Varanasi: BJP president Nitin Nabin on Wednesday voiced confidence that his party will form the govt in West Bengal with a “massive majority”.Speaking to reporters after offering prayers at the Vindhyachal temple in Mirzapur, Nabin said: “Wednesday was a special day for Bengal as people turned out in record numbers to ensure a BJP-led govt…
Ahmedabad: Wednesday was like any other workday for a Vejalpur couple, until their phone rang. Their teenaged daughter had called them in panic to say that a man was standing outside their door with a knife and banging on the door, demanding to speak with her. The girl had allegedly ended her relationship with the…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann informed on Wednesday that he is scheduled to meet President Draupadi Murmu on May 5 in connection with the merger of seven AAP MPs in Rajya Sabha with the BJP. Mann had earlier sought an appointment with the President for a meeting along with party MLAs to demand “recall”…
Surat: A visual arts student at Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU), who is from Dang, turned personal experience into powerful artistic expression to highlight the poor condition of a govt-run hostel. Pratik Khurkutiya recently won the Tata Trusts’ Students’ Biennale National Award 2025-26 for his project, “The Quiet Beneath The Rubble”, showcased at The Students’ Biennale,…
Guwahati: Activists have opposed the felling of trees along the banks of the Deepor Beel, a Ramsar site near Guwahati, for an elevated railway corridor, even as they and the railways describe the project as necessary to prevent elephant deaths in train collisions.Environmentalists demanded that valuable trees along the four-kilometre foothill stretch be transplanted instead…
Lucknow: A blend of classical fusion music in ‘Lai Aur Sur Ka Safr’, an event organised by Taal Yatra enthralled the audience with a blend of tabla, folk and Western musical traditions at Rai Umanath Bali Auditorium on Wednesday.Dedicated to tabla maestros Ustad Allah Rakha and Zakir Hussain, the evening celebrated the enduring legacy of…
Palanpur: Six women were killed and eight others injured when a private bus crashed into their van on the National Highway- 48 near Himmatnagar in Sabarkantha district on Wednesday.The women were members of a catering team for social events, and they were going from Sardoi village of Modasa to Hunj village near Himmatnagar, police said.“Inspection…
Bhilwara: Police in Bhilwara arrested a 21-year-old man Tuesday after a case was registered alleging he raped a 17-year-old girl and pressured her to change her religion in the Kotwali police station area.The accused has been identified as Sultan Khan. Bhilwara police said he is being interrogated and that City deputy SP Sajjan Singh is…
New Delhi: Flight operations at Jodhpur airport resumed after nearly a month as runway resurfacing work was completed, with an Indian Air Force Dornier aircraft landing early on Tuesday to mark the reopening of the main runway, officials said. After Jodhpur runway recarpeting, Srinagar, Pune and Adampur airports will also be recarpeted under different schedules…
Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe speaks during an interview with The Associated Press after winning the London Marathon in London, Monday, April 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Sebastian Sawe made history on Sunday morning at the London Marathon, becoming the first man to complete a marathon under two hours in official race conditions while defending his title…
