Guwahati: A senior state civil service officer, holding the post of additional director of land records, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly accepting Rs 45,000 as bribe.The directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption wing of Assam Police allegedly caught the officer, identified as Lachit Kumar Das, red-handed while receiving the bribe.After arresting Das, sleuths of the…
BJP workers Thursday burnt an effigy of Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi at the party headquarters in Jaipur, for his remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah outside BJP HQ in Jaipur, Rajasthan on 21 May 2026 BJP workers burn an effigy of Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul…
SRINAGAR: Climate activist and Leh Apex Body (LAB) member Sonam Wangchuk will take part Friday in talks with the Centre on Ladakh, doing so as part of a delegation for the first time since such parleys began in 2023 on the political future of the Union territory (UT).LAB, an umbrella group of the region’s political…
Air France and Airbus held guilty over deadly 2009 Atlantic flight disaster Air France and Airbus were found guilty of manslaughter by a Paris appeals court on Thursday over the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447, which killed all 228 people on board after the aircraft plunged into the Atlantic Ocean during a flight…
State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs), including Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), on Thursday said fuel and LPG supplies across the country remain uninterrupted amid the ongoing Middle East crisis, assuring consumers that there is adequate stock and no shortage in the system, ANI reported.The…
Harry Styles and Zoe Kravitz are reportedly looking forward to some Christmas magic this year. As snowflakes begin to fall in December, the beloved duo are said to be planning to walk down the aisle in an intimate ceremony attended only by close family members and friends.Here’s a closer look at Harry Styles and Zoe…
Ahead of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s final league-stage match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, RCB Director of Cricket Mo Bobat confirmed that captain Rajat Patidar is available for selection after missing the previous game due to concussion-related protocols.RCB, who have already qualified for the playoffs, will look to finish the league stage on top with a win over…
Carl Sagan (Image: Wikipedia) There are some quotations that people read quickly and immediately understand. Then others make readers stop for a moment because the words feel bigger than a simple sentence. Carl Sagan’s famous line belongs to that second kind. At first glance, it sounds almost like poetry. It feels reflective, emotional and deeply…
Chilling Reality: People walk past an ice Block shop on the footpath during hot summer day in Delhi. New Delhi: The city continued to reel under an intense and prolonged heatwave on Thursday, with thermal stress now at night too. The city recorded the season’s first “warm night”, a condition likely to persist in the…
Mumbai: Maharashtra recorded a 8% decline in fatal road crashes and fatalities in the first four months of 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to transport department data released on Thursday. Nearly three lakh riders were caught travelling without helmets during the four-month period.Officials said the improvement came alongside intensified enforcement across…
