NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday followed through on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “save fuel” appeal to the citizens amid the Middle East crisis. It ordered that all matters listed on miscellaneous days, including Mondays and Fridays, as well as on partial working days, will be heard exclusively through video conferencing until further orders….
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor will skip the oath taking ceremony of Kerala’s newly designated chief minister VD Satheesan on May 18. Announcing the decision on Friday on his X handle, Tharoor said that he will be in Boston, US to deliver the commencement address at the graduation ceremony of his alma mater, the…
A 31-year-old woman from Noida was found hanging at her husband’s house in Bhopal, news agency PTI reported. Twisha Sharma, the daughter-in-law of a retired judge was found hanging at city’s Katara Hills area on Tuesday night. BHOPAL: A 31-year-old woman from Noida was found hanging at her husband’s house in Bhopal, news agency PTI…
Germany’s Bundeswehr has quietly but firmly shut the door on Palantir—the American data analytics firm whose software runs targeting systems in Ukraine, is embedded across the US military, and just logged $1.63 billion in quarterly revenue. The reason Berlin is walking away has nothing to do with the technology. It never does.Vice Admiral Thomas Daum,…
Rupee slipped past the crucial 96-mark and hit a fresh all-time low of 96.14 against the US dollar in intraday trade on Friday, as soaring crude oil prices, escalating tensions in West Asia and persistent foreign capital outflows intensified pressure on the currency.At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 95.86 and weakened…
KOLKATA: The West Bengal government on Friday suspended three police officers over alleged “lapses” in the investigation into the RG Kar rape-murder case, Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari claimed.Announcing the decision at the state secretariat, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said the suspension of former Kolkata police commissioner Vineet Goyal and former deputy commissioners Indira Mukherjee and…
Switching from capturing carbon to utilising it is a pivotal paradigm shift in the fight against climate change. Recently, scientists introduced a new catalytic system that can turn atmospheric carbon dioxide and hydrogen into high-quality liquid fuel, producing up to 110 pounds each day. This isn’t just another lab experiment; it’s proof that synthetic fuels…
Rahul Gandhi with newly elected Congress MLAs of West Bengal/Image: ANI If NOTA, or None of the Above, is meant to be a protest button, Bengal’s 2026 assembly election showed a mellowing of that protest. But the same data also flashed a sharper warning, not for TMC or the Left, but for Congress.Across the comparable…
Just outside the remote Russian village of Dargavs lies a place that continues to fascinate and unsettle visitors in equal measure. Known as the “City of the Dead”, this medieval necropolis is located in the Caucasus mountains and is believed to contain the remains of more than 10,000 people. From a distance, it appears peaceful…
Bhojshala complex is temple of Goddess Vagdevi, Hindus have right to worship: Madhya Pradesh high court BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh high court on Friday recognised the disputed Bhojshala complex as the temple of Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati).The Indore bench of the high court said, “We have noted the continuity of Hindu worship at the site through…