Firefighters swiftly controlled the situation as train carrying cars caught fire LUCKNOW: An automobile carrier wagon of a freight train ferrying cars caught fire near Roopaspur in Firozabad district on Wednesday afternoon.The incident occurred around 4pm in the Linepar police limits area on the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC).According to officials, the freight train was travelling…
Payal Goyal with her son Ishan (l), Pratyasha and her family (R) KOTA: For more than two decades, Dr Sunita Sunil Karande’s life was measured by eye charts, prescriptions, and surgeries. As an ophthalmologist in Solapur, Maharashtra, her professional identity was ironclad. But between 2022 and 2023, her life could be measured by lunchboxes, mock-test…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday raised the issue of maritime security and the safety of Indian seafarers during his bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in France, underlining the importance of keeping global shipping routes open.PM Modi said that “lakhs of Indians are working…
In the summer of 2022, Sri Lanka became a symbol of economic collapse.Fuel stations ran dry. Long queues stretched for kilometres. Power cuts lasted for hours. Inflation surged, foreign exchange reserves evaporated and the country defaulted on its external debt for the first time in its history.The crisis triggered political upheaval, culminating in the resignation…
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signalled progress in ongoing trade negotiations with India, saying the two sides were close to finalising an agreement.“We are very close to the deal,” Trump told reporters when asked about the proposed India-US trade pact on the sidelines of the G7 Summit.The remarks come amid intensified negotiations between New…
Rakesh Bedi has been the talk of the town ever since the release of Aditya Dhar‘s ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’. The veteran actor won immense praise for his performance as Jameel Jamali in the Ranveer Singh starrer. Recently, at an event Bedi spoke about his character and if Aditya Dhar had revealed the suspense of his…
The Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh (BIEAP) will release the AP Inter Supplementary (IPASE) Results 2026 for first and second year students on June 18, 12 pm onwards. Earlier, there was speculation that the results could be announced around June 15, but there has been a delay. Officials, earlier said that the scanning and…
Argentine footballer Lionel Messi during an event as part of his ‘G.O.A.T. India Tour 2025 (PTI Photo) Fresh developments have emerged in the investigation into the alleged mismanagement during Lionel Messi‘s ‘GOAT India Tour’ event at Kolkata’s Yuva Bharati Krirangan in December last year. On Wednesday, members of Messi’s team reportedly approached the Bidhannagar Police…
Essel group Chairman Subhash Chandra NEW DELHI: Essel group Chairman Subhash Chandra has sold a prime Lutyens’ Delhi bungalow to an unnamed businessman for Rs 1,260 crore in what is being touted as one of the costliest property deals in recent times, sources said.The nearly 3-acre bungalow on Bhagwan Das Road in close vicinity to…
Mumbai: In a significant move aimed at easing the burden on the teaching community, the school education department has issued a new directive designating Saturdays exclusively for administrative work, data filing and report submission.The move is expected to alleviate a substantial amount of non-educational paperwork that has traditionally eaten into instructional hours.For years, civil society…
