A bookstore in Sector 8, Chandigarh, made for an intimate and fitting setting recently as Chandigarh-based author Sakoon Singh stepped into conversation about her latest work, Fourteen Springs of Separation, a historical fiction that reaches back into the turbulent heartland of nineteenth-century Punjab. In dialogue with Dr Manpreet Kaur, a historian whose academic grounding lent…
NEW DELHI: Suvendu Adhikari’s rise as BJP’s choice for chief minister in West Bengal comes after years of positioning himself as the party’s most formidable anti-Mamata Banerjee face in the state. From defeating the Trinamool Congress supremo in her own den to leading the BJP’s aggressive Hindutva-driven campaign, Adhikari steadily emerged as the saffron party’s…
Kash Patel has ordered polygraph (Lie detector) tests for more than two dozen current and former members of his FBI security detail as he hunts for alleged leaks in the agency, according to sources cited by MS NOW.The scrutiny extended beyond Patel’s security team to include IT staff and other employees who had access to…
New gratuity rules: Over time, this may translate into a higher payout at the time of exit. (AI image) Gratuity has long been seen as a quiet but meaningful reward for years of service. It is not something employees think about every month, but at the time of leaving a job, it often becomes one…
What started as a simple Vlog visit to TV star Samarth Jurel’s new home turned into one of the most entertaining moments in the ongoing saga of filmmaker Farah Khan and her cook-turned-YouTube sensation Dilip. When Farah told Dilip he would one day have a house like Samarth’s, Dilip casually informed her that his house…
VITEEE result 2026: The Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) has declared the VIT Engineering Entrance Examination (VITEEE) 2026 results today, May 8. Candidates who appeared for the entrance examination can now check and download their rank cards from the official website at vit.ac.in.Students can access the VITEEE 2026 result by logging in with their application…
Photo credit: X/@IndianFootball India kept alive their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals of the AFC Under-17 Women’s Asian Cup with a 4-0 win over Lebanon in their final Group B match at the Suzhou Taihu Football Sports Centre in China on Friday.Pritika Barman scored twice in the 6th and 85th minutes, while Alva Devi Senjam…
Both CPM and CPI on Friday extended letters of support for Vijay’s TVK to form the govt. CHENNAI: While extending support to Vijay’s Tamiliga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) for the formation of the govt in Tamil Nadu, Left parties on Friday clarified that they would continue to work with DMK to safeguard the state’s interest and…
NEW DELHI: The investigation into the Air India AI 171 crash in Ahmedabad, which killed 260 people in June 2025, is in its final stage, and the report is expected to be made public within a month, Union civil aviation minister Rammohan Naidu said on Friday.He added that the probe is being conducted with “seriousness,…
26-year-old Indian student Mohammad Kumel Shaik died of heart attack in the US. A 26-year-old Indian student, Mohammed Kumel Shaik, died of cardiac arrest, a day after celebrating his graduation walk from Golden Gate University in California. His friends started a fundraiser to help send his body back to India for his last rites.“Our dear…
