NEW DELHI: As the first contingent of pilgrims embarked on Haj to Saudi Arabia on Saturday, the overall data shows that as many as 5,446 Muslim women will be travelling as “Ladies Without Mehram” (male companion) for the pilgrimage, with Kerala taking the lead again accounting for 4,477 women in this category.This is the largest…
A meteorite picked up from the sands of the Sahara has begun to complicate the quiet assumptions scientists often make about the early solar system. It is not the sort of object that draws attention at first glance, just a dark fragment of rock with odd mineral flecks caught under a microscope. Yet inside it…
Missed the deadline to book a flat in Delhi’s tallest residential tower? The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has offered homebuyers another chance, extending the booking period for flats under its ‘DDA Towering Heights’ scheme in East Delhi’s Karkardooma till June 30.According to an official order issued on Thursday, bookings under the scheme will now remain…
Alangulam Assembly Constituency is situated in Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu, under Tirunelveli Lok Sabha, serving a rural agricultural area focused on paddy and millets with the town of Alangulam as its hub. P H Manoj Pandian (also Manoj Pandian) of AIADMK is the current MLA as of March 2026, having won in 2021 with 74,153…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up Centre and asked it to consider amending the law to permit rape survivors to terminate unwanted pregnancies even beyond 20 weeks.While hearing a plea by AIIMS seeking to set aside its order allowing a 15-year-old girl to medically terminate her 30-week pregnancy, a bench of Chief…
PUNE: Police have registered a case of alleged abetment to suicide against three persons, including two employees of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), following the death of a 48-year-old staffer of the IT firm, an official said on Friday. According to news agency PTI, the case was registered at Bhosari police station in Pimpri-Chinchwad city after…
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday filed a supplementary chargesheet against three more accused, including an absconding suspect, in connection with the car bomb explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort that claimed 11 lives.According to the NIA, the supplementary chargesheet names Zameer Ahmad Ahanger, Tufail Ahmad Bhat, and Muzafar Ahmad, also known by…
Representative image (Photo: Canva) Scientists may have found the strongest hint yet that life could exist beyond Earth, and the focus is not Mars but a distant planet called K2-18b. The James Webb Space Telescope’s 2025 results point to gases linked on Earth to biological activity, but the discovery is still tentative and not confirmed…
Tech entrepreneur and anti-aging influencer Bryan Johnson, who is known for his longevity experiments and biohacking lifestyle, has made another bold claim: he says he doesn’t plan on dying — ever. Johnson, 47, told followers on X: “We are the first generation that won’t die, like actually won’t die, I don’t plan on dying.” He…
An immigration attorney explained how students can qualify for OPT as self-employed. A student visa holder had to leave the US after losing their chance to work through the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program. Citing this case, immigration attorney John Khosravi said it only happened because students are not aware of the entire scale of…