Chandigarh: The city witnessed five separate incidents of snatching, attempted robbery and burglary between Monday night and Tuesday, keeping police o their toes. No arrests had been made till the filing of the report.In two incidents, women were targeted by motorcycle-borne snatchers. Near the Sector 7 police beat box, two helmeted men allegedly snatched a…
Guwahati: Bhupen Hazarika’s music still carries Assam’s history, conflicts and hopes across generations.As Assam marked his birth centenary, his associates and language experts recalled his contributions to music, journalism, language, culture and social consciousness.Hazarika wrote “Manuhe Manuhor Babe, Jadihe Akanu Nebhabe” during Assam’s language movement in the 1960s. Kamal Kataki, who accompanied him on guitar…
Sultanpur, a politically talked-about eastern-central district of Uttar Pradesh, has emerged as an important example of how infrastructure-led development can reshape the economic and social profile of a traditionally agrarian district. Sultanpur has historically depended heavily on agriculture, small trade and traditional occupations. However, the period since 2017 under Yogi regime has brought a visible…
Palanpur: Patan City A Division police arrested a woman with 78.3g of mephedrone, worth Rs 2.34 lakh, during a raid in the Nishal Ni Pol neighbourhood of the town.The raid was conducted based on specific intelligence that Irfan Ali alias Dhoni Saiyed and his wife Firozabanu were selling narcotic substances.During a search of the house,…
Jaisalmer: Indian Air Force (IAF) and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) will begin the bilateral air exercise Veer Guardian-2026 at Air Force Station Jodhpur and adjoining areas on Sept 9. The exercise will continue until Sept 22.An official said IAF would deploy a mix of frontline combat aircraft, including indigenous Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, Su-30…
Congress SC/ST MPs seek FIR over ‘purification’ of Kharge rally venue NEW DELHI: Confrontation hit Parliament Street police station Tuesday after a group of Congress SC/ST MPs petitioned police for an FIR for the “untouchability-purification” committed against party president Mallikarjun Kharge, but cops refused to file the case. After three hours of deadlock, police informed…
Rachel Chen, 18, won $100,000 for her innovative quantum mathematics research. (Photo: Society for Science) At just 18, Rachel Chen has taken a decades-old mathematical idea and expanded it into a visual framework for understanding complex quantum systems, earning her a $100,000 award in the 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search.Chen, a student at Marlborough School…
Picture Credit: Instagram Kamal Haasan’s production banner Raajkamal Films International has issued a warning about an ongoing casting fraud allegedly being carried out in the production house’s name. The banner clarified that it has not appointed or hired any casting agents for its films and urged people to be wary of fraudulent emails, messages and…
George Kamurasi (X Photo) What began as a troubled teenage life, followed by a second chance through football, has now taken George Desmond Kamurasi to a destination few could have imagined — the throne of Uganda’s historic Tooro Kingdom.At 36, Kamurasi is still better known around south-east London as “Big G”, the towering goalkeeper and…
Picture of Myliobatis aquila. Image Credit: Wikipedia More than 100 ‘eagle rays’ were recorded gathering around a tuna ranch off the north-eastern coast of Malta. Scientists believe it is the largest aggregation of the species ever recorded. The remarkable sighting was captured during routine underwater monitoring in October 2024, when a remotely operated vehicle surveyed…
