LUCKNOW: With the tenure of gram panchayats across Uttar Pradesh ending on Tuesday, the state government has issued an order allowing outgoing 57,694 gram pradhans to continue in administrative roles until fresh panchayat bodies are constituted.The Panchayati Raj Department clarified that the five-year term of gram panchayats elected after the 2021 elections will formally conclude…
Police remove surveillance equipment from Abhishek’s house KOLKATA: Plainclothes cops knocked on the doors of Shantiniketan — the residence of Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee — on Monday and walked out with a large monitor and hard disks after several minutes of high drama.The heavily guarded residence of Banerjee saw a visible security…
AI-generated representative image BENGALURU: Hallucinated citations in scientific papers have exploded since the rise of AI tools. At least 1,46,932 fabricated references generated by artificial intelligence entered the scientific record in 2025 alone, and the vast majority of those detected in preprints survived peer review into journal articles.That is the central finding of a large-scale…
The fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran came under fresh strain on Monday after US forces carried out what Washington described as “self-defence” strikes on Iranian missile launch sites and boats allegedly attempting to lay mines near the Strait of Hormuz, even as diplomatic talks to end the conflict continued behind closed doors.The…
NEW DELHI: Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said in a swift operation, 300 tourists have been evacuated stranded in a cable car in Gulmarg. The rescue operation is followed by a technical glitch resulted in halting of Gulmarg Gondola service at the north Kashmir tourist resort of Gulmarg on Monday.Sharing a post on X, he said,…
She has a soft voice, almost like that of a child and an innocent smile. You want to hug and comfort her, support her. Her journey is tough. ” It has always been,” says 27 Radhika Sapra who is fighting stage 4 ovarian cancer-all alone.She lost her father a in 2022, and has no siblings….
Neymar Jr. wearing Brazil’s iconic No. 10 in 2022/ Image: Instagram@Neymarjr The debate should not even exist, and yet here we are, days before Brazil name their squad numbers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with social media ablaze over reports that Vinicius Jr., the Real Madrid forward who has become the most explosive attacking…
National Medical Commission NEW DELHI: In a major relief for foreign medical graduates (FMGs) and states struggling with shortage of internship seats, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has extended permission for Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship (CRMI) in recognised non-teaching hospitals till May 2028.The earlier extension was valid only till May 2026. Officials said the latest…
NEW DELHI: Foreign ministers of the Quad nations are meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday, with discussions expected to focus on critical minerals, maritime security and energy concerns amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia.External Affairs minister S Jaishankar is hosting Australia’s Penny Wong, Japan’s Toshimitsu Motegi and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for…
Cristiano Ronaldo ultra-rare Panini card just got sold for massive seven-figure sum, smashing records in private collector deal/ Image: Instagram Cristiano Ronaldo has added another record to his name away from football after a rare one-of-one Panini trading card featuring the Portuguese superstar sold privately for a staggering $1.35 million. The historic sale involved Ronaldo’s…