Amid the dim lighting, actor Mantra Mugdh, playing Busker, enters the stage wearing a mask of Shakespeare. He sits down on a wooden box and begins to play an instrument shaped like a regular household utensil. The image is colourful yet ominous, like witnessing the start of something dangerous but human. A tragicomedy, if you…
Mumbai: How does one tackle nearly 39 tonnes of leftovers after dayslong community feasts? Use them to produce fuel and power, for starters. BMC tied up with Lalbaugcha Raja for the first time for an initiative—Prasad to Power —under which food waste generated after being served to thousands of devotees on each of the 12…
The Bangalore Development Authority has commissioned a traffic impact study for the proposed Hebbal short tunnel. BENGALURU: The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) commissioned a study led by an IIT-Bombay professor to assess the traffic impact of its proposed Hebbal short tunnel following widespread criticism of the project.However, the August 2026 study, titled Integrated Traffic Micro-simulation…
The AVS subsequently arrested Veeramani and his two associates on Aug 29. The three were remanded in judicial custody. CHENNAI: Deputy commissioner of police (crime against women and children) V V Geethanjali has sought to recuse herself from the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the cases against granite baron R Veeramani, who has been arrested…
New Alipore has undergone significant transformation since its inception as a planned suburb in the 1950s. From bungalow colony to premium residential address, New Alipore has changed dramatically — but its parks, clubs, puja committees and para culture continue to bind the neighbourhood togetherOn a weekday morning, New Alipore can be deceptively quiet. Retired residents…
The bus was carrying 30 to 40 passengers (Representative Image) AHMEDABAD: Five people were killed and five others injured after a private bus collided with a truck on the Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway in Gujarat’s Anand district early Wednesday morning, police said.The accident occurred when the bus was trying to overtake the truck on the expressway, Superintendent…
Chandigarh police have arrested Mohammad Shaheen from Haridwar in Uttarakhand for allegedly supplying the country-made pistol used by Arman Singh to kill his father, head constable Nitin Singh, at their Sector 22 home early Friday Chandigarh: Chandigarh police have arrested Mohammad Shaheen from Haridwar in Uttarakhand for allegedly supplying the country-made pistol used by Arman…
NEET-UG may shift online as Centre develops nationwide CBT infrastructure strategy NEW DELHI: The ministry of education is developing a nationwide Computer-Based Testing (CBT) infrastructure strategy to enable the transition of NEET from its current pen-and-paper format to an online examination, officials said.While NEET has so far been conducted in pen-and-paper mode, the National Testing…
PC: James Kegley/ National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jayda Dawn, then an 11th grader at University High School of Indiana in Carmel, was named the 2026 Poetry Out Loud National Champion in April and won a $20,000 grand prize. She recited poems by Langston Hughes, Alice Duer Miller, and Albery Allson Whitman. Months after…
The bias stays cautious, with yields and Fed policy still the dominant driver even as the pace of losses has slowed. Gold price prediction today: Gold prices are down from recent highs and a firmer dollar is adding to its woes. The bias for gold prices continues to stay cautious, says Vedika Narvekar, Research Analyst…
