Looking for a quiet escape from the buzz of the city? Imagine waking up to birdsong drifting through your window, the vibrant garden outside your cottage inviting you to sip your morning tea while wildflowers dance in the breeze. Picture yourself wandering through the cobblestone lanes lined with centuries-old cottages, their windows glowing warmly as…
Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress in Kerala is entering a crucial phase following the United Democratic Front’s (UDF) sweeping victory in the Assembly elections, with the party now tasked with choosing its chief ministerial candidate amid competing claims from senior functionaries.The tussle surfaced even before results, with senior Congress figures openly debating the chief minister’s post after…
SRH openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma. (Pic credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: The scores of over 220 seem inevitable in this IPL. Much of it has to do with the kinds of surfaces that are being produced. While the fans and experts are consumed by the madding frequency of these gigantic scores, there are concerns…
census 2027 (Image credit: ANI) The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) on Tuesday issued notices to Punjab authorities after taking cognisance of the alleged use of casteist words in an official list prepared for the upcoming Census operations in the state.The Commission said it had decided to investigate the matter under powers granted to…
NEW DELHI: Are fitness bands, popularly used for measuring and monitoring physical activities and vital parameters, a communication device?The Supreme Court has agreed to examine this question but has flagged that its Bluetooth connectivity capability could have been the reason for its classification as a communication device.Petitioner GOQii Technologies imported activity trackers/fitness bands, and the…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that Ukraine received a new IRIS-T air defence launcher from Germany, according to Reuters, further strengthening Kyiv’s efforts to protect its cities and critical infrastructure from Russian missile and drone strikes.“Ukraine received a new IRIS-T air defence launcher from Germany yesterday,” Zelenskyy said, highlighting Berlin’s continued military support for…
Praful Patel, Sunetra Pawar face NCP leadership challenge (File Photo). PUNE: The fracture within the NCP’s leadership was made public on Monday with party national secretary Sachchidanand Singh sending a legal notice challenging deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar’s election as national NCP president. On Monday, the party’s working president Praful Patel also spoke out about…
NEW DELHI: A consumer court in Hyderabad has directed the summer camp organisers to refund camp fees with interest and pay compensation to three children, after their parents alleged that the children were kept in unhygienic and unsafe conditions.The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission-III, Hyderabad, passed the order on a complaint filed by three children…
NEW DELHI: A friendship, a relationship, a marriage — and then, according to investigators, a murder plan. Some of India’s most disturbing crime cases have raised questions about how relationships built on trust can turn into deadly betrayals.From the alleged murder of Raja Raghuvanshi during his honeymoon in Meghalaya to the recent killing of Pune…
AI generated image used for representational purpose NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing debate over E20 petrol, a district consumer commission in Chhattisgarh has directed Maruti Suzuki and its dealer in Raipur to replace a customer’s Grand Vitara Strong Hybrid with a new E20-compatible vehicle of the same model, in its order dated July 14.What was…