How a UPI toll payment led Bengal cops to suspects in Chandranath Rath murder LUCKNOW: A UPI payment made at a toll plaza on Nivedita Setu has emerged as the crucial breakthrough in the cops into the murder of Chandranath Rath, a close aide of West Bengal opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari, with police arresting three…
Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson (AP/PTI) Kane Williamson‘s retirement from international cricket has reignited discussion around one of Test cricket’s most exclusive milestones: 10,000 runs.The New Zealand great brought the curtain down on a remarkable 16-year international career with 9,515 Test runs to his name, leaving him just 485 runs short of joining the elite…
The Indian defence industry has a strong showing at Eurosatory, the world’s largest exhibition for land and air‑land defence and security. Held once every two years near Charles De Gaulle airport north of Paris at the Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, the 2026 edition has drawn over 2000 exhibitors from 61 countries. The event, which will…
A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s southern Kyushu region on Tuesday, triggering tsunami warnings, emergency alerts while sections of the historic Kumamoto Castle’s stone walls also collapsed, sending up massive clouds of dust.According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture at around 12:57 pm IST. The agency said the quake occurred…
“Democracy has become theatre of the absurd”: Kapil Sibal slams TMC rebel MPs for merging with Nationalist Congress Party Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Sunday demanded the disqualification of rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs who have announced plans to merge with the Nationalist Citizens Party (NCP), arguing that legislators cannot unilaterally merge with another…
SRINAGAR/JAMMU: J&K police searched Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan’s office in Jammu and a publisher’s office in Noida as investigators widened Monday a probe into two books allegedly carrying separatist and anti-national content that were supplied to govt school libraries, sharpening a political row over lapses in scrutiny while triggering a debate over censorship.Counter-intelligence teams questioned Samagra…
Khawaja Asif being mentally unstable is a “known fact”, sources told ANI NEW DELHI: India Sunday mounted a strong rebuttal to Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif after he questioned the international honour conferred on Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Seychelles, with government sources dismissing his remarks as uninformed and describing him as “mentally unstable”.The sharp…
The Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board (UTDB), in collaboration with the Department of Skill Development, on Thursday held a stakeholder consultation on “Skilling for Char Dham Yatra 2026”.The meeting was inaugurated by cabinet minister Saurabh Bahuguna and attended by tourism secretary Dhiraj Singh Garbyal, skill development secretary C Ravishankar, additional tourism secretary Abhishek Rohilla, and additional…
Jana Nayagan’ box office collections day 15_ Thalapathy Vijay’s film witnesses another decline Thalapathy Vijay‘s ‘Jana Nayagan’ continued its theatrical run with another decline in collections on Day 15.The action entertainer has already crossed the Rs 300 crore mark at the worldwide box office, but its daily earnings are now witnessing a steady slowdown.According to…
The rupee extended its gains for a second straight session on Friday, closing 7 paise higher at 94.33 against the US dollar as optimism around India-US trade negotiations supported sentiment, though a stronger dollar and lingering geopolitical uncertainties capped gains.The local currency opened at 94.30 against the greenback and traded in a range of 94.20-94.52…