Hyderabad: Union coal and mines minister G Kishan Reddy on Monday announced that the Centre has begun a time-bound programme for scientific mine closure, including shutting down long-abandoned and exhausted mines. About 147 mines have remained abandoned since Independence, and the govt has initiated structured closure work with the aim of completing closures by 2028,…
Surya Vihar residents have now become reliant on private tanker deliveries every day Gurgaon: Over the past two months, water shortage has hit nearly 600 houses in the Surya Vihar Society, Sector 21, forcing residents to rely on private tanker deliveries almost every day.The shortage has prompted the RWA to seek intervention from the chief…
Darjeeling: A 5.7-magnitude earthquake that shook Darjeeling and large parts of North Bengal late Sunday night has once again brought into sharp focus the region’s growing seismic vulnerability, particularly after the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), under the revised Indian Standard 1893 seismic zonation map, placed almost the entire Himalayan and sub-Himalayan belt, including the…
Uttar Pradesh police constable recruitment exams concluded smoothly statewide on Monday, with over 7.23 lakh candidates appearing. LUCKNOW: The written examination for the Uttar Pradesh police constable and equivalent posts direct recruitment-2025 was conducted successfully across the state on Monday amid elaborate security arrangements, the Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board (UPPRPB) said.The examination…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday took a swipe at the INDIA bloc after its meeting in Delhi, claiming that the opposition alliance has lost public support and credibility.Addressing a press conference, BJP MP Sambit Patra mocked the shrinking scale of INDIA bloc meetings after parties like DMK and AAP left the alliance, saying…
A routine shift at a McDonald’s restaurant turned horrific when a 20-year-old employee was doused with scalding hot oil by a co-worker in an unprovoked attack.Jacob Smith remains in ICU more than a week after suffering second-degree burns to his face, neck, arm and back during the incident on 30 May in Yuba City, California….
SpaceX is preparing for a stock market debut that could become the largest initial public offering in history. The Elon Musk-led company is seeking to raise about $75 billion at a valuation of roughly $1.75 trillion, a figure that would place it among the most valuable publicly traded companies in the world from day one.The…
Seven years ago, a small TVF web series about a middle-class family in small-town India launched on SonyLIV with a 15-day shoot, a single house as its primary location, and almost no budget. Nobody predicted that ‘Gullak’ would become one of the most emotionally resonant shows in the history of Indian streaming. Now, with Season…
The Madhya Pradesh Employees Selection Board (MPESB) has postponed the second shift of the Forest Guard, Field Guard, Jail Prahari and Assistant Jail Superintendent Combined recruitment examination 2026 that was scheduled to be held on June 7.According to the board, the examination could not be conducted due to a technical issue. The affected candidates will…
Shubman Gill and KL Rahul (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: India may have registered the biggest innings victory in their Test history against Afghanistan, but legendary Sunil Gavaskar believes the team’s biggest challenge lies not with the ball but with the bat. India crushed Afghanistan by an innings and 300 runs in the one-off Test in…
