New mobile recharge rules Prepaid mobile users will have more recharge options under a new consumer protection framework notified by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), with the changes covering both plan validity and voice-and-SMS-only services.The new rules provide for greater availability of voice-and-SMS-only Special Tariff Vouchers (STVs), including plans valid for 30 days…
Representative Image of a vibrant river with diverse wildlife flowing freely after the removal of an old dam in Kosovo (AI Generated Image) Kosovo is preparing to remove the obsolete Mirusha Dam, opening up 35 kilometres of river habitat and restoring free-flowing conditions along a river that ecological surveys have identified as a biodiversity hotspot….
Retired Army veteran Shamsuddin and his wife Saddo Begum were discovered murdered in their residence HATHRAS: A retired Army man and his wife were found hacked to death with a sharp-edged weapon at their house near the Agra bypass in Hathras on Sunday, with police forming five teams to identify the killers and determine the…
The storm has brought strong winds, heavy rain, coastal flooding and high surf across the Northeast. A 56-year-old man was killed after a fallen tree struck him in Brooklyn on Saturday as a powerful early-season storm, known as a nor’easter, battered the US Northeast with heavy rain and strong winds.Emergency crews were called to Euclid…
Akhilesh Yadav alleged that the Election Commission and officials had worked together to delete votes belonging to the Samajwadi Party. NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has again trained his guns at the Election Commission. Reviving his allegations about the conduct of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, he said the votes of SP…
A rare pyramid-shaped tomb dating to the Roman period has been uncovered at Bir Al-Shaghala in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis, revealing a striking blend of Egyptian funerary traditions and Greek and Roman influences. The discovery was announced by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on September 24 and has since been reported by Ahram Online, Archaeology…
NEW DELHI: India’s Harita Bhadra secured a hard-fought bronze medal in the women’s 200m at the Asian Games 2026 on Sunday, edging Japan’s Abigeirufuka Ido in a thrilling photo-finish.Harita clocked 23.20 seconds to finish third, just 0.01 seconds ahead of Ido, who was timed at 23.21s. Indonesia’s Shanti Pereira won the gold in 22.78s, while…
Peter Van Geit recounts his six-year legal battle in an Instagram post. In June 2024, Belgian trekker and Chennai-based activist Peter Van Geit lost his 93-year-old mother, Irena Van Goethem. She died in Belgium, where Van Geit had wanted to be with her during her final years.Instead, he says, he was in India, after years…
‘A person who is sixteen before the ceremony remains sixteen afterwards,’ said Justice Narula NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has refused to quash a POCSO case against a man who married a 16-year-old girl, holding that a marriage claimed to be valid under Muslim personal law cannot shield an adult from prosecution for sexual…
Photo credit: Bob Marley Museum/ Instagram In 1975, Bob Marley purchased 56 Hope Road in Kingston, Jamaica, and turned the property into his home, creative base and a place closely connected with the final years of his life. The 19th-century house later became a museum after Marley’s death in 1981. Six years later, his wife,…