Jahangir Khan (File photo) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Jahangir Khan from Falta withdrew his candidature on Tuesday, just days before the repolling for Falta was scheduled.In a press conference, he cited West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s “special package” for Falta as the reason for him backing out.“I am the son of Falta,…
Google I/O 2026 officially kicks off tonight at 10:30 pm IST, broadcasting live from the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. The keynote will feature Google CEO Sundar Pichai, DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis and, most likely, the the executive heads of Google’s Search, Cloud and Android divisions. Google I/O comes about a week after Google…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday rejected student-activist Umar Khalid’s bail plea to care for ailing mother. The court rejected the plea on the grounds that the reasons cited by him for temporary release were not “reasonable”, ANI reported.Additional sessions judge Sameer Bajpai was hearing Khalid’s plea seeking 15 days’ interim bail to attend…
Japandi is a combination of Japanese and Scandinavian design in a calm, simple way. It brings Japanese wabi‑sabi, more natural, imperfect beauty, together with Scandinavian hygge, which is more about warmth, cozy comfort. This form of interior is a quiet, relaxed look built around neutral colours, that includes beige, cream, soft brown, and lots of…
Food and beverages major PepsiCo will invest up to Rs 5,700 crore in India by 2030, with the planned spending largely aimed at expanding manufacturing capacity across its foods business, PTI reported.The investment will primarily support facilities in Madhya Pradesh, Assam and Tamil Nadu as the company looks to strengthen its footprint in one of…
India’s big piped natural gas (PNG) push seems to be running into a few roadblocks along the way. City gas distribution (CGD) companies are currently managing to add only 8,000-10,000 new connections a day, far short of petroleum and natural gas ministry’s ambitious target of 100,000 daily connections.Executives in the sector said the rollout is…
NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to visit India to attend the upcoming Brics summit scheduled to be held in New Delhi on September 12 and 13, according to a statement by the Russian Embassy in South Africa. Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov confirmed that Putin will participate in the summit in the national…
Punjab pacer Gurnoor Brar has received maiden India call-up. (PTI Photo) New Delhi: Growing up, Gurnoor Brar was one of the many Indian kids who used to mimic the bowling actions of Dale Steyn, Brett Lee and Shoaib Akhtar, even while crossing the road.Although Brar picked up the red cherry at the age of 16,…
We have all been there: picking a bunch of bright yellow bananas lying in the fresh aisle in a grocery store. Before you know it, you find them in your kitchen, brown and mushy. And sooner or later they end up in the bin. What if you could keep bananas in their prime for a…
The city of Jaipur, which is also called the Pink City, is experiencing fast urbanisation and the need for effective transportation services owing to the traffic jams that have emerged. In a bid to solve these problems, the Government of India has approved the Jaipur Metro Phase 2, which is a move towards modernisation of…