-2025.NACO defines “lost to follow-up” as a patient who hasn’t made clinic visits or taken medicines distributed for free…
Bengaluru: The redevelopment and desilting of Ulsoor Lake, taken up nearly two decades after major restoration efforts, has hit a temporary pause after recent rain refilled some areas. It has slowed critical desilting work before the monsoon sets in.The nearly Rs 25-crore rejuvenation project, currently under way at the historic waterbody, includes desilting and civic…
Chennai: TVK MLA from Thousand Lights constituency J C D Prabhakar is set to become the speaker of the 17th Tamil Nadu assembly as he submitted his nomination for the post to assembly secretary K Srinivasan on Monday.As Prabhakar is the only MLA to file the nomination, he is set to be elected as the…
The city woke up to overcast skies and relatively pleasant conditions on Monday Gurgaon: The city woke up to overcast skies and relatively pleasant conditions on Monday, until temperatures began rising around 1 pm as the day became sunny.The weather department forecast isolated light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds with…
Kolkata: Following Bengal govt’s first cabinet meeting on Monday, CM Suvendu Adhikari announced the rollout of all central schemes, including Ayushman Bharat, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima and PM Vishwakarma, in the state, without discontinuing the existing state social-welfare schemes such as Lakshmir Bhandar and Swasthya Sathi .Besides Adhikari, the cabinet meeting…
