Gorakhpur: A 34-year-old man from Siddharth Nagar died after being swept away by a sudden surge in a river in Nepal, where he had gone to visit his maternal relatives on Raksha Bandhan. His body was recovered on Saturday.The deceased, Prabhat Soni, a resident of Itwa Nagar Panchayat, had travelled to Mau Jignihwa village bordering…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s electricity consumption has surged by nearly 64% over the past decade, driven primarily by rapid industrial expansion. State planners now preparing for demand to cross 250 billion units (BU) annually by 2035-36 as manufacturing, data centres and the digital economy fuel the next phase of growth.According to data from Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam…
Chandigarh: A man arrested by the Khanna CIA in a heroin seizure case allegedly escaped from police custody after he and his relatives threw red chilli powder into the eyes of police personnel during a search of his Sector 38 residence on Friday evening.The accused, Deepak Thapa, a resident of Sector 38, was arrested by…
Pune: Three men allegedly beat up a 44-year-old autorickshaw driver near Mandai Metro Station around 10pm on Thursday after he refused to take them on a short-distance trip.The autorickshaw driver, Vishal Kamble (44), a resident of Gokhalenagar, lodged a complaint with the Vishrambaug police on Friday.Senior inspector Navnath Jagtap said, “The trio approached Kamble and…
Guwahati: For days, the flash floods in Nepal have kept several families in Assam trapped in a cruel limbo — caught between desperate hope and the fear of the worst.For retired Gauhati University professor Dipali Sarkar’s family in Guwahati, the trip has now turned into a search for answers. Sarkar and her husband, Manash Kumar…
Lucknow: They may look like little patches of moss on rocks or tree trunks, but lichens can tell scientists a great deal about the health of the environment.In a breakthrough, the CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI) has discovered nine lichen species in Madhya Pradesh’s Maihar and Satna districts..The study, conducted by Gaurav K. Mishra of…
Suspect accused of supplying sim cards to pakistani handlers arrested by Sriganganagar police Jaipur: A drug peddler allegedly working for Pakistan-based handlers and supplying them with Indian SIM cards was arrested in Sriganganagar Saturday, with police now probing whether cross-border drug networks are being used to recruit operatives for espionage and other anti-national activities.SP Hari…
‘Unity in diversity in Bharat’s DNA: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat, addressing around 5,000 members of Indian-American organisations at Madison Square Garden in New York, spoke about unity, pluralism, individual responsibility and the obligations of the Indian diaspora, while arguing that material success alone cannot define a…
Quote of the day by Queen Elizabeth (AP photo) Queen Elizabeth’s words offer a quiet reminder that wisdom never really belongs to just one person, and that genuine humility is essential when dealing honestly with other people. “But let us not take ourselves too seriously,” she said. “None of us has a monopoly of wisdom,…
Real Madrid’s head coach Jose Mourinho sits on the bench before the La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) With the 2026 Ballon d’Or drawing closer, Jose Mourinho has offered a rather different way of looking at football’s biggest individual prize, arguing…
