FN Souza’s projector was sold for Rs 36.1 lakh, 64 times its higher estimate Panaji: Renowned artist of Goan-origin Francis Newton Souza’s artwork St Sebastian (1957) fetched Rs 7.3 crore, more than double of its higher estimate, at the recently-held Saffronart Summer Online Auction.Estimated to be between Rs 1.8-2.8 crore at the time, the work…
Ahmedabad: A traffic jam outside Ahmedabad railway station ended with a man in handcuffs. The man allegedly posed as an IPS officer, threatened railway police personnel and assaulted a constable during a confrontation outside Ahmedabad railway station.A day later, railway police arrested him and booked him under multiple sections of the BNS.The incident occurred on…
District town planner Babita Gupta reported that four demolition drives were conducted during May 2026. Panchkula: A district-level anti-encroachment committee has ordered a targeted enforcement campaign to curb illegal construction, focusing immediate actions along controlled areas, national highways, and designated 30-meter restricted zones. DC Satpal Sharma directed executive engineers from the NHAI and the PWD…
Chetan Chaudhary (L), Siya Goyal (C), Ketan Agarwal (R) PUNE: A discarded passport, thousands of phone calls and alleged secret meetings have emerged as key clues in the investigation into the murder of realtor Ketan Agarwal, with police claiming his fiancée Siya Goyal and her alleged lover Chetan Chaudhary conspired to kill him.Police said Goyal…
Itanagar: A 16-year-old student and a dog were rescued on Wednesday after flash floods swept them into the reservoir of the 405 MW Panyor Lower Hydroelectric Project in Keyi Panyor district of Arunachal Pradesh.A Class XI student, Bishu Sinha of Yazali Govt Higher Secondary School, was washed away from his home in the NEEPCO colony…
Lucknow: Story of Sarah Moin’s success in the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) is not one of just her determination but also of the support she received from advocate Amar Jain, blind by birth, dedicated to fighting for accessibility and disability rights.Born to jeweller Anil Jain and homemaker Anita Jain, Amar studied at a blind…
Jaipur: A 21-year-old woman who had been missing for more than a week was found dead in a well in Jaipur’s Jamwa Ramgarh area Tuesday night, prompting police to investigate the circumstances surrounding her death.Police said the body was in an advanced state of decomposition and is suspected to have been in the well for…
New Delhi: BJP Wednesday accused Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and his son Priyank, a Karnataka minister, of “land grab” in their home state for ostensible purposes as diverse as setting up of ventures in aerospace and defence and promotion of the Pali language.It is the Congress dispensation in the state that has enriched them through…
Crude oil prices tumbled on Thursday towards pre-war levels as tanker movement through the Strait of Hormuz picked up, easing earlier supply concerns. After surging past $126 per barrel during the Middle East crisis, oil has now fallen sharply, slipping back towards the $70 mark.Around 7 am IST, Brent crude stood at $72.90, down 1.14%…
From ‘Vaishali’ to ‘Mouna Ragam’: When rain became a character in films Rain has played a unique role in majority of the films all over the world. While it mostly appears as part of the narrative many filmmakers have used it as a storytelling device that influences characters and events.In films such as ‘Singin’ in…
