A 28-year-old man from Punjab, Gurudeep Singh, was shot dead in New York while delivering pizza.According to local reports, Gurdeep from Jabbowal village in Punjab’s Kapurthala district, was in the Richmond Street area of New York when an unidentified armed person allegedly opened fire during a suspected robbery attempt.Gurdeep moved to the US about 13…
L-R: Ajit Agarkar, Gautam Gambhir, Shubman Gill, and Sitanshu Kotak. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Bangladesh’s defeat to Australia in the second Test in Mackay has given India a small but significant boost in the race for a place in the World Test Championship (WTC) final.Bangladesh had stunned Australia in the opening Test in Darwin to…
People often imagine that life will truly begin once they reach a particular destination, achieve a goal or resolve a problem. Seneca, the Roman Stoic philosopher, warned against this habit more than two thousand years ago. In his essay On the Shortness of Life, he wrote that “the greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which…
What changes for you and what doesn’t under UCC The phrase Uniform Civil Code sounds deceptively simple. One country. One civil code. One set of rules for everyone, irrespective of religion.But India’s experiment with the UCC reveals a more complicated reality.A Hindu woman in Uttarakhand does not necessarily experience the UCC in the same way…
The deceased was identified as Nazia Khanam. NEW DELHI: A 30-year-old pregnant woman working with the Ministry of Defence was found dead at her home in southwest Delhi’s Dwarka on Friday, police said.Police have registered a case of cruelty and abetment of suicide against her husband and in-laws after her family alleged she was harassed…
Would you want to see what’s happening inside a restaurant kitchen before your food lands on your table?Ahmedabad may soon make that possible.The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has asked 11,123 restaurants and food businesses to install CCTV cameras in their kitchens and display the live footage on screens that customers can see. The idea is…
Protesters blocked major roads and intersections, burned tyres and clashed with K-Electric personnel over prolonged blackouts (ANI photo) Power protests erupted across several parts of Karachi as residents took to the streets over prolonged and unannounced outages, blocking major roads and burning tyres while demanding restoration of electricity.Demonstrations were reported in Pak Colony, Liaquatabad, Gharibabad,…
India’s space ambitions need to move from joining missions to shaping the rules and infrastructure of lunar exploration. There’s a particular kind of compliment that sounds better than it really is. “You should join us”. It is, undoubtedly, better than being left out. It means someone thinks you have something to contribute. But there’s a…
A dance teacher jumped into the Yamuna river in Delhi due to financial stress. NEW DELHI: A 30-year-old dance teacher allegedly jumped into the Yamuna in southeast Delhi after a decline in his income made it difficult for him to pay the instalments on an iPhone, police said.The incident took place around 8.30 pm on…
Rajnath lays foundation for 5 expansion projects of GRSE, Yantra India. (Image credit: X/@rajnathsingh) NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday virtually laid the foundation stones for five brownfield expansion projects of Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) and Yantra India Ltd in West Bengal, with a combined investment of nearly Rs 3,500 crore.Singh…